Science Facing crocodiles head-on Study examines how evolution modified the long-surviving reptiles’ snouts
Campus Coed Hasty Pudding makes its debut Women perform alongside male counterparts for first time in group’s 171-year history
Campus Harvard ponders its symbols and spaces New working group will look at how to use them to foster campus inclusion, leader says
New leader for Harvard Library Martha Whitehead, now at Queen’s University, will assume Cambridge post in June DateFebruary 12, 2019February 13, 2019
Two elected to Harvard Corporation Timothy Barakett and Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar will take office in July DateFebruary 11, 2019February 11, 2019
Dolores Huerta to receive Radcliffe Medal Co-founder of United Farm Workers will be honored in May for key contributions to labor, Latino, and women’s rights DateFebruary 6, 2019February 6, 2019
Iuliano to lead Gettysburg College Harvard’s senior vice president and general counsel will become Pennsylvania school’s 15th president DateJanuary 30, 2019January 30, 2019
Tracy K. Smith ’94 to receive Arts Medal U.S. poet laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner to be honored on May 2 DateJanuary 29, 2019January 30, 2019
Nobel physics laureate Roy Glauber dies at 93 Harvard professor laid foundation of quantum optics, worked on Manhattan Project as a teenager DateJanuary 25, 2019January 26, 2019
Henry B. Reiling, HBS professor emeritus, dies at 80 Noted for ‘extraordinary teaching abilities and course development’ DateJanuary 24, 2019January 25, 2019
Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility releases report Digital media content management among new topics addressed DateJanuary 15, 2019January 15, 2019
Candidates announced Voting planned for Overseers, Alumni Association elected directors DateJanuary 10, 2019January 9, 2019
Three earn international Rhodes Scholarships They’ll join two American winners in studying at Oxford next fall DateJanuary 8, 2019January 18, 2019
Breakthrough science recognized Harvard teams’ studies featured in Science ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ DateDecember 21, 2018January 10, 2019
Faust named University Professor Recent Harvard president and Lincoln Professor of History receives top faculty honor DateDecember 17, 2018December 21, 2018
935 admitted early to College Class of ’23 Percentage of young women interested in sciences on rise DateDecember 13, 2018December 13, 2018
Merkel named Harvard Commencement speaker German chancellor will deliver Afternoon Program address next May DateDecember 7, 2018December 7, 2018
Four Harvard seniors headed to UK Marshall Scholarships fund two years of advanced study DateDecember 3, 2018December 3, 2018
Christopher Stubbs named dean of science Physicist shares vision for connecting with faculty, students DateNovember 29, 2018January 7, 2019
The thrill of winning a Rhodes Oxford adventures await for Harvard undergrads Brittany Ellis and Jin K. Park DateNovember 18, 2018November 19, 2018
Wood recognized with Planck-Humboldt Medal Honored for his role and accomplishments in soft robotics DateNovember 7, 2018November 20, 2018
Mourning Devah Pager Sociologist, an academic 'force of nature,' remembered for her trailblazing scholarship, extraordinary mentorship DateNovember 7, 2018November 8, 2018
Seven recognized for high-risk, high-reward research Harvard scientists receive grant funding through NIH program DateOctober 31, 2018January 23, 2019
Mostafavi to step down as GSD dean Praised for ‘imagination, energy, and dedication,’ he will depart post at close of academic year DateOctober 24, 2018October 24, 2018
7 projects win Global Institute grants China and India are the focus of fourth cycle of funding DateOctober 19, 2018October 23, 2018
Imaging leap rewarded with $3M Zhuang receives 2019 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences DateOctober 17, 2018November 1, 2018
National Academy of Medicine honors 12 faculty Considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine DateOctober 16, 2018January 23, 2019
$100M gift will support sciences and math First major donation in Bacow’s tenure includes unrestricted resources for FAS DateOctober 12, 2018October 12, 2018
New faculty: Lauren Williams Math professor gives department a dose of algebraic combinatorics DateOctober 9, 2018February 15, 2019
New VP for alumni affairs and development Brian K. Lee arrives from Caltech to succeed Tamara Rogers DateSeptember 24, 2018September 24, 2018
Eight to be honored as W.E.B. Du Bois medalists Noted for contributions to African and African-American history and culture DateSeptember 20, 2018September 21, 2018
New faculty: Shawon Kinew Art historian maintains deep connections to landscapes of her youth DateSeptember 19, 2018December 7, 2018