Campus & Community
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‘Best college tradition anywhere’
Smurf-blue hair, chain-mail suits, vuvuzelas, and bagpipes abound as students flood Yard for annual raucous rite of Housing Day
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‘OK, I get it. This makes sense.’
Grade-inflation panel says updated plan focuses on reining in A’s, restoring integrity of system, freeing students to follow curiosity
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A community-sized Seder plate
Through sculpture’s 6 stories, Hillel seeks to portray ‘a bigger picture of what it means to be Jewish’
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SEAL, doctor, astronaut, Harvard Alumni Day speaker
Jonny Kim will address Harvard’s global alumni community
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Ruth J. Simmons to receive Radcliffe Medal
Recognized for her many roles upholding and advancing foundational ideals of higher education
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You know the author. Meet the typist.
Exhibit celebrates women who labored behind the scenes of masterworks
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Fight for education, Garber urges grads
‘Everything we might achieve is grounded in knowledge,’ says president in Baccalaureate address
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Finding common humanity, modern lessons in antiquity, a path forward
Yurong ‘Luanna’ Jiang, Aidan Scully, Thor Reimann to deliver orations
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Federal funding freeze leaves grad students, postdocs scrambling for labs, support
Pipeline of up-and-coming researchers an integral part of nation’s innovation ecosystem
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Frustrated fighting wildfires in L.A., he resolved to build better tools
Rupen Dajee launches tech startup to aid emergency responders, leveraging lessons learned firsthand as EMT, firefighter
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Upholding the mission in a year of turmoil
Garber greets Commencement with high hopes for students and a strong affirmation of University’s contributions to U.S. growth, health
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12 alumni elected to Harvard leadership boards
New Overseers and HAA directors to begin terms in May, July
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After flying Apaches, she needed a new challenge
Lindsey Chrismon sets sights high from West Point to Harvard Business School
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Marine vet’s future was a puzzle. Then he found archaeology.
Shane Rice credits Gen Ed class — and professor’s wall of declassified intelligence photos — with illuminating career path
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University sues Trump administration over move to bar international students, scholars
Judge grants University’s motion for temporary restraining order, blocking government’s action
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Less a problem than an adventure
For Eliot Hodges, math is a creative process
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Searching for answers to life’s big questions
Kelsey Hanson Woodruff served as a Presbyterian minister before love of religious studies led her to Harvard
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‘There are secrets to unlock’
Harvard’s practice of preservation plays key role in future research
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Ready to listen
Incoming board president Will Makris hopes alumni will share experiences and learn from one another
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Bringing startup energy to whatever he does
Michael Oved builds community around passions for entrepreneurship, Republican politics
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Harvard amends lawsuit to push back against new funding cuts
Government is seeking to ‘micromanage’ University, complaint says, posing threat to advances in health and science
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David Deming named Harvard College dean
Economist who serves as Kirkland House faculty leader begins in new role July 1
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Walter Jacob Kaiser, 84
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Gloria Ferrari Pinney, 82
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Charles Dacre Parsons, 91
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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New Learning Experience Platform opens doors to innovation in teaching
Flexible, modular platform supports unique pedagogical approaches
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When Jodie Foster found out acting wasn’t a dumb job
Celebrated performer, filmmaker — and now Radcliffe Medalist — discusses sometimes thorny complexities of six-decade career
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Finishing what he started
Ben Abercrombie battles back to graduate 8 years after spinal-cord injury on football field left him paralyzed
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Using the best GenAI has to offer
HUIT creates safe space to experiment, faculty share how they integrated it into their teaching
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‘The goal is to understand who you are.’
Studying neurobiology gives Nghia Nguyen insights into ‘technical, tangible’ reasons for the things he does every day
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New vice president, secretary of the University named to lead Office of the Governing Boards
Suzanne Glassburn will serve as chief administrative officer for Corporation, Board of Overseers
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Redefining what’s possible
President’s Innovation Challenge provides winners with support at the earliest stages of their ventures
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Interviewing experts wasn’t enough
Stint as data journalist at NYT sends Sahil Chinoy on quest for even deeper dives into labor, politics, human behavior
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5 faculty members named Harvard College Professors
Recognized for excellence in teaching in fields ranging from geometry to politics
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How the Cold War continues to shape German identity
Addie Esposito’s thesis — based on interviews with lawmakers in the Bundestag — examines ‘persistent divide’ between East and West
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The boy had just lost his dad to cancer. Jett Crowdis listened.
Medical School graduate found his calling in a connection forged while serving as camp counselor