Harvard University: Year in Pictures 2015-2016

Commencement 2016

Good genes are nice, but joy is better

For nearly 80 years, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has been producing data and lessons on how to live longer, happier, and healthier lives.

Political failure through a business lens

A new report from Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter and co-author Katherine Gehl looks at the country’s dysfunctional political system through the lens of business competition to find practical, effective ways to improve how politics serves what should be its most important customers: average voters.

Ryan to step down as Ed School dean

Dean James Ryan of the Graduate School of Education will depart Harvard at the end of this academic year to become president of the University of Virginia.

Text of J.K. Rowling’s speech

Call it magic, but the rain held off while Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling delivered the keynote address this afternoon (June 5) at Harvard University’s annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association.

Students aiding the environment

Five undergraduate women from Harvard College talk about how they spent the summer researching climate and ecological stresses.

A master of explaining the universe

Brian Greene ’84, a Columbia University theoretical physicist and mathematician, has made it his mission to illuminate the wonders of the universe for non-scientists.