Campus & Community
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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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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.
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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.
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The spark behind ‘Frankenstein’
Monstrous Electrical Show demonstrates scientific instruments from Mary Shelley’s day as part of Frankenweek.
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‘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.
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‘Frankenweek’ will take the measure of the monster
“Frankenweek at Harvard” marks the bicentennial of novelist Mary Shelley’s classic invention.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Staying grounded
A profile highlights Eva Ballew, a first-year, a first-generation student, and a Native American from rural northern Wisconsin.
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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.
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$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.
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Champion of equity and social justice
For almost three decades, Joan Reede has made diversity and inclusion part of Harvard Medical School’s mission.
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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.
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Harvard’s sacred spaces
New and old sacred spaces at Harvard encourage pause and reflection, for religious and mindful communities alike.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Welcoming No. 29
Larry Bacow will be officially installed as Harvard’s 29th president on Friday.
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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…
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Larry Bacow’s listening tour
New Harvard President Larry Bacow has been on a listening tour in advance of his inauguration Oct. 5.
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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.
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Joseph John Harrington, 69
Professor Harrington helped improve the quality of life in communities with problems with clean drinking water and sanitation.
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Don Craig Wiley, 57
Professor Wiley was one of the most influential molecular-structural biologists of the late 20th century.