Campus When the trees become the teacher Boston high schoolers experience hands-on connection to climate change
Campus A case study in portraiture Stephen Coit’s paintings add diversity, context to Harvard’s walls
Health Disinfecting your hands with ‘magic’ Harvard Chan Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology looks to improve on soap and water
Health Super cool way to lose fat An injectable ice and saline slurry is shown to shrink fat deposits
Opening the door for scientific leaps Star-Friedman Challenge for Promising Scientific Research funds four high-risk, high-reward projects DateMay 21, 2019May 22, 2019
Pickering named director of Peabody Museum Harvard administrator will begin five-year term on July 1 DateMay 21, 2019May 20, 2019
Focusing on people and place Incoming Alumni Association president seeks to deepen engagement with worldwide community of graduates DateMay 20, 2019May 20, 2019
Strong yield for the Class of 2023 College’s Financial Aid Initiative continues to bolster interest DateMay 9, 2019May 13, 2019
Walton named dean of Wake Forest School of Divinity Will step down this summer to assume his new role DateApril 28, 2019April 30, 2019
Carnegie Corporation names fellowship winners Economist Raj Chetty and sociologist Michèle Lamont are among 32 receiving ‘Brainy Award’ DateApril 23, 2019
New dean for Graduate School of Design Sarah Whiting will return to Harvard, assume leadership on July 1 DateApril 17, 2019April 23, 2019
12 faculty honored for ‘compelling achievements’ American Academy of Arts and Sciences to induct class of 2019 in October DateApril 17, 2019April 17, 2019
Donoff to step down as dean of School of Dental Medicine One of the longest-serving deans at Harvard will conclude decades of service at the end of this year DateApril 12, 2019April 12, 2019
Harvard scientists receive Canada Gairdner Awards Honors recognize researchers’ transformational work in global mental health and protein science DateApril 2, 2019October 9, 2019
Harvard College admits 1,950 to Class of ’23 Grants will ease families’ financial burden substantially; community service a draw DateMarch 28, 2019March 28, 2019
Two named to lead Overseers Michael Brown, Lesley Rosenthal to occupy senior posts DateMarch 28, 2019March 27, 2019
A distinct honor The Dean’s Distinction Awards mark a decade of staff recognition in FAS DateMarch 26, 2019March 26, 2019
Lopez named VP, general counsel Harvard deputy general counsel will succeed Iuliano in June DateMarch 15, 2019March 14, 2019
Deerfield commits $100M to create alliance with Harvard R&D alliance will enable ‘promising innovations to advance beyond their laboratory roots’ DateMarch 13, 2019March 12, 2019
Sidney Verba dies at 86 ‘What he did shaped the field of comparative politics’ DateMarch 7, 2019December 18, 2019
Harvard’s pulse on inclusion and belonging First University-wide survey on those topics begins DateMarch 5, 2019March 5, 2019
A far-reaching gift to the arts $100M donation from David E. ’93 and Stacey L. Goel will enable Harvard to imagine a 21st-century research and performance center in Allston DateFebruary 28, 2019March 4, 2019
Stephen Jay Gould, 60 Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Memorial Minute DateFebruary 21, 2019May 9, 2019
Barbara Kiefer Lewalski, 87 Faculty of Arts and Sciences — Memorial Minute DateFebruary 21, 2019May 9, 2019
Transgender rights advocate honored by Harvard Foundation Writer, producer Janet Mock to be honored during Cultural Rhythms Festival DateFebruary 21, 2019February 22, 2019
43,330 apply to College Class of ’23 Applications rose 1.4 percent from last year DateFebruary 21, 2019February 22, 2019
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, 2019May 28, 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, 2019May 6, 2019
