Campus & Community
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FAS creates new professorships in civil discourse and AI
Gift from business leader Alfred Lin ’94 and artist Rebecca Lin ’94, part of record 30th reunion giving, builds on critical new efforts on dialogue and generative AI
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Significant decline in sexual misconduct at Harvard, survey finds
Most students are aware of reporting mechanisms and support services, but many do not use them
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Ukraine’s first lady shares history with Harvard
Olena Zelenska presents Harvard Library with books, shows appreciation for its contribution to Ukrainian studies
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Seeing them as current events and not really new
Jill Lepore, Maya Jasanoff, Kirsten Weld launch course that views present as wholly connected to the past
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University cites careful planning, stewardship for solid financial position, endowment performance
Finance leaders note investments in key academic, community priorities
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Daniel Albright, 69
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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HBCU Library Alliance and Harvard team up to expand access to Black history
The HBCU Library Alliance and Harvard Library will work together to deepen capacity for the digitization, discovery, and preservation of African American history collections held in HBCU libraries and archives.
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Random roommates turned best friends
Harvard students who’ve entered housing lottery solo have a reassuring message for first-years: You just might find your best friend.
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Bacow praises Ruth Simmons as towering figure in higher education
Prairie View A&M President Ruth Simmons, who formerly led Smith, Brown, to help carry out key recommendation of Harvard & Legacy of Slavery report.
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When you’re a watercolorist and your day job is at Harvard
Exhibition encompasses hundreds of works in mediums from film to fashion, portraiture to printmaking.
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Ruth Simmons named to senior post advising on HBCU partnerships
Ruth Simmons has been appointed senior adviser to the president of Harvard University, advising on Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery efforts to create meaningful and enduring partnerships with historically Black schools.
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How to make effective climate policy — and policymakers
“Politics of the Environment and Climate Change” challenges students to navigate obstacles and opportunities for effective policymaking at all levels of government.
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Sewell Chan is elected Class of 1998’s chief marshal
A leader in the field of nonprofit news, Sewell Chan ’98 will play a number of ceremonial roles in celebration of the Class of 1998’s 25th reunion.
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Overseer, HAA elected director candidates
Elections will begin on March 31 for new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association.
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Strengthening ties between Harvard, nation’s Native communities
HUNAP Director Kelli Mosteller looks to strengthen ties between Harvard and nation’s Native communities.
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Suited to students’ needs
Now open in the Smith Campus Center, the Crimson Career Closet is there to provide students with professional attire at no cost.
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Detailing endowment’s steps toward being ‘net zero’ on greenhouse gas emissions
A conversation with Michael Cappucci on Harvard Management Company’s progress towards becoming net zero in 2050.
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Richard Hadley Holm, 87
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Richard Hadley Holm was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Edwin Augustus Cranston, 89
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Edwin Augustus Cranston was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Charles Wilson Burnham, 88
At a meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Feb. 7, 2023, the following tribute to the life and service of the late Charles Wilson Burnham was spread upon the permanent records of the Faculty.
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Committee named to lead Legacy of Slavery memorial project
University names committee to lead Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Memorial Project.
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Freezing day, warm reception
Bob Odenkirk and Jennifer Coolidge were welcomed to Harvard to receive the Hasty Pudding Man and Woman of the Year awards during ceremonies at Farkas Hall.
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As U.S. reacts to another police killing, MLK III laments strides we haven’t made
Civil rights activist honors his father’s legacy with a call to action against poverty, racism, and violence.
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Remembering Jamie Houghton
James R. “Jamie” R. Houghton, a former member of the Harvard Corporation who had deep Harvard roots, died at age 86 on December 20.
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Picture this
Over a two-day workshop, students created a charcoal drawing of someone important to them.
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Brenda Tindal named inaugural FAS chief campus curator
Brenda Tindal will be the first chief campus curator for Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced today.…
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John Bayley Fox Jr., who helped shape modern Harvard, dies at 86
John Bayley Fox Jr. ’59, who helped open Harvard’s doors to women and people of color from 1967 until he retired in 2007, died Nov. 27, 2022, after a long illness.
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Towering figure in organic chemistry
Yoshito Kishi was a towering figure in organic chemistry renowned for his syntheses of complex natural products.
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Maybe it’s Remy’s world, and the rest of us just live in it
With Remy the cat as their model, Graduate School of Design students learned how animal life can encourage empathy in design.
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Addressing our legacy
Inaugural Vice Provost for Special Projects Sara Bleich gets started in her role, and discusses what’s ahead for the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery Initiative.
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Harvard University Housing establishes new rents for 2023–2024
The rents noted have been reviewed and endorsed by the Faculty Advisory Committee on Harvard University Housing and will take effect for the 2023-2024 leasing season.
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An exhibit with legs
Harvard’s Pacific octopus specimen has lived on campus since about 1883. Now, fully restored, the model hangs in the Northwest Labs building.
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Listening to air, water
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson discusses how she blends work and climate change activism.
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Jennifer Coolidge named Hasty’s Woman of the Year
Jennifer Coolidge has been named as the recipient of its 2023 Woman of the Year Award, Hasty Pudding Theatricals announced today.
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Bob Odenkirk named Hasty’s Man of the Year
The actor, comedian, and filmmaker will receive his Pudding Pot at a celebratory roast on February 2.
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No stranger to improvisation
Bass player, composer, vocalist Devon Gates merges anthropology, music in Harvard-Berklee program.