Campus & Community

Lizabeth Cohen, who has led the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study since 2011, announced she will step down from that post next June. She plans to return to teaching and research in Harvard’s Department of History following a year’s sabbatical.

Speakers and students shared their memories of S. Allen Counter during a service at the Memorial Church on Sept. 27.

The Harvard Global Institute (HGI) will fund eight projects this year, three focusing on topics that are particularly relevant to China, five on issues that are salient to India.

A photo gallery of roommates in Harvard’s Class of 2020.

More than 1,500 runners and spectators, a third of them from Harvard, turned out for the 14th annual Brian Honan 5K Run/Walk.

Malcolm Reid ’21 finds weeks on campus welcoming and busy.

New Harvard professors connected with colleagues and learned about resources for teaching and research in an event at the Faculty Club.

After more than a year of renovations at Winthrop House, returning students have discovered a residence that combines neo-Georgian character with 21st-century amenities.

Harvard College alum and GSD student John Wang’s “100+ Years at 73 Brattle” is now installed as the winner of the third Radcliffe Institute Public Art Competition.

The fourth annual Student Late Night at the Harvard Art Museums welcomed guests with food, drink, and dance — and, of course, art.

Following the recent announcement of the faculty and staff advisory committees for Harvard’s presidential search, the student advisory committee has now been assembled.

Whether you’re interested in science, history, politics, art, technology, comedy, cooking, or sports, there’s something happening at Harvard this fall for you.

Dean James Ryan of the Graduate School of Education will depart Harvard at the end of this academic year to become president of the University of Virginia.

Long-term Harvard reaccreditation process advances. A team will visit in late October to examine the University’s self-study process.

Shaun Donovan, the former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, has been named senior strategist and adviser to Harvard President Drew Faust on Allston and campus development.

During her last year as Harvard president, Drew Faust said in an interview that she will focus on making the case for the University’s needs and values in Washington, ensuring progress on inclusion and belonging for all, completing The Harvard Campaign, and nurturing development of the emerging Allston campus.

Diversity Dialogue panelists discussed how the lack of diversity in children’s literature limits the imaginations of children of all backgrounds.

Harvard’s first year as a chapter of Camp Kesem, a summer camp for children whose parents have battled cancer, unfolded last month in the green hills of Western Massachusetts.

The Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging continues to seek recommendations from the University community as its deadline draws near.

The first week of each semester is known as “shopping week” at Harvard, during which students are encouraged to try out classes before formally registering.

President Drew Faust and University officials unveiled a plaque to honor and remember slaves whose labor helped fund the bequest establishing Harvard Law School 200 years ago.

Young refugees living in Dorchester learned English at a summer camp taught by Harvard students. Morning classes were followed by afternoon field trips to places such as the Boston Children’s Museum and harbor islands.

As members of Harvard’s Texas Club prepare a vigil, University experts offer advice on how best to help those in need from the flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey.

Harvard President Drew Faust called for listeners to take a stand against bigotry and racism during the first Morning Prayers of the academic year.

In her final convocation address, Harvard President Drew Faust urged freshmen to challenge assumptions, connect with classmates, and embrace diversity.

The 25 gates in Harvard Yard manage a rare feat: They are pragmatic and artistic at the same time.

The midpoint of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center renovation project was celebrated in a traditional topping-off ceremony.

Harvard’s Class of 2021 settles into its dorms with family and friends helping them make the transition on the official move-in day.

Michael Medaugh, who in seventh grade exchanged notes with Harvard President Drew Faust, worked hard and is now a College freshman.

The sunny, modular home architect Richard Rogers designed for his parents in the 1960s now serves as an urban studies lab for the Graduate School of Design.