Campus & Community

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of 213 new members, including 11 Harvard faculty.

Fifteen finalists have been selected in the President’s Innovation Challenge, which tackles real-world issues. Winners will be named May 2.

Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was selected to be Harvard College’s Class Day speaker as part of the University’s 367th Commencement Week celebration. The May 23 event will be streamed live online.

What she lacks in size she makes up for in volume as leader of the heavyweight varsity rowers.

Harvard instructor Sunn m’Cheaux worked with 30 Vassal Lane Upper School seventh-graders, teaching them the origin of the Gullah language as part of Harvard’s Project Teach program.

Harvard’s faculty is more diverse than ever, with women making up 30 percent of tenured and tenure-track faculty and minorities making up 23 percent.

Divinity School student and former Navy SEAL Daniel Cnossen won six medals as part of the U.S. Nordic skiing team at the 2018 Paralympics.

Adams House is the next Harvard residence complex slated for renewal. It includes a building that predates the Revolution, an antique printing press, and a theater crafted from a swimming pool. The renewal will retain such gems, while improving accessibility and providing modern amenities.

At the annual Citizenship Celebration Dinner, Harvard welcomed its newest Americans.

Four teams and 61 employees from across FAS were honored at the annual Dean’s Distinction Awards ceremony.

Harvard Law School students are volunteering their time to provide tax help to the community at the Cambridge Public Library.

A gift from Jorge Paulo Lemann ’61 will support the creation of new curricular offerings and expanding current courses that focus on innovation and entrepreneurship.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Jurij Striedter, Curt Hugo Reisinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature, was placed upon the records. Professor Striedter was a leading scholar of Russian literature.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late I. Bernard Cohen, Victor S. Thomas Professor of the History of Science Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Cohen led the professionalization of the history of science and established the flagship department at Harvard.

Catherine Dulac, Jennifer Lewis, Louis Menand, and Mary C. Waters have been appointed to prestigious, five-year chairs at Harvard.