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  • Autumn arrives in Harvard Yard

    The incandescent foliage of New England is on full display across the Harvard campuses on both sides of the Charles River.

  • From one dreamer to another

    Monica Tesoriero and Kalan Chang are products of the Harvard Bridge Program, which connects workers with citizenship and career-development services.

  • Gift from Jeremy Lin ’10 funds financial aid and Lavietes Pavilion renovation

    A $1 million gift from Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin ’10 will go towards supporting the Harvard Financial Aid initiative and improvements to the Lavietes Pavilion.

  • Steven Hyman awarded 2016 Sarnat Prize

    The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded Professor Steven Hyman ’80 the 2016 Sarnat Prize for his work on treating and understanding psychiatric disorders as biological diseases.

  • Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 19

    On October 19 the Faculty Council heard a review of the Biomedical Engineering concentration and a proposal on course scheduling. They also met with Provost Garber to ask and answer…

  • At Carpenter Center, an explosion of creativity

    The Carpenter Center, designed by renowned architect Le Corbusier, is intended for creative activity within its spaces.

  • Community Football Day perfect, Crimson too

    More than 1,000 residents of Allston-Brighton and Cambridge enjoyed a tailgate before watching the Crimson football team continue their perfect streak, all compliments of Harvard University.

  • Some advice for freshmen

    A Harvard College sophomore tells freshmen what he knows, and ponders what he’s learned in the last year.

  • A student-driven performance space

    Two undergraduates turned their idea for a new musical and performance space into reality at the Penthouse Café in the Radcliffe Quadrangle.

  • Kimmel steps up for Scholars at Risk

    Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel will be joined by sports analyst Bill Simmons at a Boston fundraiser to support Harvard’s Scholars at Risk program.

  • Harvard’s Oliver Hart wins Nobel in economics

    Harvard Professor Oliver Hart was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his work on contracts theory.

  • Pharr honored by Japan Foundation

    Susan J. Pharr has been given the Japan Foundation Award for her contribution to the study of the island nation and its international ties.

  • Black lives, in focus

    The Hutchins Center honors eight medalists who have made a difference for African-Americans and for cultural understanding.

  • Juan Manuel Santos, Kennedy School alumnus and Nieman fellow, wins Nobel Peace Prize

    Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, a graduate of Harvard Kennedy School, M.C./M.P.A. ’81, has been named the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced this morning.

  • Patrick Dewes Hanan, 87

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 4, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records. On April 26, 2014, Patrick Hanan passed away.…

  • Larry Dean Benson, 86

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 4, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

  • Harvard beats Georgetown, 31-17

    On the third game into the season, an undefeated Harvard beats Georgetown, 31-17.

  • Eli Dershwitz’s road to the Olympics

    Harvard sophomore Eli Dershwitz represented the United States at the Summer Olympics in the men’s saber fencing competition in Rio de Janeiro. While he didn’t win a medal this time, Dershwitz said the intense training and discipline required to make it to Brazil gave him the confidence to succeed at Harvard and the drive to “reach certain academic levels.”

  • Harvard College junior follows humanities

    Secure in his humanities concentration, junior Matthew DeShaw gains balance and confidence from internships that mixed business with pleasure.

  • Across Harvard, art you can touch

    Sculptures are dotted across campus in both public and private spaces.

  • Honan 5K paves way to support local programs

    The Brian J. Honan 5K Run/Walk gathered more than 1,300 people together to raise money for local charities and educational programs on Sept. 25.

  • Becoming her fullest self

    Sarah Lewis ’97 talks to the Gazette about returning to Harvard to join the faculty of the History of Art and Architecture.

  • Sharing the small stuff

    The fifth annual Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference will be a showcase for “bite-sized innovations.”

  • Douglas Melton wins Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize

    Douglas Melton, co-director of Harvard Stem Cell Institute and the Xander University Professor in Harvard’s Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, has been awarded the 2016 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize from the Gladstone Institutes.

  • A more inclusive Harvard

    Harvard President Drew Faust has convened a University-wide task force to examine issues of inclusion and belonging on Harvard’s increasingly diverse campus. The co-chairs discuss the task ahead.

  • Debating democracy itself

    As part of HUBweek, Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel led a civic dialogue on the value of democracy and civic life on the night of the first presidential debate.

  • The year ahead for Rakesh Khurana

    Danoff Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana sat down with the Gazette to outline his goals for the year ahead, including the implementation of Harvard’s new single-gender organization policy, efforts to strengthen inclusion and investments in more social spaces across campus, and his life as a faculty dean of Cabot House with his wife, Stephanie.

  • Welcoming the world to Harvard

    A gift in memory of Moise Y. Safra will support the Moise Y. Safra Welcome Pavilion, which will be located at the entrance of the Richard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Center when it reopens in 2018.

  • Ten from Harvard named HHMI Faculty Scholars

    Ten Harvard scientists have won the support of a new funding initiative by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Simons Foundation, and the Gates Foundation.

  • Professor offers basics of bioethics and the law in 90 minutes

    Law Professor Glenn Cohen led an interactive one-night class at the Harvard Ed Portal in Allston that focused on the complicated questions surrounding the legal, medical, and ethical aspects of bioethics.