Campus & Community

Harvard’s campus opens up during move-in day.

Sociology lecturer Manja Klemenčič offers advice to students as part of the “Focal Point” series: Take leadership roles and get out of your comfort zone.

Harvard University Housing (HUH) manages approximately 3,000 apartments, offering a broad choice of locations, unit types, sizes, and amenities to meet the individual budgets and housing needs of eligible Harvard…

The Gazette spoke with Giang Nguyen, executive director of Harvard University Health Services, about how the University prepared for the arrival of vaccine, where we are now in the process of vaccinating the Harvard community, and why it’s so important for everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Artisan’s Asylum will move into Harvard-owned properties in Allston-Brighton this year.

A new cell manufacturing and innovation center, headed by a unique partnership between academia and industry, has taken a key step — signing a lease in Watertown for its new home — as it looks toward 2022 opening.

From April 1-May 18, Harvard degree holders can vote for five anticipated vacancies on the Board of Overseers and for six openings among the HAA elected directors.

Richard Cooper, cutting-edge economist, has died at 86. The professor of international economics also held many senior roles in U.S. government.

Ezra F. Vogel, Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences Emeritus, died Dec. 20 at Mount Auburn Hospital due to complications from surgery. He was 90. A remarkable contributor…

As 2020 comes to a close we look back at some of the Gazette’s most-read stories of the year.

Harvard College today accepted 747 students to the Class of 2025 from a pool of 10,086 who applied under the early action program.

As 2020 comes to a close, Harvard faculty reflect on the past 12 months.

Harvard student and ROTC member details some of the changes he’s experienced during the pandemic.

The Gazette spoke with Executive Vice President Katie Lapp to discuss the findings of an independent review of the Harvard University Police Department and how Harvard plans to implement recommendations to secure public safety and community well-being.

This month a new gate was unveiled in Harvard Yard, near Houghton Library. It was made possible through support from Peter J. Solomon ’60, M.B.A. ’63, and his wife, Susan, as part of a larger gift, announced in January 2019, to renovate Houghton Library.

Looking for a good book for a young person? Suggestions from Harvard community.

Harvard’s new director of athletics, Erin McDermott, talks about her commitment to the student-athlete’s success in the classroom and on the court, what lies ahead for the Crimson.

The Harvard School of Dental Medicine announced today that it will reopen the former Harvard University Health Services dental clinic with expanded services in February 2021.

Three Harvard College students have won Marshall Scholarships, and an alumnus has won an International Rhodes.

The Harvard Ed Portal partners with Action for Boston Community Development to collect winter coats for the community.

After months of pandemic-related delay, labs and offices have begun to move from the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences’ Cambridge campus into the newly completed Science and Engineering Complex in Allston.

Incoming lawmakers will be briefed on several national challenges and engage in conversation with Harvard’s faculty and other policy experts during four meetings in December.

The Charles River teems with life from sunrise to sunset, as Gazette photographers witnessed.

Harvard Undergraduate Ethics Bowl, a new student club devoted to analyzing and debating ethical issues, involves a back-and-forth between teams and with their judges.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 1, 2020, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Stanley Louis Cavell, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Cavell wrote philosophy that was both scholarly and accessible and enlarged the possibilities for philosophical work in the English-speaking world.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 1, 2020, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Gordon Randolph Willey, Bowditch Professor of Central American and Mexican Archaeology and Ethnology, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Willey made enormous contributions to the archaeology of North, Central and South America.

After a successful fall, Harvard College administration had decided that this spring seniors and juniors, students from far time zones, and those who must be on campus to progress academically will be invited back to campus.

Frank H. Duehay ’55, M.A.T. ’58, C.A.S. ’65, Ed.D. ’68, I.O.P. ’82, who was assistant dean and lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, died on Nov. 20. He served 36 years as an elected official in Cambridge and was elected three times as mayor.

Guido Goldman, who spent his life working for trans-Atlantic cooperation, died Nov. 30 at 83.

The Harvard Extension Alumni Association recognized Frederica Williams, C.S.S. ’91, with the 2020 Dean Michael Shinagel Award for Service to Others; and three other alumni with its Emerging Leaders award.