Campus & Community
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Natural Black hair, and why it matters
With deep significance for identity, choice, even legality, it’s more than just a woman’s crowning glory
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Voice of a generation? Dylan’s is much more than that.
Classics professor who wrote ‘Why Bob Dylan Matters’ on the challenge of capturing a master of creative evasion
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Universal, adaptable, wearable, vulnerable
‘On Display Harvard’ uses performance, zip ties, to bring attention to the UN’s International Day of Persons With Disabilities
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Three Harvard students named Marshall Scholars
‘Chance of a lifetime’ for recipients whose fields include history, genomics, K-12 education
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Seeing is believing
Personal and global history made Jeremy Weinstein want to change the world. As dean of the Kennedy School, he’s found the perfect place to do it.
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Life stories with a beat you can dance to
Renowned actress and tap dancer Ayodele Casel premieres her autobiographical musical at A.R.T.
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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.
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Putting access for all first
Harvard’s affinity group for people with disabilities and their allies, Ability+, celebrates two years.
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Green light for first phase of Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus
Allston project wins unanimous approval from Boston Planning and Development Agency.
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Committing to good, for good
Martha Minow, chair of the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery implementation committee, talks about the work begun to fulfill the report’s recommendations.