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Losing time against climate disaster

Philanthropist Bill Gates warns of environmental perils ahead and outlines a plan to treat them

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DateFebruary 24, 2021February 24, 2021

“I think, if anything, it’s a more interesting time to be lucky enough to be a student at Harvard," said Bill Gates (right), who dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to co-found Microsoft. Gates and SEAS Dean Frank Doyle shared the stage at the Science Center.

Gates recalls Harvard past, sees problem-solving future

Microsoft founder tours campus, visits SEAS labs, chats with students

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DateApril 26, 2018April 30, 2018

Seminal speeches through the years

A 360° video re-creates the impact of listening amid a Harvard audience to Churchill, Kennedy, Rowling, others

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DateMay 18, 2017May 21, 2017

"We’re now in a phase in which the connection of creativity to technology is going to drive innovation," said Walter Isaacson ’74, a Harvard Overseer, biographer, and CEO of the Aspen Institute. "I do believe that it’s important for people to have an appreciation for the arts and humanities."

Ghosts in the machines

The history of the Digital Revolution touches our hearts and heads, Isaacson says

Science|

DateOctober 1, 2014

“For us, for this campaign, the real triumph will lie in our ability to rival the efforts and the commitment of those who have bequeathed this extraordinary institution to us, and to strengthen it for those who will follow,” said President Drew Faust at the launch of The Harvard Campaign on Saturday in Sanders Theatre (photo 1). Prior to Faust’s appearance, David M. Rubenstein (left), co-chair of the campaign, set the stage with a conversation with Bill Gates (photo 2). Earlier in the day (photo 3), "The Future of Knowledge" was explored by moderator Jonathan Zittrain (from left) and professors Rebecca Henderson and Peter Sorger, among others.

Harvard kicks off fundraising effort

$6.5 billion campaign to bolster key priorities

Campus|

DateSeptember 21, 2013

Bill Gates as pictured in his freshman yearbook. Gates attended Harvard from 1973 to 1975.

Dawn of a revolution

When Bill Gates was at Harvard, he wrote software code that helped to launch the personal computer era

Science|

DateSeptember 20, 2013

This 1902 photograph shows a group of rugged-looking students at a Harvard engineering camp at Squam Lake, N.H. On Oct. 1, the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences celebrated the 50th anniversary of ABET accreditation for its Scientiæ Baccalaureus (S.B.) degree in engineering sciences. ABET stands for Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

An engineering landmark

SEAS, at work on ambitious goals, pauses to celebrate its history

Science|

DateOctober 1, 2012April 16, 2019

To celebrate the University’s 375th anniversary, Bill Gates’ address at Commencement — as well excerpts of other famous addresses — will play on loop from trees in Harvard Yard as part of a project called Harvard Voices. The selections reflect Harvard’s collective memory and continuing dialogue of ideas.

Voices from the trees

For 375th, snippets of noted speeches will play in the Yard

Campus|

DateOctober 7, 2011

"I applied to Harvard because it was the one institution that harbored the most people who had influenced my thought — an intellectually diverse list that included Joseph Schumpeter, W.E.B. Du Bois, Tim O’Reilly, E.O. Wilson, Stephen Jay Gould, Robert Oppenheimer, William James, and Bill Gates, among others. The moment I read the acceptance email, I felt a wave of excitement that my story, in a small but meaningful way, touched each of theirs."

In search of Captain Nemo

A senior decides to chart his own course, like his literary idol

Campus|

DateDecember 2, 2010April 2, 2019

Bill Gates on green technology

Science|

DateApril 23, 2010February 6, 2018

Bill Gates on life

Campus|

DateApril 23, 2010February 6, 2018

Bill Gates on the humanities

Arts|

DateApril 23, 2010February 6, 2018

Bill Gates came to Harvard armed with a burning question: “Are the brightest minds working on the most important problems?” In his own college days, said Gates, few people were aware of, for instance, food and health problems on a global scale. Nor were they aware that their careers could be steered toward doing good. Gates spoke at Sanders Theatre as part of his three-day, five-campus tour.

Gates on giving, getting, sharing

In Harvard visit, he says biggest problems require best minds

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DateApril 21, 2010July 18, 2019

Bill Gates will be at Harvard on April 21 to deliver his address: “Giving Back: Finding the Best Way to Make a Difference.”

Bill Gates to speak at Sanders

'Giving Back: Finding the Best Way to Make a Difference'

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DateApril 5, 2010June 21, 2019

Gates urges graduates to tackle global inequity

Bok says universities facing enormous opportunity, responsibility

Campus|

DateJune 7, 2007

Remarks of Bill Gates, Harvard Commencement 2007

Campus|

DateJune 7, 2007June 9, 2021

President Clinton to deliver 2007 Class Day address

Campus|

DateApril 5, 2007

Bill Gates to speak at Commencement

Microsoft co-founder is principal speaker at Afternoon Exercises

Campus|

DateMarch 22, 2007