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  • Young alumni: Exposure to differences spurred growth

    Young Harvard alumni explain how exposure to differences among a diverse College cohort broadened them.

  • When a House is a bountiful home

    Harvard roommates from varied backgrounds say that, in the College’s House system, their differences draw them together.

  • STAGE struck

    Phillips Brooks House Association’s STAGE worked with Cambridge and Boston youth on the fundamentals of theater, exploring plot, characterization, improvisation, and more.

  • Voicing their differences

    The student group 21 Colorful Crimson performs a mix of covers and originals, with hopes of eventually recording an album of their own material.

  • Take five, like, and share

    Instagram series seeks to show Harvard students’ lighter sides, from their favorite music and TV to their quirks and pet peeves.

  • Noted Harvard physicist Richard Wilson dies at 92

    Richard “Dick” Wilson, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics Emeritus, dies at 92. A memorial service is planned for June 24 at the Harvard Faculty Club.

    Richard Wilson
  • Getting comfortable outside their comfort zones

    The first installment in a new series on campus diversity as a cornerstone of a Harvard education.

  • The myriad moments of Commencement

    The weeklong buildup to Commencement Day’s ancient and scripted rites is a feast for the eyes, the ears, the palate, but mostly the heart.

  • Vice president of Harvard Library to retire

    Sarah E. Thomas will retire from her roles as vice president of the Harvard Library and University librarian and as Roy E. Larsen Librarian of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the end of this year.

  • Hillary Clinton receives Radcliffe Medal

    Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton received the Radcliffe Medal on Friday, an annual award honoring an individual whose life and work have had a “transformative impact on society.”

    Hillary Rodham Clinton
  • Bringing biology and mathematics together

    The National Science Foundation and the Simons Foundation have awarded a grant to Harvard scientists to create a research center aimed at bringing biologists and mathematicians together to answer some of the central questions about living systems.

  • Facing the future, Lewis and Faust see reason for hope

    Harvard Commencement Speaker John Lewis exhorts graduates to get to work in the fight for justice.

    John Lewis speaks to Harvard graduates.
  • Letter from a father to his graduating daughter

    Ian Nicholson has some advice for his daughter Lauren as she graduates from Harvard.

    Ian and Lauren Nicholson.
  • Kasich urges grads to seek a deeper purpose

    Philosophy, not politics, was the subject of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s Commencement address at the Harvard Kennedy School on Wednesday. “This is not a public policy speech,” the 2016 Republican presidential contender told the graduates, as he challenged them to reach for a deeper purpose.

  • Six new Harvard Overseers elected

    Six new officers have been elected to Harvard University’s Board of Overseers, and another half dozen as directors of the Harvard Alumni Association.

  • The ending as beginning: Commencement ’18

    Harvard’s annual Commencement is both a conclusion and a start for those graduating. But the day also is a gathering of the far-flung Crimson clan under tents and trees in…

    Harvard graduates wave books.
  • Looking back on 2017–18

    The Harvard Gazette takes a look back on 2017–18.

  • Reflections on Inequality in America Initiative’s first year

    In its first nine months, Harvard’s Inequality Initiative pursued a three-pronged effort, beginning with a public symposium last fall.

    Scales made up of colorful human figures.
  • Harvard awards 8,042 degrees and certificates

    Harvard University awarded a total of 8,042 degrees and certificates over the 2017–18 academic year.

  • Orators speak to inspire at Commencement

    Three student orators — Pete Davis, Christopher Egi, and Phoebe Lakin — will deliver speeches in both English and Latin during Morning Exercises in Tercentenary Theatre.

  • Seven receive honorary degrees

    Sallie (Penny) Chisholm, Rita Dove, Harvey Fineberg, Ricardo Lagos Escobar, George Lewis received honorary degrees from Harvard at its 367th Commencement Day ceremony.

    2018 honrands.
  • Adichie: ‘Protect and value the truth’

    Nigerian novelist Ngozi Adichie, Harvard’s Class Day speaker, urges graduating seniors to ‘protect and value the truth’ in their own lives.

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
  • Purpose in service

    The ROTC commissioning ceremony honored new officers in the armed forces.

  • Harvard Corporation elects two new members

    Penny S. Pritzker ’81, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce and past Harvard Overseer, and Carolyn A. “Biddy” Martin, president of Amherst College and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, have been chosen as the newest members of the Harvard Corporation.

  • GSAS recognizes four with its highest honor

    The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences presented the Centennial Medal to four distinguished alumni who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, to their disciplines, to their colleagues, and to society.

  • Finding a link to the human in algorithms setting justice

    Priscilla Guo ’18 found 49 of the 50 states use predictive algorithms in bail, pretrial, and sentencing hearings. Her thesis uncovers their flaws.

  • Discovering a ‘richness’ in Harvard’s diversity

    Harvard College senior Jacob Scherba’s own health and his sister’s affliction with a rare disorder influenced his merging engineering and medicine.

  • Spirit of transformation animates Faust, students

    In her final Baccalaureate Address as Harvard’s president, transformation was a theme Drew Faust returned to repeatedly.

    Drew Faust leads baccalaureate procession to Memorial Church.
  • The poet and the paleontologist

    Poet Kevin Young ’92 had something of a homecoming as he returned to speak before the honored students and faculty at Harvard’s annual Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises.

  • Two leaders, one Harvard

    Harvard’s incoming and outgoing presidents sit down with Gazette to talk about the value of humility in decision-making and the biggest challenges facing higher education.