Campus & Community
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A walking elegy, tiny gallery, and gentle Brutalism
Photography professor recommends 3 local spots to find beauty, solace
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Faber appointed chief development officer for Faculty of Arts and Sciences
New associate vice president and dean of development for FAS to begin Aug. 25
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IT Summit focuses on balancing AI challenges and opportunities
With the tech here to stay, Michael Smith says professors, students must become sophisticated users
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When the falcons come home to roost
Birds of prey have rebounded since DDT era and returned to Memorial Hall. Now new livestream camera offers online visitors front row seat of storied perch.
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John C.P. Goldberg named Harvard Law School dean
John C.P. Goldberg named Harvard Law School dean Leading scholar in tort law and political philosophy has served as interim leader since March 2024
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Federal judge blocks Trump plan to ban international students at Harvard
Ruling notes administration action raises serious constitutional concerns
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A day in the life
Ana Osorio is a custodian working at Harvard Business School, where she is in charge of cleaning the common spaces at McArthur Hall, which provides residence and learning spaces for visiting business leaders from around the world. A reporter follows her through her day.
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Catching up with the Class of ’48
Photo gallery profiles six Harvard alumni over 90 who show no sign of slowing down.
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Learning while leading at Harvard Law Review
Michael Thomas Jr. is the third African-American man elected president of the Harvard Law Review. Barack Obama was the first.
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Much to be thankful for
Giving Thanks Open House allows Harvard community to share its message among colleagues and support the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter.
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A fond faculty farewell
Harvard President Bacow, former leader Faust headline a faculty sendoff for former Dean Michael Smith of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
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Learning to talk about race in the workplace
Allison Manswell, author of “Listen In: Crucial Conversations on Race in the Workplace,” spoke at Harvard as part of its Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dialogue series.
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Playing The Game, both past and present
Photo gallery of scenes from the 135th playing of The Game, Harvard-Yale football at Fenway Park.
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The thrill of winning a Rhodes
Two Harvard undergraduates, Jin Park and Brittany Ellis, are among the 32 American men and women chosen as Rhodes Scholars on Saturday. They will begin their studies at the University of Oxford next October.
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Harvard beats Yale 45-27
In the 135th playing of The Game, the Harvard football team (6-4, 4-3 Ivy) bested the Yale Bulldogs (5-5, 3-4 Ivy) in a commanding 45-27 victory at the historic Fenway Park today. Harvard’s victory in the colosseum of champions snaps Yale’s two-game winning streak in The Game.
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Warning: Warming ahead
An art installation at Harvard’s Science Center Plaza aims to spread information about global warming, and prompt discussions of how to combat it.
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Harvard’s long history at Fenway
In advance of The Game with Yale Saturday, here’s a look at Harvard’s long history at Fenway Park (beyond football).
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Presto: From ballpark to gridiron
A look inside the process of turning Fenway Park from a baseball temple to a football stadium for the annual Harvard-Yale game.
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Presidential Public Service Fellowship has broad reach
In its eighth year, Harvard’s Presidential Public Service Fellowship offered both undergraduate and graduate students opportunities to give back to communities, agencies, and nonprofits.
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Nuclear submarine expert turns to Law School
It was in the spring of 2017, just before Eve Howe’s stint with the Navy was ending, when she decided to go to law school. “I’d always imagined using whatever degree or knowledge I had to help people in some way,” she said.
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Nicolaas Bloembergen, 97
Nicolaas Bloembergen was universally acknowledged for his seminal contributions to the fundamental physics requisite to magnetic resonance imaging.
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Wood recognized with Planck-Humboldt Medal
Harvard engineer and roboticist Robert Wood is honored with the newly created Max Planck-Humboldt Medal for his role and accomplishments in the field of soft robotics.
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Mourning Devah Pager
An academic ‘force of nature,’ Harvard sociologist Devah Pager is remembered for her trailblazing scholarship, extraordinary mentorship.
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Student pens manifesto on menstruation
Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto’s nonprofit distributes menstrual products to women in need, and her new book offers a strategy for more openness.
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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.