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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Making the cosmos accessible
Harvard lab invests in accessibility resources, technology, aims to ensure all who wish to study astronomy have access.
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A trailblazing biologist — and beloved mentor and friend
Friends and colleagues remember E.O. Wilson as shy but down to earth, passionate about his work but generous with his time.
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College accepts 740 under early action program
Harvard College accepted 740 students to the Class of 2026 from a pool of 9,406 who applied under the early action program.
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Maggie Chen ’22, a budding scientist, named Marshall Scholar
Maggie Chen, a dual concentrator in human developmental and regenerative biology and history of science, will study bioengineering at Imperial College London.
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Season of cheer
Photographer captures festive traditions that light way from fall to winter.
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We’re all almost home
Harvard Kuumba singers promote the Black spirit through song.
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The art of the real
The Harvard University Committee on the Arts invites seven visiting artists to create works across campus.
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Eckehard Peter Herbert Simon, 81
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.
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Mario Davidovsky, 85
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.
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Arthur Edward Lilley, 92
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.
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Reimagining visual culture on campus
FAS Task Force suggests taking closer look at public art, signs to create more inclusive, welcoming environment.
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Wrapping it up
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.
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A warrior then, a warrior now
After spinal-cord injury left him paralyzed, he returned to Harvard to finish what he started and battle to get back what he lost.
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Dancing on the ceiling — of the world
Nosher Ali Khan, a sophomore economics concentrator from Hunza, Pakistan, set a Guinness world record for Highest Altitude Dance Party on Land.
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How Omicron variant could affect University protocols
Harvard professors and advisory group members detail where things stand and where they might go.
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A chance to focus on an academic passion at Oxford
Seven Rhodes Scholars from Harvard represent sciences, education, and social science fields.
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A growing partnership for 150 years
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.
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Back to play
After Ivy League COVID shutdown, players return to field with new perspective.
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Already here: mango tofu. Coming soon: Mother Juice.
With offerings both familiar and new, several local food retailers are expanding dining options for the Harvard Community.
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Doors reopen at Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
After having its doors closed for 20 months, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture has announced its in-person reopening Nov. 26.
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4 Harvard seniors awarded U.S. Rhodes Scholarships
Students will pursue degrees in physics, linguistics, social science, public policy at University of Oxford.
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Ideas captured in chalk on slate
They offer windows into the problems, questions, theories, arguments on students’ minds this semester.
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Harvard walks its talk on diversity, inclusion
Fourteen campus proposals have been awarded President’s Office grants between $2,000 and $20,000 to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion at Harvard.
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Passing the torch of representation
Young Black artist-animator Uzo Ngwu ’23 helps breathe life into film on trailblazing Harvard music historian Eileen Southern.
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Does race have a sound?
History and literature seminar explores how certain qualities of voice, music, language, and other sounds have become signifiers of race.
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Think higher-ed boot camp
Ashley Emann finds her place at Harvard as a military veteran.
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Gary Edward Chamberlain, 71
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.
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Richard Ernest Kronauer, 94
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 2, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Richard Ernest Kronauer, Gordon McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Kronauer was a renowned scholar of mathematical biology whose Harvard career spanned more than six decades.
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Thomas A. McMahon, 55
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 2, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Thomas Arthur McMahon, Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Mechanics and Professor of Biology, was placed upon the records. Professor McMahon was a pioneer in biomechanics.
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David Layzer, 93
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 2, 2021, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late David Layzer, Donald H. Menzel Professor of Astrophysics, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Layzer was a theoretical astrophysicist noted for proposing thoughtful alternative interpretations of physical phenomena that were outside the mainstream.