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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Breaking barriers to get to breakthroughs
Mark Zuckerberg, Priscilla Chan, other luminaries share, and celebrate, vision for Kempner Institute.
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The quote machine
Powered by Harvard conversations, an ever-expanding collection of arguments, insights, reactions, and reflections.
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New director plots fresh course for the CfA
As the first woman director of the Center for Astrophysics, Lisa Kewley talks about strategies for a new era in astronomy, growing up with a love for space, and challenges for women in the field.
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Student committee for presidential search named
Christopher Cleveland to serve as chair.
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Braking for badges
Political scientist Theda Skocpol has traveled U.S. collecting “little works of art” that reflect nation’s history — badges of fraternal groups.
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A new era of work
Harvard’s HR leader explains how University plans to ensure flexibility and compete for top talent while maintaining a vibrant campus.
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‘If you stay the same in everything you do as things around you are changing, eventually you’re going to hit a wall. You just have to adapt and evolve and change.’
Head football coach Tim Murphy has led the Crimson to nine Ivy League championships, three unbeaten seasons, and a 186-83 record.
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Solemn stewardship
A report by the Steering Committee on Human Remains in University Museum Collections was released by President Larry Bacow on Thursday.
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Grappling with climate change through deeper learning, real-world action
Harvard committee calls for cross-School approach to climate change, increases in faculty, resources, internships, fellowships.
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A week of firsts, and the first of a last
Classrooms across Harvard College came back to life last week with the start of the new academic year.
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Harvard Grid to help researchers make leap from lab to startup
The new initiative is designed to help speed up the translation of innovations from University labs into startups that bring to market products and services addressing climate change, alternative energy, sustainability, and other global challenges.
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Because past is not even past
Harvard Radcliffe Institute dean details importance of Legacy of Slavery project.
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Planning for a very big year
The Gazette sat down with Larry Bacow to talk about what he looks forward to in his last year as Harvard president.
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Meet the coach who once beat Serena
Head coach Traci Green recalls first meeting and reflects on how star, who is preparing to retire, has changed tennis and American culture.
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At Morning Prayers, Bacow urges listeners to meet the moment
In the annual address during the first Morning Prayers service of the new academic year, President Larry Bacow calls for the Harvard community to argue rigorously with others in defense of Veritas.
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Bacow counsels first-years to be ‘slow to judge, quick to understand’
Harvard President Larry Bacow welcomes the Class of 2026 in his last Convocation address.
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An alphabet soup of programs makes a warm welcome for first-years
From LIFE to FIP, FOP, FAP, and FYRE, there are pre-orientation activities for all interests.
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With a little help from their friends
Harvard’s Class of 2026 arrives on campus.
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‘Boots on the ground’ between City Hall and Mass and Cass
Emily Romero Gonzalez ’21 talks about what she gained as a Presidential City of Boston Fellow — and the personal experiences she brought to her yearlong fellowship.
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Road map for immigrants in new land
Harvard students create resource for immigrants on housing, health care, education, food, wellness, transportation, and more.
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Faculty, staff committees for presidential search named
Archon Fung, Meredith Weenick to serve as chairs.
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Dean of Students Katherine O’Dair named University Marshal
In her new role she will oversee visits of dignitaries and delegations.
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Who Cares? Scotland does — and so does Harvard
Four students from Scotland come to Harvard’s summer Secondary School Program.
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Using designs by Mother Nature, guiding flies, making things glow
Rowland Fellows at the cutting edge of science.
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Learning can be fun. Just ask these ‘Explorers.’
Harvard Ed Portal program offers skill-building activities for Allston-Brighton students in grades 2-8.
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Powerful summers in St. Louis
Students with the Commonwealth Project collaborate on community-led justice, cultural initiatives, and research in a region with longstanding economic and racial woes.
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Harvard gets broad support in admissions case
Support for Harvard’s admissions policy is sent to the Supreme Court.
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The still moment
Gazette photographer Kris Snibbe captures the geometry found in spaces and places on campus.
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Harvard files brief with Supreme Court in admissions case
In a brief filed Monday with the Supreme Court, Harvard defended its interest in pursuing the benefits of student-body diversity and the consideration of race as one factor among many.
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How to move a dragon — fast
Harvard’s Dragon Boat racers find fun, fellowship, and amazing views of Boston.