Featured series 
Month: May 2021
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Campus & Community
Melinda French Gates receives Radcliffe Medal
The trailblazing work of Melinda French Gates, a philanthropist, advocate for the rights of women and girls, and fighter for gender equity, was the focus of Radcliffe Day.
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Nation & World
Fixing the internet will require a cultural shift
Harvard expert Fran Berman advocates for prioritizing public interest over profit with tech innovation and social and regulatory controls.
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Campus & Community
Looking at public health through an LTGBTQ+ lens
Austin Marshall, M.P.H. ’21, wants to be a physician-advocate for the LGBTQ+ community and care for patients as a doctor.
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Campus & Community
Engineering change
After graduating Harvard, Juliet Nwagwu Ume-Ezeoke ’21 is off to study civil engineering at Stanford University, but first, she will squeeze in yet another experience in Africa.
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Campus & Community
What the easing of Mass. COVID restrictions means for the University
The Gazette spoke with Giang Nguyen, Harvard University Health Services’ executive director, and Bill VanSchalkwyk, the University’s managing director of Environmental Health and Safety, to learn more about what Gov. Baker’s announcement means for the Harvard community.
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Campus & Community
Harvard awards 7,640 degrees and certificates
At the ceremony honoring the Class of 2021, the University awarded a total of 7,640 degrees and certificates.
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Campus & Community
Real scenes from an online graduation day
Capturing the moments of celebration as Harvard recognizes the Class of 2021.
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Campus & Community
Finishing the work left undone in America
Ruth Simmons, one of the nation’s top higher education leaders and president of Prairie View A&M University, called on Harvard and its graduating Class of 2021 to fight to close the chasm of inequality that recent years have illustrated still exists in America.
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Campus & Community
A year of strength and resilience
As life returns more to normal, there is so much to reflect on and to celebrate as we look back.
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Campus & Community
Five alumni join Board of Overseers
Five alumni have been elected as new members of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers and six as directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).
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Campus & Community
The double life of Truelian Lee
Concentrating in chemistry and English, Truelian Lee blended art with scientific problem-solving to bring chemistry to wider audiences.
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Campus & Community
Finding a call to action in global poverty and blindness
Lawson Ung studied eye disease and the social determinants of where it’s most common
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Campus & Community
Honorands awarded for achievements in law, art, education, science
Seven honorary degrees will be awarded to Frances Hamilton Arnold, Martin Baron, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Salman Amin Khan, Margaret Hilary Marshall, Anna Deveare Smith, and Sebastião Salgado.
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Campus & Community
Blazing trails for others to follow
Eli Langley graduates as Harvard’s first Coushatta and the youngest Koasati speaker.
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Campus & Community
There is more to Jeremy Lin than ‘Linsanity’
NBA star and activist Jeremy Lin ’10 spoke to graduating seniors about how he’s come to see his identity as a barrier-breaking Asian American in a new light.
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Campus & Community
Aging matters
Sneha Dutta, Ph.D. ’21, wants to understand why individuals age differently and if there’s a way to counter old age’s harmful effects .
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Campus & Community
An instrumental scientist
Jerome Kagan taught at Harvard for 36 years. He died May 10.
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Campus & Community
Bacow tells seniors COVID-19 brought losses, but also growth
President Larry Bacow offered poignant reflections during the Baccalaureate Service honoring the Harvard College Class of 2021.
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Campus & Community
Four in a million
In a virtual ceremony on May 26, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) awarded the Centennial Medal to four distinguished alumni who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, to their disciplines, to their colleagues, and to society.
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Campus & Community
In their own words
DACAmented senior Tania Dominguez-Rangel wants to tell firsthand stories of undocumented immigrants.
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Campus & Community
Fueled by a love of education and creativity
Already a teacher and principal, Shahara Jackson came to Harvard hoping to learn how to become a transformational superintendent.
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Campus & Community
Scene: College
Actor Ece Hakim, who has appeared in 10 soap-opera-style television series and two movies in Turkey, plans to continue her career after graduation, this time in the U.S. But she values what she has learned from psychology, a discipline she recognized early on offers important insights for her work on the set.
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Campus & Community
Fueling a creative spark
Hands-on engineering challenges fuel Daniela Villafuerte to solve problems and help build a better world.
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Campus & Community
To support and defend the Constitution
Eleven undergraduates and one student at Harvard’s Extension School will commission as officers in the military during Commencement week.
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Campus & Community
The cap (and gown) on a most unusual senior year
Harvard Class of ’21 reflects on experiences, gains, and losses during a challenging pandemic year.
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Campus & Community
Viewing the pandemic as a turning point away from old inequities, injustice
Three student orators will deliver speeches as Harvard honors the Class of 2021 on May 27.
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Campus & Community
Music and theater with a message
Harvard senior Joy Nesbitt has devoted much of her Harvard time to producing theater and music with a message.
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Campus & Community
Creating a niche
Harvard Medical School grad Ryoko Hamaguchi tapped her artistic talents as she bridge two worlds, two cultures.
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Campus & Community
The business of oral health care
Ashiana Jivraj brings a business background when seeking solutions to equitable dental care.
