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  • Guidelines for Harvard’s 367th Commencement

    To accommodate the increasing number of people wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, interested readers should carefully review the guidelines.

    Harvard Commencement
  • At Wintersession, fresh ways for students to explore

    Wintersession 2018 gave Harvard students some much-welcomed time to explore new fields and experiences.

  • It’s seriously debatable

    Members of the Harvard Debate Council must research endlessly, analyze quickly, and talk intelligently and rapidly.

    The Harvard debate team.
  • Spreading the word on college admissions

    Seniors Luke Heine and Cole Scanlon developed a college admissions guide in an effort to widen access to higher education.

  • Learning to understand their own DNA

    Harvard gives local high school students hands-on experience with biotechnology.

  • Hasty Pudding names Paul Rudd its 2018 Man of the Year

    Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard University has named actor Paul Rudd its Man of the Year.

  • Rogers to step down as VP for alumni affairs and development

    Tamara Rogers will step down from her position as vice president for alumni affairs and development at the end of this calendar year, the University announced on Thursday.

    Tamara Rogers
  • Mila Kunis named Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year

    Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard University has named actor Mila Kunis the 2018 Woman of the Year.

  • In Cincinnati, Faust makes case for college

    Harvard President Faust makes the case for college to high school students in Cincinnati, speaks at alumni gathering.

  • Staying curious for 40+ years

    Harvard University’s Tuition Assistance Program celebrates 40 years of offering lifelong learning.

    Tuition Assistance Program alumna Laura Buso
  • Quidditch, anyone? Inside Harvard club sports

    Teddy Roosevelt boxed. Neil deGrasse Tyson wrestled. For generations, Harvard students have turned to physical activity for a break from study.

  • Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility releases annual report

    The 2017 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility has been released.

  • The objects of their reflection

    Whether it’s an Indonesian spell book or a light bulb from the 1880s, the Harvard library’s holdings have charmed students and illuminated their research.

    Batak accordion book of spells.
  • Bol to step down as vice provost

    Peter K. Bol will step down at the end of the summer as Harvard’s vice provost for advances in learning to return to the faulty and to his teaching and research on China’s history.

  • Time, nature shape Harvard Yard

    Landscape designer contrasts photos of Harvard Yard from before its 1990s restoration with photos taken from the same perspective today.

    A circle of students sit in chairs in Harvard Yard.
  • The human element: Remembering Calestous Juma

    : Calestous Juma, 64, who died Dec. 15 after a long illness, was a professor of the practice of international development at Harvard Kennedy School and director of the Belfer Center’s Science, Technology, and Globalization Project.

    Harvard Kennedy School Professor Calestous Juma, 64
  • Professor Paola Arlotta awarded George Ledlie Prize

    Developmental neurobiologist Paola Arlotta has been awarded the George Ledlie Prize by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

  • Harvard Gazette’s top stories of 2017

    Milestones, innovation, analysis, and inspiration from the University and beyond. We look back at some reader favorites.

    Freshman Leah Smart and her mother, Dee, carry box into Harvard dorm.
  • Here they came a-caroling

    Holiday spirit fills renewed Memorial Church, as services raise $10,000 for crisis center.

    Choirmaster conducts Harvard choir during Christmas service in Memorial Church.
  • Farewell, Harvard’s grand diplomat

    University Marshal Jackie O’Neill is retiring after a 40-year career at Harvard.

    Harvard University Marshal Jackie O'Neill
  • Title IX report released

    Harvard University’s Title IX Office and the Office for Dispute Resolution released their 2016-2017 joint annual report today, highlighting the growth in University-wide educational outreach initiatives on Title IX policies and services.

    Nicole Merhill and Bill McCants
  • College accepts 964 early-admission applicants for Class of 2022

    Notifications were sent Monday to the 6,630 students who applied for early admission to the College under the Early Action program.

    Admissions letters
  • Study spaces call to students

    From Widener Library’s Loker Reading Room to the Harvard Art Museums’ Calderwood Courtyard, photos show Harvard’s most popular study spaces

  • Pride in education, and family

    First-generation Harvard graduate Yesenia Ortiz is working in nonprofits in part to help struggling families overcome obstacles like those her parents faced.

    Yesenia Ortiz at graduation surrounded by family.
  • Harvard professor among 3 to receive up to $70M for Alzheimer’s research

    A Harvard professor is among those slated to receive $70 million in NIH funding over five years to launch the Alzheimer’s Clinical Trials Consortium, which will accelerate and expand the disease’s therapeutic research.

    Reisa Sperling,
  • Harvard files Allston plan

    Harvard University launched the initial development phase of a new regional innovation hub on Thursday with the filing of regulatory plans for the Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.

  • ‘Dream big and act boldly’

    “Dream big and act boldly,” 138 Harvard winter grads were urged in a midyear recognition ceremony.

    Ben Kelly ’17 celebrates
  • Evon Vogt, 85

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Evon Zartman Vogt Jr., Professor of Social Anthropology Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Vogt was a prolific social anthropologist who began the 35-year Harvard Chiapas Project.

  • Lee Rainwater, 87

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Lee Rainwater, Professor of Sociology Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Rainwater engaged in scholarship concerned with the nature and consequences of poverty and economic inequality and co-founded the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS), the primary database for international comparative research on household and individual economic well-being.

  • Policy on unrecognized single-gender social organizations to remain

    Harvard President Drew Faust announced at a faculty meeting that the Harvard Corporation has voted to keep the policy on unrecognized single-gender social organizations in place.