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Campus & Community
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Conan O’Brien ’85 named Commencement speaker
Comedy legend who once led Lampoon will deliver principal address on May 28
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Singer to step down as senior vice provost for faculty
Education scholar lauded for achievements in overseeing, leading changes in faculty development, support for academics since 2008
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Thomas Noel Bisson, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Wonder served him well
Curiosity ignited Alan Garber’s sense of purpose. Classmates, mentors, and patients helped deepen it.
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Tracing Harvard’s ties to slavery: Recovering names and histories
Researchers delve into probate records, tax lists, and estate inventories to identify enslaved people
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Ballot order set for Overseer and HAA director elections
Candidates finalized ahead of spring voting period
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Rising econ star sheds light on power of exchange rates
Oleg Itskhoki, now a Clark Medalist, returns to Harvard
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How to escape your silo (spoiler: friendship helps)
Co-authors of ‘What We Can’t Burn’ formed lasting bond even as they argued about best way to fight climate change
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Telling apples from Apples
Harvard Library search tool will understand intent behind the terms
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House pride from A to Z
Housing Day is more than a tradition, as first-years soon learn
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5 things we learned this week
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Donald Lee Fanger, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Atul Gawande named featured speaker for Harvard Alumni Day
Acclaimed surgeon, writer, and public health leader will take the stage at Harvard’s global alumni celebration on June 6
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Sense of isolation, loss amid Gaza war sparks quest to make all feel welcome
Nim Ravid works to end polarization on campus, across multicultural democracies
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4 things we learned this week
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Abraham Verghese, physician and bestselling author, named Commencement speaker
Stanford professor whose novels include ‘Covenant of Water’ to deliver principal address May 29
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Student-led projects tackle campus divisions
Presidential initiative backs efforts to encourage, facilitate constructive dialogue
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The team behind the team
From analyzing statistics to setting out chairs, student managers help carry the sports they love
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Stepping into the hot center
Tarek Masoud’s ‘Middle East Dialogues’ sparked many conversations — including about importance of having them
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Keeping cool when debate turns hot
Inaugural global Ethics Center conference features scholarship, presentations on fostering civil, productive dialogue
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Conflict is inevitable. Rancor isn’t.
It all begins, undergrad nonprofit founder says, with nurturing curiosity about what other side really thinks, and why
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New era for the Bok Center
Director shares vision for innovative teaching and learning
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Legacy of Slavery expands work with oldest genealogical nonprofit in U.S.
Partnership laying groundwork for University to engage with direct descendants
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Ballot finalized for Overseer and HAA director elections
Candidates listed in official ballot order
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Nieman curator Ann Marie Lipinski to step down
Pulitzer winner steered foundation through a period of disruption for the news industry and deepened collaboration with the Harvard community
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With Summer Youth Employment program, Harvard sees ‘an infrastructure for opportunity’
Career pathway programs help youth, veterans, Cambridge, and Greater Boston
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DCE celebrates 50 years of innovation and impact
Yearlong fete kicks off with a look at the future of continuing education
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Key to healing riven communities? Getting people together.
Campus rabbi, imam work to ease pain in their groups caused by Israel-Hamas war, model power of personal ties
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Class of 2000 elects Dara Olmsted Silverstein as chief marshal of alumni
Food sustainability advocate to serve in longstanding alumni tradition
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Origins of Indo-European? Donation to Art Museums?
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A ‘Wicked’ good time
Actor, singer Cynthia Erivo celebrated as Hasty’s 2025 Woman of the Year
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A family at School when home is far away
Program has connected affiliates, new international students for more than 40 years
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Doing College with ball in one hand, bow in the other
Bradford Dickson plays on Crimson water polo team, and as a Harvard-Berklee cellist
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What a Hamm
Film and TV star has some fun as Hasty’s 2025 Man of the Year
