Campus & Community

Mary Salcedo, who successfully defended her thesis on insect wings, talks about her love of bugs and mentoring and her strategy for a successful doctoral program at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences presented the Centennial Medal to five distinguished alumni — Carroll Bogert, Lael Branard, Roger Ferguson, Jane Lubchenco, and Joseph Nye — who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, to their disciplines, to their colleagues, and to society.

Bells around Harvard and the City of Cambridge will ring for 15 minutes starting at the 11:45 conclusion of the University’s 368th Commencement.

Luke Martinez brought people together around a personal passion: music.

Harvard President Larry Bacow addressed the Class of 2019 during the Baccalaureate Service, an annual tradition leading to Thursday’s Commencement. He suggests they live their lives to the fullest.

Eric Lander, president and founding director of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and poet Dan Chiasson, poetry critic for The New Yorker and a professor at Wellesley College, spoke before honored students and faculty at the 229th Phi Beta Kappa literary exercises at Sanders Theatre on Tuesday morning.

Students will share their memories of Harvard, lessons learned, and hopes for the future in three traditional addresses on Commencement Day.

After Harvard wait-listed him, Dylan Wile had made plans to attend another university. A call from an admissions officer changed everything.

Air Force major and new parent Bradley DeWees completed his doctorate at Harvard’s Kennedy School in just three years.

Cynthia Luo, who’s concentrating in both molecular and cellular biology and English, was inspired by her time in Uganda to become a physician and improve global health.

Harvard’s Liz Roux could look back on sorrow and tragedy, but she runs looking ahead, at adventures and opportunities and people to encourage her.

Truman Burrage is a stellar graduating senior, an Oklahoma native, and a member of the Choctaw Nation who has been admitted to Harvard Law School.

In an interview, Harvard President Larry Bacow reflects on his first year in office, the importance of truth as a principle, his commitment to public service, and what he’s most looking forward to during his first Commencement as the University’s leader.

Faraaz Mahomed, of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, is working to protect the rights of those using mental health systems throughout the world.

Wonik Son has examined post-World War II humanitarian images for what they say about injury and disability and where they fit into history, including his own.

Professor Catherine Dulac used the money from her endowed position to fund the studies of an overloaded neuroscience undergrad.

Aurora Straus, a race-car driver and Harvard first-year, is a role model for girls but still encounters sexism around the track.

Dominique Erney witnessed criminal justice too close to her family, and graduates prepared to fight for reform in the system.

Venture capitalist James Breyer, M.B.A. ’87, will step down from the Harvard Corporation on June 30 after serving for six years.

Harvard students, professors, alumni, and staff talk about the places on campus they love most.

Throughout her time at Harvard, Mahnoor Ali has been devoted to exploring intercultural relations and expanding dialogue.

Jane Pickering, executive director of the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture, will become the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology’s director on July 1.

Data, and conversations about its management and fair use, took center stage at the ninth annual Harvard IT Summit last week, held on the campus of Harvard Business School.

In advance of Angela Merkel’s visit, the Gazette looked at a number of key episodes between Germany and Harvard throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.

Four Harvard deans discuss their role models and their work as top administrators.

The projects range from making one the world’s smallest flying machines to opening a new lane of research in the study of climate change to developing a groundbreaking technology that conducts electricity with 100 percent efficiency to an investigation of how environmental change affects bees.

Jane Pickering has been named the William and Muriel Seabury Howells Director of Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. She will begin her five-year term July 1.

M.Div. candidate Aric Flemming is taking a year off to immerse himself in music, both spiritual and secular.

Sara Bobok returns repeatedly to her native Hungary, where she’ll next study sex trafficking, aiming to make an impact on the country’s young people.

One of Harvard’s rites of passage is to write a thesis. Students and administrators talk about the process, the requirements, and the ordeal of undertaking an independent project that is unlike any other in students’ College years.