Campus & Community

Nearly 2,000 faculty and staff from the FAS Division of Science and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences got back to their labs this week

In a Q&A session, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning Bharat Anand discusses how Harvard is planning for a fall semester largely online.

Harvard senior Lauren Spohn heads to the University of Oxford after graduation to keep exploring the ways in which stories can connect us all.

Harvard Science takes part in #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownSTEM, and #Strike4BlackLives

Blythe George is the first member of the Yurok Tribe of Northern California to earn a doctoral degree from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Faculty deans have been appointed to Cabot, Quincy, Winthrop, Eliot, and Kirkland Houses, effective July 1.

The son of Latin American immigrants, Hainer Sibrian, M.P.P. ’20, is set to launch a career as a U.S. diplomat, inspired by study abroad during Arab Spring.

A discussion about Harvard’s secret court is the first in a series of discussions planned to mark the secretive tribunal’s centennial.

The Gazette checked in with students scattered across the globe to see what they and their families have been cooking.

Harvard College 2020 graduate Mahlet Shiferaw talks about briefly feeling lost and then regaining her confidence as a woman of color studying astrophysics.

How Radcliffe became a hub of creativity that helped propel forward the women it engaged, and the women’s movement, in crucial ways.

Hadiza Hamma has a plan for the construction of a road that will dramatically improve the quality of life in Afaka, a town in her home country of Nigeria.

Harvard’s THUD makes rhythmic music with trash cans, buckets, cups — you name it. If it makes a sound, they can probably play it.

Radcliffe Institute panel explores the social roots of the denial of racism in America, and ways to raise awareness.

Results of first-ever study of Harvard Athletics to be used for strategic planning as program approaches centennial.

When neuroscience concentrator Sope Adeleye ’20 suffered a severe concussion during volleyball practice her junior year, she knew better than most the risks she was facing.

A contest has College seniors who spent months researching and writing their theses distill those hours of work and hundreds of pages of analysis into a 3-minute pitch.

Harvard grad Nathan Grant ’20 helps advocate for people with disabilities, and the people who support them.

Several Harvard Schools announce plans to continue offering classes online for the fall term.

As Harvard begins a phased reopening, University Librarian Martha Whitehead outlines how the libraries will reestablishes core services.

Kennedy School graduate Ariella Barker returns to her job as an attorney for the city of New York, where she’ll resume advocacy for disabled workers.

Chief financial officer offers updates on the University’s fiscal health and future plans amid the downturn triggered by the pandemic.

When Tom Osborn arrived at Harvard from Kenya, he was already an internationally recognized entrepreneur. Four years later, he’s launched a nonprofit that is boosting the grades and well-being of high-schoolers back home.

Radcliffe Day included a discussion between current dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Tomiko Brown-Nagin and former dean Drew Faust, who addressed the history and future of the institute.

For the first time in its history, the Harvard Graduate School of Design has four Native American students enrolled.

After 44 years at Harvard, Bob Scalise retires as John D. Nichols ’53 Family Director of Athletics, capping a tenure of accomplishment and change.

Texas teacher Shanna Peeples got more than a degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “… it gave me this integration of so many things and it let me write myself into more authenticity,” she says.

Comedian Conan O’Brien ’85 addressed the Class of 2020 Thursday as part of an afternoon of virtual ceremonies that captured the joy, poignancy, and humor of the day.

Washington Post executive editor Martin Baron warned of the dangers of “misinformation, disinformation, delusions and deceit” as he joined an online celebration that sent the graduating Class of 2020 into an uncertain world.

Harvard University awarded a total of 8,174 degrees and certificates over the 2019–20 academic year.