Campus & Community

A roundup of efforts by the Harvard community to use the web to maintain connection and a sense of kinship.

Thomas Hollister details the planning the University had already done for the eventuality of a downturn and what the future may bring amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Harvard’s graduate and professional Schools have had to adjust quickly to the new realities brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

Harvard’s 369th Commencement ceremony will be indefinitely postponed, a move aimed at stemming the spread of the coronavirus.

Harvard scientists put their research on hold for safety, and see chance to help hospitals with precious gear.

As the University responds to the coronavirus pandemic, including shifting to virtual learning for the rest of the academic year, Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria will stay on the job until the end of the year, Harvard President Larry Bacow today announced.

Harvard photographer Rose Lincoln returned to campus this past weekend to capture the thoughts and images of students as they readied themselves to return home.

Lizabeth Cohen has won the 2020 Bancroft Prize in American History.

Changes across Harvard’s campus reflect the need to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus.

To protect the health of the Harvard Medical School community, first-year Medical and Dental School students, as well as second- and third-year dental students, were asked to vacate their rooms in Vanderbilt Hall. Research laboratories will also be shuttered by 5 p.m. on March 18.

It’s all hands on deck to help students arrange travel, ship and store their stuff, and depart campus.

Mark Elliott, vice provost for international affairs, and Martha Gladue, director of the Harvard International Office, discuss what the new U.S. travel rules mean for foreign students, scholars, and those studying abroad.

The American Repertory Theater has canceled or postponed a series of upcoming events in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A recently acquired archive highlights the library’s decades-long work of celebrating the efforts and achievements of women.

Vice President for Campus Services Meredith Weenick on the challenges of preventing the spread of disease and helping students move out on a tight timeline.

Harvard students reflect on the shift to online classes and an unplanned move home.

Harvard Art Museums and others will temporarily close to the public beginning March 13 in an effort to slow the transmission of the COVID-19 virus.

At Harvard, the rise of coronavirus prompts new approaches to work, fresh concerns for those who do it, says Vice President for Human Resources Marilyn Hausammann.

University offers coronavirus resources and help guides for students, professors, and staff.

To prevent transmission of COVID-19, Harvard will provide virtual instruction for as many courses as possible by March 23, the first day of scheduled classes following spring break. In a question-and-answer session, three top Harvard officials explain the shift.

Anthony A. Jack urges students not to be afraid of asking for help.

Harvard’s on-call horologist Richard Ketchen keeps busy round the clock.

Harvard details plans to ensure safety, health, and productivity of community amid coronavirus outbreak.

Harvard expands financial aid to eliminate summer contribution.

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.

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.

Nobel-laureate economics Professor Oliver Hart is awarded Harvard’s highest faculty honor.

Take some time, look around, and work at something that makes you happy, Steven Levitsky counsels.

Influential, groundbreaking African and African American Studies Department at Harvard turns 50.

Architect Julian Abele is responsible for the design of Harvard’s Widener l Library, where his role, until recently, had gone largely unacknowledged.