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  • Learning to let it fly

    In her last piece before graduating, student correspondent Amanda Beattie ’17 reflects on the lessons she and her friends have learned in their four years as Harvard undergraduates.

  • Sanes receives Gruber Neuroscience Prize

    Joshua R. Sanes, the Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology and founding director of the Center for Brain Science, has been named recipient of the 2017 Gruber Neuroscience Prize.

  • Afternoon of Engagement offered personal anecdotes, suggestions

    The Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging’s campus-wide event provided questions, answers, and insight.

  • ‘There was just no way I was going to do what everyone else did’

    Interview with Professor Pamela Silver as part of the Experience series.

    Pamela Silver sitting in a field.

  • Making rhyme and reason speak for him

    Obasi Shaw ’17, an English concentrator with a secondary on computer science, wrote a rap album for his senior creative writing thesis, a first at the Department of English.

  • Moving the needle

    Will Butler of the indie rock band Arcade Fire will graduate from Harvard Kennedy School’s midcareer master’s program with a goal of helping others.

  • Inspired by physics and art

    Julia Grotto ’17 combines art, science, and public service to paint a complete picture of her life at Harvard.

  • Support that matters

    The annual Celebration of Scholarships dinner brought together students who benefit from financial aid and donors who support the program.

  • A call to do justice

    A graduate of West Point, David E. White Jr., J.D. ’17, came to Harvard Law School after a tour in Afghanistan as a lieutenant and platoon leader. At the Law School, he honed his passions for leadership, public service, and justice.

  • Challenge to meet future needs accomplished

    Three student ventures have been recognized with 2017 President’s Innovation Challenge awards, and three runners-up also won awards.

  • Misty Copeland, offstage

    Misty Copeland, the American Ballet Theatre’s first black principal dancer, shares her life story with students.

  • Harvard yield highest since 1960s

    Nearly 84 percent of students admitted to the Class of 2021 have chosen to matriculate at Harvard College. The last time the yield reached this level was in 1969.

  • ‘There were just so many things that I was curious about’

    Interview with Professor Joseph Nye as part of the Experience series.

    Joseph Nye in his office.

  • Being ‘smart’ about her education

    Amanda Rich found the Harvard Extension School a perfect landing spot for her third degree.

  • Business School Professor David A. Garvin dies at 64

    David A. Garvin, Harvard Business School’s C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, died at his home in Lexington, Mass., on Sunday, April 30, after a long battle with cancer. He was 64 years old.

  • Paving the way to entrepreneurship

    Harvard-based program exposes high school students to the excitement and challenges of entrepreneurship.

  • Abell and Palandjian to lead Overseers

    Scott A. Abell ’72 has been elected president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers for the academic year 2017-18. Tracy P. Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, will serve as vice chair of the Overseers executive committee for 2017-18.

  • Harvard faculty named to National Academy of Sciences

    Eight Harvard faculty elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences.

  • 5 awarded Harvard College Professorships

    The five faculty members named Harvard College Professors this month all share a talent for making their respective subjects come alive in the classroom.

  • Lowell House on May Day

    In an annual ritual, Lowell House residents rise early to greet May Day by the river.

  • Paul C. Martin, 85

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 2, 2017, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

  • Two are Abramson winners

    David Cox and Lorgia García Peña are winners of the 2017 Roslyn Abramson Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching.

  • Carpenter Center appoints new director

    Dan Byers has been named as the John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, effective June 1.

  • He set the stage for change

    David Coletti is a peer adviser, a PBHA volunteer, and international traveler who says conversations have broken down barriers and fostered connections key to his time at Harvard.

  • ‘You can’t let your emotions overtake you so much that you can’t do the work’

    Interview with Professor Annette Gordon-Reed of Harvard Law School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as part of the Experience series.

    Annette Gordon-Reed in her office.

  • Instagram takeover: Students highlight the arts on Harvard’s account

    Undergrads Samuel Fisch and Lance Oppenheim take over Harvard’s Instagram account to highlight Arts First and the student experience of the arts at Harvard.

    Samuel Fisch and Lance Oppenheim

  • An active role for the Divinity School

    A panel at Harvard Divinity School included the deans of the Law School, Business School, and Ed School. The focus was how the Divinity School could be of assistance.

  • Facing future with hands-on empathy for others

    Surgeries transformed Elaine Dong’s face and her future, freeing her to mix visual arts with the art of medicine.

  • Making sense of climate costs

    Ph.D. graduate Jisung Park focuses on the natural environment’s effects on society—a boyhood interest that grew first in Kansas, then sharpened in Seoul.

  • Harvard professor recognized with portrait

    Professor Orlando Patterson is the 17th honoree of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations’ Portraiture Project.