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  • Great War left an enduring legacy across Harvard

    Over the next several weeks, Memorial Church will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I in a series of performances featuring the music and composers of the era.

    “The Sacrifice” sculpture
  • Seven recognized for high-risk, high-reward research

    Seven Harvard scientists are among the 89 researchers selected to receive grants through the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program, which funds innovative research designed to address major challenges in biomedical science.

    Test Tubes
  • The spark behind ‘Frankenstein’

    Monstrous Electrical Show demonstrates scientific instruments from Mary Shelley’s day as part of Frankenweek.

  • ‘We did all we could, but we could have done more’

    Accepting the Robert Coles “Call of Service” award at Harvard, San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz reflected on the aftermath of deeply damaging Hurricane Maria.

    San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz.
  • ‘Frankenweek’ will take the measure of the monster

    “Frankenweek at Harvard” marks the bicentennial of novelist Mary Shelley’s classic invention.

    Frankenstein.
  • Not just a humanities cat

    Meet Remy, Harvard’s resident cat by day, whose campus rambles have inspired a Facebook page with more than 1,000 followers.

  • For Harvard, a look at the financials

    Reflecting on the end of the fiscal year June 30, the Gazette sat down with Executive Vice President Katie Lapp and Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance Thomas Hollister to talk about the last budget year and the opportunities and challenges ahead.

    Tom Hollister.
  • Summit celebrates Asian American ‘innovators, instigators, and inspirers’

    Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance organizers envision the Oct. 26‒28 summit as something that will “inspire innovation and be a starting place for instigating local and global transformation.”

  • Mostafavi to step down as GSD dean

    Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) since January 2008, announced Oct. 24 that he will step down from the position at the end of the 2018-19 academic year.

    Mohsen Mostafavi.
  • New faculty: Ellis Monk

    Ellis Monk, assistant professor in Harvard’s Department of Sociology, focuses on social inequality through a comparative global lens, with particular attention to race in the United States and Brazil.

    Ellis Monk.
  • ‘Pathway to public service’

    Lexi Smith ’18, who is the latest Harvard Presidential City of Boston Fellow, wants to serve at the city level because that’s where she sees the tangible action for environmental change.

  • 7 projects win Global Institute grants

    Seven projects that feature interdisciplinary, cross-collaborative research and span five Harvard Schools will receive grants from the Harvard Global Institute.

  • Worldwide Week at Harvard brings it home

    Worldwide Week at Harvard Oct. 20‒27 will shine a bright light on the University’s international work.

    Lab in Durban, South Africa
  • Imaging leap rewarded with $3M

    Harvard Professor Xiaowei Zhuang has been named the recipient of the 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences in recognition of her pioneering work in the development of super-resolution microscopy techniques.

    Xiaowei Zhuang
  • National Academy of Medicine honors 12 faculty

    Twelve Harvard faculty are among the 85 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine, which is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

  • Staying grounded

    A profile highlights Eva Ballew, a first-year, a first-generation student, and a Native American from rural northern Wisconsin.

    Eva Ballew.
  • When her life is over, she’ll have lived

    Harvard senior Elsie Tellier has responded to her lethal disease with courage, sadness, and compassion. But not bitterness.

    Elsie Tellier.
  • $100M gift will support sciences and math

    A Harvard alumnus and his wife made a gift of $100 million to support the University’s Science Center, enhance mathematics scholarship, and provide unrestricted resources for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

    The Science Center at Harvard
  • Champion of equity and social justice

    For almost three decades, Joan Reede has made diversity and inclusion part of Harvard Medical School’s mission.

    Joan Reede
  • New faculty: Lauren Williams

    The Gazette sits down with Lauren Williams, the second woman to be tenured in Harvard’s Math Department and the Seaver Professor at the Radcliffe Institute.

    Lauren Williams.
  • Harvard’s sacred spaces

    New and old sacred spaces at Harvard encourage pause and reflection, for religious and mindful communities alike.

    Yaseen Eldik and Sanaa Nadim pray.
  • After the inauguration, the celebration

    The installation of Larry Bacow was followed by a giant block party in the Old Yard, with the entire Harvard community invited.

  • Bacow: ‘I am delighted to begin’

    Larry Bacow was inaugurated as Harvard’s 29th president on Friday, the culmination of a two-day celebration that drew together faraway friends, colleagues from other universities, and members of the Harvard community for a range of events that ended with a block party.

  • HUBweek returns with fresh ideas

    Harvard University, The Boston Globe, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology are partnering again to present HUBweek, an idea festival. HUBweek brings together individuals and groups pushing the bounds of innovation in their industries.

  • Welcoming No. 29

    Larry Bacow will be officially installed as Harvard’s 29th president on Friday.

  • A pioneering mind for the power of design

    As a sophomore at Wellesley College, Adele Fleet Bacow was attracted to architecture and art. Soon, after enrolling in a course on urban sociology, she found a passion that combined…

  • Larry Bacow’s listening tour

    New Harvard President Larry Bacow has been on a listening tour in advance of his inauguration Oct. 5.

  • 400 students make Harvard history

    Harvard Extension School’s inaugural convocation filled a need to honor all students, particularly the online and distance learners, for their academic milestone after being admitted to a degree program.

    Huntington D. Lambert, dean of the Division of Continuing Education and University Extension
  • Joseph John Harrington, 69

    Professor Harrington helped improve the quality of life in communities with problems with clean drinking water and sanitation.

  • Don Craig Wiley, 57

    Professor Wiley was one of the most influential molecular-structural biologists of the late 20th century.