Campus & Community
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Conan O’Brien ’85 named Commencement speaker
Comedy legend who once led Lampoon will deliver principal address on May 28
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Singer to step down as senior vice provost for faculty
Education scholar lauded for achievements in overseeing, leading changes in faculty development, support for academics since 2008
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Thomas Noel Bisson, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Wonder served him well
Curiosity ignited Alan Garber’s sense of purpose. Classmates, mentors, and patients helped deepen it.
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Tracing Harvard’s ties to slavery: Recovering names and histories
Researchers delve into probate records, tax lists, and estate inventories to identify enslaved people
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Ballot order set for Overseer and HAA director elections
Candidates finalized ahead of spring voting period
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Advice to students: Don’t be afraid to ask for help
Anthony A. Jack urges students not to be afraid of asking for help.
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A faithful keeper of time
Harvard’s on-call horologist Richard Ketchen keeps busy round the clock.
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Harvard details coronavirus outbreak plans
Harvard details plans to ensure safety, health, and productivity of community amid coronavirus outbreak.
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40,246 apply to College Class of ’24
Harvard expands financial aid to eliminate summer contribution.
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Roderick Lemonde MacFarquhar, 88
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 3, 2020, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor MacFarquhar was a brilliant scholar of Chinese politics who worked as a pioneering journalist and a member of Parliament before coming to Harvard.
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Lawrence Elwood Stager, 74
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 3, 2020, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Lawrence E. Stager, Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Stager built formidable programs on the ancient Near East that encompassed anthropology, classical archaeology, history, and religious studies.
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Oliver Hart named University Professor
Nobel-laureate economics Professor Oliver Hart is awarded Harvard’s highest faculty honor.
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Advice to students: Do something meaningful with your life
Take some time, look around, and work at something that makes you happy, Steven Levitsky counsels.
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African and African American Studies at 50
Influential, groundbreaking African and African American Studies Department at Harvard turns 50.
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Shining a light on a genius
Architect Julian Abele is responsible for the design of Harvard’s Widener l Library, where his role, until recently, had gone largely unacknowledged.
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Melinda Gates to receive Radcliffe Medal
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the world’s largest philanthropic organization, will be presented the Radcliffe Medal on May 29.
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Advice to students: Take risks and build courage
Jacob Barandes encourages students to follow interests, ask questions, and do it their way to get the most out of their education.
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Getting his teeth into the community
Harvard School of Dental Medicine student Ryan Lisann’s three-month externship at Charles River Community Health Center in Brighton left him determined to enter pediatric dentistry and education.
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Advice to students: Learn to think scientifically
Mona Weissmark says the scientific method contains within itself a system of logic and standards of evidence that can be used for improving society.
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Candidates for Harvard board positions announced
A list of candidates for the Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. The election will begin on April 1.
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Rubén Blades to receive Arts Medal
Rubén Blades, the actor and politician best known as a musician at the forefront of the ’70s salsa movement, will receive the 2020 Harvard Arts Medal. on April 30.
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Harvard readies for 369th Commencement
Harvard University will hold its 369th Commencement on May 28.
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Martin ‘Marty’ Baron to speak at Commencement
Martin “Marty” Baron, widely regarded as one of the leading newspaper editors of his era, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Program of Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.
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Koma Gandy Fischbein ’95 elected chief marshal
Koma Gandy Fischbein ’95 will serve as chief marshal at Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.
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Matchmaker, matchmaker put me in your algorithm
After 25 Valentine’s Days, Datamatch, a student-run online matchmaking service that pairs Harvard students for a date, is going nationwide.
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Before entrepreneurial culture became a thing
Harvard Student Agencies provides students the opportunity to learn how to start and run a business.
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New Corporation member named
Diana L. Nelson ’84 will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation effective July 1.
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A pitch perfect welcome
Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year, Ben Platt, gets a musical tour of Farkas Hall and a performance by the Radcliffe Pitches a cappella group.
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As the nation shifted from ‘Negro’ to black
Kent Garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth’s “Last Negroes at Harvard” chronicles the lives of the groundbreaking 18 black members of the Class of 1963.
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Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility releases annual report
The 2019 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a subcommittee of the President and Fellows, is now available on the Shareholder Responsibility Committees’ website.
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Three honored for inspiring students
Three faculty have been named recipients of the 2019 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching.
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Ben Platt named Man of the Year
Award-winning singer, film and Broadway star Ben Platt has been named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year for 2020. He will be feted on Feb. 7.
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Elizabeth Banks is roasted, toasted
Elizabeth Banks was honored as Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Woman of the Year.
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A century of making society better
A panel on the power of education kicked off the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s centennial festivities.
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Authors’ aerie
A photo gallery captures authors at work in the new home of Harvard’s creative writing program atop Lamont Library.