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  • Education is pivotal, Faust tells Miami students

    Education is pivotal to changing your life for the better, Harvard President Drew Faust told an audience of Miami high school students on Thursday.

  • Lab opens doors for an undergrad experience

    As part of Harvard’s Wintersession, a handful of freshmen got the chance to experience the reality of lab work by exploring how altering genes in yeast affected the cells’ functions.

  • Faculty Council meeting held Feb. 15

    On Feb. 15 the members of the Faculty Council heard a report from the General Education Implementation Committee and an update on the work of the Presidential Task Force on Inclusion…

  • Students shelter homeless youth at Y2Y

    Founded by two Harvard College graduates and staffed mostly by students at the College, Y2Y Harvard Square is the nation’s first student-run homeless shelter exclusively for young adults.

  • Harvard men’s hockey regains Beanpot title

    With a 6-3 win, Harvard men’s ice hockey topped Boston University Monday night to earn the Beanpot Championship, capturing a title it had not held since 1993.

  • In the Navajo Nation

    A service trip by Harvard undergraduates exposes them to life in the Navajo Nation.

  • Nearly 40,000 apply to College Class of ’21

    Applications for admission to Harvard College rose to nearly 40,000 this year, with a record 39,494 students applying, 1.2 percent more than last year.

  • Herbert W. Levi, 93

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 7, 2017, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

  • Edward Louis Keenan Jr., 79

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 7, 2017, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

  • Judy Woodruff and the late Gwen Ifill named Radcliffe medalists

    “NewsHour” co-anchors Judy Woodruff and the late Gwen Ifill will be awarded Radcliffe medals on Radcliffe Day, May 26.

  • Actor John Lithgow to receive Harvard Arts Medal

    Award-winning actor John Lithgow ’67, Ar.D. ’05, is the recipient of the 2017 Harvard Arts Medal, which marks the opening of Arts First at Harvard.

  • A pudding pot for Ryan Reynolds

    Hasty Pudding welcomes ‘Deadpool’ actor Ryan Reynolds as its Man of the Year.

  • Honoring the Crimson line

    Harvard officials, staff, administrators, faculty, alumni, and students stood alongside alumni veterans and active servicemen and -women at a reception at Pusey Library for an evocative exhibition that traces the interwoven histories of two of the country’s oldest institutions: Harvard and the U.S. military.

  • Queries, and support, on travel concerns

    Town hall session outlines Harvard’s programmatic safety net for community members during this period of tightened immigration.

  • Working in the service of others

    The sixth annual Public Interested Conference brought together nearly 150 Harvard alumni who shared their experiences in the public service sector.

  • Adding security at Harvard

    Harvard encourages computer users to watch out for and report phishing expeditions, which are increasing.

  • Finding comfort at home and here

    A Harvard undergraduate who now calls two coasts home learns to bridge the 3,000-mile gap.

  • My 21 years in Cambridge

    A Harvard undergrad reflects on leaving home, but staying put.

  • First you see, then you see again

    See Harvard through a collection of double exposure images, where iconic elements of the University campus overlap and converge in surprising ways.

  • Trials for a global university

    With travel to the United States temporarily banned from some Muslim-majority nations, Harvard officials and students are rallying to support members of the global University’s international community.

  • Women’s basketball gets expert advice — and they win

    President Drew Faust and College Dean Rakesh Khurana were on hand, and were named honorary coaches, at Harvard women’s basketball game victory.

  • Sifting data, seeking justice

    Paola Villarreal, a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center, is using data visualization to shed light on inequality in health, housing, and more.

  • Humanities and science come together at conference

    The sixth annual National Collegiate Research Conference (NCRC), considered the largest student-run undergraduate research symposium in the nation, brought an estimated 200 undergraduates from across the U.S. and abroad to Harvard’s campus Jan. 19–21.

  • Harvard University Housing establishes new rents for 2017–18

    HUH 2017–2018 market rents will increase 3 percent on average across the 3,000-unit portfolio relative to last year’s rents, although within the portfolio rents on some units have been adjusted up or down based on current market conditions.

  • Hasty Pudding honors Octavia Spencer

    The Hasty Pudding Theatricals honored actress Octavia Spencer two days after she received her latest Academy Award nomination.

  • Guidelines for Harvard’s 366th Commencement Exercises

    To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard University’s Commencement Exercises, new guidelines are being proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre.

  • Faculty Council meeting held Jan. 25

    On Jan. 25 the members of the Faculty Council heard a report on the activities of the Standing Committee on Athletic Sports and met with the President to ask and…

  • A student’s Harvard Square hideaways

    For an undergraduate, Harvard Square is busy and crowded, but it’s home, particularly when you know what parts of it make you happy.

  • Course change for Harvard Management Company

    New Harvard Management Company head N.P. Narvekar announced a major reorganization of Harvard’s endowment management arm, including investment strategy shifts, workforce cuts, fresh hires, and changes in how compensation is calculated.

  • The return of Winthrop House

    When students move back into a renovated Winthrop House this fall, ahead of schedule, they’ll find transformed spaces and modern amenities as well as design touches that celebrate the residence’s rich history.