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  • ‘I was confused and inspired. I wanted to do everything’

    The first woman to earn tenure at the GSD and the first to chair the department of architecture has made a career of making statements.

    Toshiko Mori.
  • 82% of those admitted will join Class of ’22

    So far 82 percent of the students admitted to the Class of 2022 have notified Harvard they will matriculate to campus this August.

  • The road ahead for Title IX efforts

    Though Harvard has been working to reduce sexual and gender harassment for years, it’s adding to its Title IX efforts.

  • A revolution, 50 years in the making

    The return of members of the Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1968 for the 50th anniversary of their graduation proves cause to revisit an era of sweeping change.

    Case from "Harvard, 1968" exhibit.
  • ‘The greatest gift you can have is a good education, one that isn’t strictly professional’

    The professor who put forward the idea of multiple intelligences talks about his adventures in learning for the Experience series.

    Howard Gardner in his office.
  • A whole-family approach

    A Q&A with Fletcher Maynard Academy principal Robin Harris on the impact of Harvard’s “Mind Matters” program at the Cambridge school.

  • Working with low-income children rewrites her story

    After an internship with the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools changed her life, Nicole Powell changed her trajectory and headed for Harvard Divinity School.

  • Harvard Allston Partnership Fund marks decade

    The Harvard Allston Partnership Fund has provided more than $1 million in grants since its inception 10 years ago. The 10th anniversary was marked by a celebration at Allston’s Raymond V. Mellone Park when $100,000 in grants were recently announced.

    Ana Isabel Cardona and Drew Faust
  • Exploring religion, building a life of service

    Using her head and her hands, Haley Curtin ’18 has built the foundation of a meaningful life. Meaningful first of all to her.

  • A college, 98 feet long

    Long-anticipated renovations will begin this summer, preserving the building’s legacy while also bringing it into the 21st century.

  • Miller and Hinton win Abramson Award

    Derek Miller, John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, and Elizabeth Hinton, assistant professor of history and of African and African-American studies, are winners of the Roslyn Abramson Award.

    Derek Miller
  • Students’ innovations recognized for real-world impact

    The President’s Innovation Challenge recognized three student ventures, STEMgem, OZÉ, and PionEar, with $75,000 in prize money from the Bertarelli Foundation to help them turn their ideas into impactful, real-world ventures.

    Pres Challenge winners
  • ‘What the hell — why don’t I just go to Harvard and turn my life upside down?’

    Family, history, and the 1960s all helped to shape the higher ed leader, but it was illness that urged her forward.

  • Rite of spring

    Crowds top 15,000 over the festival’s four days.

  • Eugene Rochow, 92

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 1, 2018, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Eugene George Rochow, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Rochow took on challenging realms of organometallic chemistry and ceramics, nuclear chemistry, and education.

  • Leonard Nash, 95

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 1, 2018, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Leonard Kollender Nash, William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Nash conducted research in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics and was a famously inspiring teacher.

  • William Klemperer, 90

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 1, 2018, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late William Aloys Klemperer, Erving Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Klemperer was among the world’s leaders in molecular spectroscopy.

  • Bridget Terry Long to lead Ed School

    Bridget Terry Long will become the new dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education in July.

    Bridget Terry Long
  • Assistant professor named a Carnegie Fellow

    Elizabeth Hinton, assistant professor of history and of African and African American Studies, has been named a 2018 Carnegie Fellow.

  • A thanks-giving meal

    Donors and recipients gathered in the Northwest Science Building to mark the 12th annual Celebration of Scholarships dinner event.

    Mfundo Radebe ‘20
  • Sustainability report marks milestones

    Reductions in trash, water use, and net greenhouse gas emissions are among the highlights of the 2017 Harvard Sustainability Report.

    Illustration of Harvard
  • The Sox beyond Fenway

    As the Boston Red Sox look to build on their strong start this season, the team’s work off the field, including its efforts to support inner city children and to confront racism, took center stage at a panel discussion at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

  • Gates recalls Harvard past, sees problem-solving future

    Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates dropped by Harvard to tour SEAS labs and talk with students about making the most of their time here.

  • A lasting legacy, now on view

    The University unveiled a portrait of the late S. Allen Counter, founder of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations.

  • Brown-Nagin named Radcliffe dean

    Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a leading historian on law and society as well as an authority on constitutional and education law and policy, has been named dean of Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.

    Tomiko Brown-Nagin
  • From Visitas participant to chronicler

    Another Visitas prompts a Harvard undergraduate to gauge just how far she has come in a year.

  • How college rocked my world

    The Transcript Project aims “to recognize the curiosity-driven intellectual journey that college is meant to be,” according to Dean Robin Kelsey.

    Paul Lewis '18,
  • Space to learn

    Harvard postdoc Or Graur finds success in the launch of Science Research Mentoring Program, which provides 10 local high school students a year of space research, working with a “real-life” scientist.

  • A new director

    Pierre Berastaín Ojeda has been appointed director of Harvard’s Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response.

    Pierre R. Berastain Ojeda
  • At Extension School, a sustainable program grows

    As natural disasters increase in frequency and severity, the Harvard Extension School’s Sustainability Program has grown in exponential increments.