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  • Two receive Roslyn Abramson Award

    Ya-Chieh Hsu and Durba Mitra receive Roslyn Abramson Award for excellence in teaching undergraduates.

    Harvard professors Ya-Chieh Hsu and Durba Mitra
  • New director named for University Health Services

    Professor and physician Giang T. Nguyen, head of student health services at Penn, viewed as a champion of diversity and inclusion.

    Giang T. Nguyen
  • Recipe for a new Gen Ed course

    Harvard’s new Gen Ed courses tackle subjects from racial justice and philosophy to music and engineering.

    Robert Wood playing guitar
  • Growing connections

    For her Service Starts with Summer project, South Carolina native Izzy Goodchild-Michelman ’23 spent six weeks working on a farm, revamping the educational Seed to Table curriculum that serves elementary and middle-school students.

    Students
  • Big statue on campus

    Whether you’re standing at the Harvard Statue in the morning, noon, or evening, the scene is almost always the same: Crowds of five, 10, or 50 converge to take a photo with the statue. For some, the statue is the embodiment of the University. For others a photo with it is just a box to check.

  • Bacow urges listeners to welcome civil discourse

    Universities should be centers for open debate and discussion, where different opinions and perspectives are welcomed, Harvard President Larry Bacow said during the first Morning Prayers of the fall term.

    Larry Bacow speaking in church
  • The gathering of the first-years

    Harvard College’s Class of 2023 assembled for convocation under threatening skies. Harvard President Larry Bacow urged the students to avoid stepping-stones and embrace the unexpected.

  • At your service

    More than 1,500 first-year students rolled up their sleeves and went to work across Greater Boston on Thursday for the Class of 2023 Day of Service.

  • If at first you don’t succeed…

    U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Elena Kagan came to HLS to impart words of wisdom and encouragement to first-year law students as one of the highlights of the orientation week.

    Elena Kagan
  • Their favorite things

    The Gazette asks first-year students to name the most cherished thing in their suitcases.

  • The marvel of fruit rotting

    “Fruits in Decay,” a new exhibit in the Glass Flowers gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History, depicts the marvel of rotting fruit.

    Glass fruit decaying peach curl
  • Service in any language

    This summer, Ben Elwy made use of his passion for language in his hometown of Wellesley through a project with Harvard’s Service Starts with Summer Program (3SP). He designed and taught a program to elementary school students called Arabic and Cultural Education (ACE) at the Wellesley Free Library.

    Ben Elwy works with an elementary school student at the library
  • Making themselves at home in Harvard Yard

    No blood, but some sweat and a few tears were on display as first-years moved into their Harvard Yard dorms Tuesday.

    Students carrying a couch
  • College announces new leadership for Phillips Brooks House

    Charles Warren Professor of the History of American Education Julie Reuben of the Graduate School of Education has been chosen as the inaugural faculty director, and Travis Lovett has been named assistant dean of civic engagement and service at Phillips Brooks House.

    Gate outside the Phillips Brooks House.
  • John H. McArthur dies, was Business School dean from 1980-95

    John H. McArthur, a member of the Harvard Business School community for more than six decades, including as dean from 1980 to 1995, died on Aug. 20.

    JOHN H. MCARTHUR
  • Paulsell named interim Pusey Minister

    Harvard President Larry Bacow announced the appointment of Harvard Divinity School Professor Stephanie Paulsell as interim Pusey Minister at the Memorial Church.

    Stephanie Paulsell inside Memorial Church.
  • A summer of helping

    Harvard College first-year Ezra Feder spends his summer doing public service through Artists For Humanity, a nonprofit that provides employment in art and design to lower-income teens in the city.

    Harvard first year student standing in front of student artwork on wall.
  • First phase of Bartlett Station opens

    Harvard President Larry Bacow joined Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Massachusetts State Rep. Chynah Tyler, Boston City Councilor Kim Janey, and others cut the ribbon on the first phase of the Bartlett Station, mixed-use development in Roxbury.

  • Summer explorers

    For the fourth year, Harvard’s Summer Explorations helped local students stay sharp over the school break while learning in free weeklong workshops at the Ed Portal in Allston.

    Luke Scanlon acts like an airplane during the American Repertory Theater workshop.
  • Pulling disabilities out of the shadows

    An interview with Nikita Andersson and Miso Kwak, master’s students at the Graduate School of Education, who launched the first student publication on disability last spring.

    Miso Kwak.
  • Harvard recommits $20M to create local affordable housing

    Greater Boston is facing a housing crisis that is hitting lower-income and working-class residents particularly hard. To combat the crisis, Harvard University is recommitting $20 million toward local affordable housing.

    Children walking by a house
  • Passing the barre

    A photo gallery captures the hard work leading up to Harvard Ballet Company’s recent performance.

    Feet of a dancer in the “B-Plus” position.
  • Planting herself in the right career

    Recently, Harvard Law School grad Nisha Vora released her debut cookbook, “The Vegan Instant Pot Cookbook,” which builds on her success as a chronicler of vegan recipes and photos on her popular site, Rainbow Plant Life. 

  • Remembering Anne Monius, 54

    Anne E. Monius, professor of South Asian religions at Harvard Divinity School, passed away Aug. 3, at the age of 54. An Oct. 11 memorial gathering will be held at Loeb House.

    Professor Anne Monius
  • Funding promising scientists

    Associate Professor of Physics Cora Dvorkin and Associate Professor of Computer Science Stratos Idreos will each receive at least $150,000 a year for the next five years through the Department of Energy Early Career Research Program.

    Matter in space
  • One thing to change: Question that status quo

    I. Glenn Cohen explains the dangers of assuming that the way things are is how they should be.

    I. Glenn Cohen in his office
  • Perfection in miniature

    Time and knowledge may be the most powerful fertilizers for the Arnold Arboretum’s Bonsai and Penjing Collection, which houses 43 miniature — and ancient — trees.

    Steve Schneider walking out of bonsai greenhouse at the Arnold Arboretum
  • One thing to change: Embrace mindfulness

    Professor of psychology Ellen Langer applies mindfulness to absolute truths.

    Langer in her garden
  • Helping teachers learn

    A preview of a Project Zero Classroom (July 22-26). Teachers from all over the country and the world come to Harvard Graduate School of Education to learn new practices to help students engage and learn at Project Zero Classroom.

    Daniel Gray Wilson in the classroom
  • Interim faculty deans named for Winthrop House

    Mark Gearan and Mary Herlihy-Gearan have been named interim faculty deans for Winthrop House.

    Mark Gearan and Mary Gearan