Campus & Community
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named Class Day speaker
NBA icon, award-winning author, and humanitarian chosen for ‘his lasting efforts to build a more just and compassionate world’
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Harvard files lawsuit against Trump administration
Filing argues freeze of research funding violates First Amendment, laws, procedures
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Endowment offers Harvard flexibility but also risks
Economist speaks of balancing act between immediate needs and long-term planning
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Slave trade database moving to Harvard
Publicly accessible digital tool compiles four decades of scholarship on more than 30,000 voyages and 200,000 people.
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‘This is weakening the United States.’
Scholars react to Trump administration actions against Harvard and other institutions
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The food was good. The conversation was better.
‘Our Harvard’ brings students together to tackle tough issues
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‘You can solve anything’
Priyanka Pillai wants to take on big problems — and has learned how good design can help
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Tracing largely forgotten history of major community
Julia Tellides explored shifts, upheavals of Thessaloniki between two wars
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Roger Ware Brockett, 84
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Providing community support
Harvard Allston Partnership Fund awards grants to 26 Allston-Brighton nonprofits
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A change of mind, heart, and soul
Choosing Harvard took LyLena Estabine down an uncertain path. The former student co-president has no regrets.
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So how do you track spread of disease? By the numbers
Ivan Specht decided to employ his love of math during pandemic, which led to contact-tracing app, papers, future path
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Pop star on one continent, college student on another
Model and musician Kazuma Mitchell managed to (mostly) avoid the spotlight while at Harvard
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Renaming of a neighborhood
For Maya Counter ’24, honoring a notable Black educator, and setting right a historical wrong
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Five faculty named Harvard College Professors
Scholars recognized for sharing with students ‘particular joy of academic inquiry’
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When your meet-cute happens at T.H. Chan
She worked for Pfizer in Turkey; he was neurosurgery resident in Canada. And graduation and wedding are not far off.
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No business like show business — except the law
Nicholas Gonzalez was a child star who felt curiously at home in front of a jury box
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Turning ideas into impact
Startup founders inspire global audience at 2024 Harvard President’s Innovation Challenge Awards ceremony
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Did student or ChatGPT write that paper? Does it matter?
Sam Altman, CEO of firm that developed app, says ethics do matter, but they need to be rethought (and AI isn’t going away)
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Colleagues, students remember Helen Vendler, a ‘titan’ of poetry criticism
Beyond her passion for her work, they say, she was creative and engaged teacher, thoughtful adviser and mentor, trusted friend
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Jeff Lichtman named dean of science
Neuroscientist inspired by ‘great challenge’ of leading life, physical sciences division in era of rapidly growing knowledge
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Bringing personal perspective to homeless care
Soon-to-be Med School grad’s family struggled in U.S. after fleeing war-torn Central America. He hasn’t forgotten.
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Nikole Hannah-Jones on history, rage — and hope
Pulitzer Prize winner delivers keynote at Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative’s 2024 Symposium
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Jeremy M. Weinstein named dean of Harvard Kennedy School
Political scientist, who also served as academic leader and in various roles in Obama administration, to assume post July 1
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‘Unstoppable’ is all in the family
Inspired by quadriplegic father, Callahans sail to championship
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Three will receive 2024 Harvard Medal
In recognition of their extraordinary service
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When math is the dream
Dora Woodruff was drawn to beauty of numbers as child. Next up: Ph.D. at MIT.
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A space for researchers to meet, and AI and natural intelligence to do the same
The Kempner Institute buzzes with new code, numbers, ideas
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A fresh take on must-see TV
Isabella Madrigal has a vision: storytelling that’s compelling, inspires better, more equitable world
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Sean Kelly named dean of Arts & Humanities
Distinguished scholar of philosophy calls work of division ‘the soul of higher education’
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Overseers announce senior officers for 2024-25
Vivian Hunt and Tyler Jacks to assume leadership roles after Commencement
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When your soulmate’s a classmate
Husband and wife — both pursuing master’s degrees at Harvard — merge love for education to help students in India
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From scissors, PFAS everywhere to effects of standardized tests, incarcerated moms
Harvard Horizons Symposium highlights stunning, impactful research of grad students
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Faculty working groups formed on institutional voice, fostering open inquiry
Garber, Manning announce Noah Feldman, Alison Simmons, Tomiko Brown-Nagin, and Eric Beerbohm as chairs
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For the young at heart, and fleet of foot
Harvard runners take on the Boston Marathon
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Harvard announces return to required testing
Leading researchers cite strong evidence that testing expands opportunity