Campus & Community

Young and old travel from near and far to the Radcliffe sunken garden to sit and enjoy this splendid oasis in the city.

Grace Scheibner, the first director of Harvard’s Commencement office, is stepping down after 24 years in the role.

Leo Damrosch has the relaxed air of a man six years into retirement. Since adding emeritus to his title as Ernest Bernbaum Professor of Literature, Damrosch has won a National Book Critics Circle award and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2013 for “Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World.” More recently, “Eternity’s Sunrise: The Imaginative World of William Blake,” his study of the English poet and engraver, made this year’s shortlist for the National Book Critics Circle award in criticism.

At a pair of events, Cambridge eighth-graders presented projects they researched while at Harvard.

Paul C. Martin, the prolific theoretical physicist who led Harvard Division of Applied Sciences for 20 years, has died at 85.

The courtyard at Winthrop House’s Standish Hall will be renamed in honor of longtime Harvard supporter James F. Rothenberg ’68, M.B.A. ’70, who died last July.

Harvard Professor David Charbonneau has won a Blavatnik Award for his work identifying faraway planets, and other science.

The Allston Brighton Adult Education Collaborative brings together social services and organizations to help local residents improve their lives and prospects.

Harvard’s University Construction Management Council is celebrating its 10th year and forging ahead on projects such as acting to remove flame retardants and other toxic chemicals from building interiors.

A vigil was held at Tercentenary Theatre yesterday to honor the victims of the Orlando mass shooting.

Tim and Michele Barakett’s $25 million gift to The Campaign for Arts and Sciences will extend the impact of financial aid for undergraduates.

Take a look back at the 2015-2016 school year at Harvard, in pictures.

The annual Harvard Heroes ceremony honored staff members who have displayed, according to President Drew Faust, “ingenuity and grit.”

Native Americans from many tribes make up a small but vital segment of the Harvard community.

Officials gathered Monday at Harvard Business School to celebrate the opening of the Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center, a new multipurpose facility for students in HBS’ popular executive education program.

Alumni from the 1950s to 2000s share their memories of Harvard and historical events that marked their time in Cambridge.

Five graduating seniors say farewell to Harvard, reflecting on their experiences in some of their favorite University spaces.

Homi K. Bhabha, director of the Mahindra Humanities Center, wins a Humboldt Research Prize.

Janet L. Yellen, chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the country’s central banking system, accepted the Radcliffe Medal at a luncheon in Radcliffe Yard, and discussed economic concerns.

Photos show the many sides of Harvard’s 2016 Commencement festivities.

In his Commencement address, veteran filmmaker Steven Spielberg urged the members of Harvard’s Class of 2016 to stick to their morals and act when necessary.

Martin J. “Marty” Grasso Jr. ’78 is the new president of the Harvard Alumni Association, taking the reins from Paul L. Choi ’86, J.D. ’89.

The University in 2015-16 saw milestones related to diversity, scientific advances, and the renaming of the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Janet L. Yellen, chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will receive the Radcliffe Medal during Radcliffe Day on May 27.

On a perfect sunny day in Harvard Yard, the University held its 365th Commencement in Tercentenary Theatre, with an emphasis on congratulations, rituals, and, most of all, celebrations.

After switching careers from defense manufacturing to police work, Christos Hatzopoulos embarked on a third challenge: earning a master’s degree in history from the Harvard Extension School.

Doaa Abu Elyounes is a blind Arab-Israeli student who is graduating from HLS with an LL.M. degree.

Today the University awarded a total of 7,727 degrees and 11 certificates. A breakdown of degrees and programs is listed below. Harvard College granted a total of 1,661 degrees. Degrees…

With its development plans approved by the city of Boston, Harvard is moving ahead on its plans to create state-of-the-art facilities for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and other centers of innovation.

Nine to receive honorary degrees at Harvard’s 365th Commencement.