Campus & Community

Leading experts offer insights as case numbers surge to record highs nationwide and new in-person semester nears.

John H. Shaw, a prominent geologist and applied geophysicist, has been named the University’s next vice provost for research.

Elections for Harvard Overseers, alumni directors will begin April 1, with completed ballots due 5 p.m. (EDT) May 17.

Harvard lab invests in accessibility resources, technology, aims to ensure all who wish to study astronomy have access.

Friends and colleagues remember E.O. Wilson as shy but down to earth, passionate about his work but generous with his time.

Harvard College accepted 740 students to the Class of 2026 from a pool of 9,406 who applied under the early action program.

Maggie Chen, a dual concentrator in human developmental and regenerative biology and history of science, will study bioengineering at Imperial College London.

Photographer captures festive traditions that light way from fall to winter.

Harvard Kuumba singers promote the Black spirit through song.

The Harvard University Committee on the Arts invites seven visiting artists to create works across campus.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Dec. 7, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Eckehard Simon, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Simon was a towering figure in medieval studies.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December 7, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Mario Davidovsky, Fanny P. Mason Professor of Music, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Davidovsky was a pioneer of electronic music and a beloved teacher and mentor.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December 7, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Arthur Edward Lilley, Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Lilley was a pioneer in the development of radio astronomy in the United States.

FAS Task Force suggests taking closer look at public art, signs to create more inclusive, welcoming environment.

Harvard Ed Portal’s fifth annual Allston-Brighton Winter Market is back as a virtual market again this year with the online shops of 41 local artisans offering unique gifts.

After spinal-cord injury left him paralyzed, he returned to Harvard to finish what he started and battle to get back what he lost.

Nosher Ali Khan, a sophomore economics concentrator from Hunza, Pakistan, set a Guinness world record for Highest Altitude Dance Party on Land.

Harvard professors and advisory group members detail where things stand and where they might go.

Seven Rhodes Scholars from Harvard represent sciences, education, and social science fields.

Clones of a 73-year-old dawn redwood tree were planted at the residence of Harvard’s president to help celebrate the Arnold Arboretum’s 150th anniversary and honor its relationship with Harvard.

After Ivy League COVID shutdown, players return to field with new perspective.

With offerings both familiar and new, several local food retailers are expanding dining options for the Harvard Community.

After having its doors closed for 20 months, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture has announced its in-person reopening Nov. 26.

Students will pursue degrees in physics, linguistics, social science, public policy at University of Oxford.

They offer windows into the problems, questions, theories, arguments on students’ minds this semester.

Fourteen campus proposals have been awarded President’s Office grants between $2,000 and $20,000 to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion at Harvard.

Young Black artist-animator Uzo Ngwu ’23 helps breathe life into film on trailblazing Harvard music historian Eileen Southern.

History and literature seminar explores how certain qualities of voice, music, language, and other sounds have become signifiers of race.

Ashley Emann finds her place at Harvard as a military veteran.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 2, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Gary Edward Chamberlain, Louis Berkman Professor of Economics, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Chamberlain was an econometric theorist of towering importance whose work deeply influenced econometric theory and the conduct of empirical work in economics and the social sciences.