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  • Faculty Council meeting held March 22

    On March 22 the members of the Faculty Council heard five-year legislated reviews of the Electrical Engineering concentration and of the Mechanical Engineering concentration. They also voted to endorse a…

  • Problems solved at Harvard’s math lounge

    At almost any time of day, you’ll see students working out problem sets, attacking homework, or chilling with headsets in the revamped Austin and Chilton McDonnell Common Room.

  • David Rockefeller dies at 101

    David Rockefeller, a business leader and prominent member of a storied family who was a generous benefactor to Harvard and once headed the Overseers, dies at 101.

  • Hard work pays off as medical students get to Match Day

    On Match Day 2017, more than 150 Harvard Medical School students learned where they will spend the next three to seven years of their training.

  • FAS staff acknowledged for their contributions

    The dozens of FAS staff who gathered in University Hall on March 9 were honored as Dean’s Distinction award winners, with 59 recipients receiving a total of 61 awards.

  • With Overseers president, interacting is key

    Harvard Board of Overseers President Kenji Yoshino reflects on his six-year term on the board, with a look both backward and forward.

  • In support of international students

    In the wake of the U.S. government’s second travel ban on people from a handful of countries, the University is offering a network of support to its international students who might be affected.

  • Harvard sweeps Yale with 6-4 and 4-3 wins

    With two wins over Yale this past weekend, Harvard men’s ice hockey will move on to the ECAC semifinals in Lake Placid, N.Y.

  • 13 Allston-Brighton nonprofits to receive grants

    Thirteen local nonprofits were selected to receive Harvard Allston Partnership Fund grants totaling $100,000 to support programs in the Allston-Brighton community.

  • Tips on guiding parents through media maze

    As part of the Harvard Ed Portal Faculty Speaker series, Harvard Graduate School of Education’s Joe Blatt shared his research on ever-changing technology and media’s impact on children.

  • Get sorted

    It’s Housing Day 2017 at Harvard, first with dorm assignments, and then with revelry.

  • Finalists named in President’s Innovation Challenge

    Harvard Innovation Labs announced the 15 finalists for this year’s President’s Innovation Challenge. The grand prize winner will be named May 9.

  • When undergrads are just living

    New leadership at the Office of Student Life brings ideas and a fresh approach to supporting students and helping them have a rich and satisfying College experience.

  • Lessons in observation

    A faculty exchange about the humanities and sciences formed the centerpiece of the February Your Harvard: Miami event.

  • Ruth Hubbard Wald, 92

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 7, 2017, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Ruth Hubbard Wald, Professor of Biology, Emerita, was placed upon the records. Professor Hubbard was a superb biochemist who studied the light-sensitive molecules in photoreceptors and was a prominent feminist and social activist.

  • Zuckerberg named Commencement speaker

    Internet leader and philanthropist Mark Zuckerberg is the featured speaker at Harvard’s 366th Commencement on May 25.

  • Law School receives Scalia papers

    The family of the late, influential Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia has donated his papers to the Harvard Law School Library.

  • Discovering the humanities at Harvard

    Harvard’s brightest share their stories in a new video highlighting the value of studying art and culture.

  • Probing how colleges benefited from slavery

    Hundreds of listeners from Harvard and beyond packed a Radcliffe auditorium on Friday for a series of wrenching discussions about the historical role of universities in the propagation of slavery.…

    Universities and Slavery: Bound by History is a daylong conference stage with speaker.
  • A day of Hillary at Harvard

    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Harvard Friday for several private sessions with students and faculty to discuss some of the challenges she faced as the nation’s top foreign policy representative from 2009-13.

  • Lectures That Last offers clear message

    Faculty from each of Harvard’s 12 graduate Schools addressed a full house at the seventh annual Lectures That Last event held at Harvard Business School’s Burden Auditorium on Feb. 23.

  • The focus is Harvard and slavery

    A new exhibit at Harvard’s Pusey Library, “Bound by History: Harvard, Slavery, and Archives,” contains much of what researchers have uncovered so far related to Harvard’s ties to slavery. But experts say there is much more to be found.

    On display as part of an upcoming exhibit on slavery, this Allan Rohan Crite watercolor depicts the Dana-Palmer House, home of Harvard College and Law School graduate Richard Henry Dana Jr.. who helped found the anti-slavery Free Soil Party and later defended fugitive slaves in court.
  • Rings for the Class of ’18

    The Class of ’18 received their Harvard rings on Junior Parents Weekend.

  • Faculty Council meeting held March 1

    On March 1 the members of the Faculty Council met with Provost Garber to ask and answer questions as representatives of the Faculty. They also heard a report on the…

  • Unveiling Lowell House renewal

    Central to Lowell House renewal is Otto Hall, named in recognition of a gift from Alexander Otto ’90, M.B.A. ’94.

  • A voice for others

    Rihanna received the Harvard Foundation’s Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award during an hourlong ceremony before a raucous crowd that had waited hours to get a coveted seat inside jam-packed Sanders Theatre.

  • Understanding Harvard’s ties to slavery

    During a Q&A in advance of a conference on slavery at American universities, Harvard President Drew Faust explains the expanding effort in Cambridge to document the painful realities of the past.

  • Actress Viola Davis named Harvard Artist of the Year

    The Harvard Foundation has named Oscar-nominated actress Viola Davis as the 2017 Artist of the Year for her powerhouse performances across TV, film, and theater and philanthropic dedication to her Rhode Island hometown.

  • Rihanna named Humanitarian of Year

    The popular singer Rihanna has been named the 2017 Harvard University Humanitarian of the Year, and will come to campus to accept the Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at a ceremony Feb. 28.

  • Lamont wins Erasmus Prize

    Weatherhead Center director Michèle Lamont wins the Erasmus Prize and is honored for her contributions to social sciences.