Campus & Community

In recognition of the Boston Marathon bombings and as part of One Boston Day, Harvard police officer and affiliated minister Kevin Bryant offered hope to the community during the University’s Morning Prayers service at Memorial Church’s Appleton Chapel.

Harvard University has received unanimous final approval from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) for its planned Science and Engineering Complex (SEC) in Allston.

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus reflected on the longstanding relationship between Harvard and the Navy during an address to mark the fifth anniversary of the Navy ROTC program’s return to campus.

In advance of the Boston Marathon, a Harvard conference focuses on the achievements of Native Americans, long dominant in the sport.

Doctoral student Aleksandar Shopov has helped save many of Istanbul’s green spaces, but he has even broader hopes.

Students and donors gathered for the Celebration of Scholarships, an annual dinner where financial aid recipients spend an evening with their benefactors.

A student-led art installation, conceived in response to the Report on Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, goes into the Houses this week, then out for public viewing at Tercentenary Theatre later this month.

Immediately following Commencement, Memorial Church will close as, for the remainder of the calendar year, it undergoes renovations.

Jing Qiu ’16, an economics concentrator, decided to volunteer at the Phillips Brooks House Association, Harvard’s largest student organization. It changed her life.

Alan Eric Erickson, longtime librarian of the Godfrey Lowell Cabot Science Library at Harvard College, died March 23 following a brief illness; he was 88.

Andrea Ortiz ’16, a Mexican immigrant who grew up in Miami, hopes to build a career that allows her to address issues of poverty, education, immigration, and crime in low-income communities in the United States.

Sixty-five FAS employees from 45 departments were recognized with the annual Dean’s Distinction Awards.

The Italian word “chiaroscuro” means roughly “light and dark.” As in film noir, visual attributes play a starring role. Blacks are like coal, and shadows are long and dramatic.

When portraits on institutional “walls of fame” are almost exclusively of white men, it sends a message that can have psychological and performance effects, two researchers said at a recent Diversity Dialogue.

Harvard officials unveil a plaque as part of efforts to recognize the lives and contributions that enslaved people have made to the University.

Huntington Lambert, dean of the Harvard Extension School, discusses the highlights of his first three years on the job, the opportunities available to students through the Division of Continuing Education, and the role of digital technology in lifelong learning.

Interview with Michael Sandel, the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government, as part of the Experience series.

When Micaela Connery’s cousin was born with significant physical and developmental disabilities, Connery didn’t realize the full impact it would have on her life. This spring Connery will graduate with an M.P.P. from Harvard Kennedy School.

Kenji Yoshino ’91, the Chief Justice Earl Warren Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law, has been elected president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers for the academic year 2016-17. Nicole Parent Haughey ’93 has been elected vice chair of the Overseers executive committee for 2016-17.

Rashida Jones ’97, whose professional acting career began the year she graduated from Harvard College, will address the Class of 2016 on May 25 as part of the annual Class Day celebration.

The members of the Harvard Class of 2020 have received their acceptance notifications. The College is admitting 2,037 applicants from a record pool of 39,041.

A portrait of the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes, the Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church for almost 40 years, was unveiled at the Faculty Room in University Hall. It is the first portrait of a non-white person in the iconic, stately room.

Dunster House is the first House to be completely renewed, informed by test projects that transformed Stone Hall at Quincy House and McKinlock Hall at Leverett House.

Harvard has named Steven D. Fessler to lead the real estate development of the Allston enterprise research campus.

As the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School celebrates its 50th anniversary, alumni reflect on the important influence it had on their lives.

For incoming freshmen to Harvard College’s Class of 2020, ‘start-up’ grants will help ease the pressures of everyday expenses.

Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross, will receive the inaugural Elisabeth B. Weintz Humanitarian Award on March 29 at the Harvard Art Museums. Earlier that day, he will deliver a Director’s Seminar at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard. On March 30, he will speak at the Kennedy School.

Catchy slogans, iconic symbols, and striking colors are the makings for memorable political buttons.

Harvard offers myriad programs to alleviate the inequality gap within the University, from neighboring communities to overseas.

Faculty in the arts and humanities meet with students over dinner at the Office of Career Services to share their personal experiences and paths to success.