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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Daily walks? Baking? Mindfulness? Which pandemic changes are keepers?
The Gazette asked members of the Harvard community what habits they developed during the pandemic and how they plan to keep them after the pandemic is over.
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The quantum storyteller
Sukin “Hannah” Sim develops algorithms and writes the computational stories that dictate how quantum computers tackle problems.
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A literary translator, far from home, feels a tie with an exiled Ovid
Muhua Yang ’21 — living in Cambridge and separated from friends and family by the pandemic — chose the elegies of the five volumes of “Tristia” as the subject of their senior thesis in literary translation.
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Engineering a startup by degrees
When Michael Mancinelli ’15 arrived on campus to begin his journey through the M.S./M.B.A. program, it almost felt like he was coming home.
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Open, wide
Once he graduates from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s endodontics program this month, William “Brennan” Arden will return to military service.
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A community health advocate finds her voice
The COVID pandemic and anti-racism protests in 2020 gave Brett Dennis-Duke’s ongoing thesis work both urgency and perspective.
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Teaching caregivers the language of anti-racism
The pilot run of the “GCP Family Book Club: Exploring Race and Identity” won kudos from participants.
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Communities spirit
Class of 2021 graduate Christopher Altizer believes in the importance of a support network.
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Turning hip-hop on its head
Austin Martin created Rhymes with Reason, a gamified learning experience that teaches students vocabulary and other ELA skills through hip-hop.
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Forging ‘paths to creating impact together’
Harvard Alumni Association announces its new president, Vanessa Liu.
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Some pomp for the circumstance
Harvard will kick off this year’s graduation ceremonies on May 23 with a range of virtual events to honor and recognize the Class of 2021.
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A collection of values, not just of valuables
With her new degree, Carmen Beals, A.L.M. ’21, is making a shift in her career as she works to diversify museums.
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Hausammann and Margulies to retire
Anne Margulies and Marilyn Hausammann, two of Harvard’s leading executives, with nearly 40 years of service to the University between them, will retire at the end of May.
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Conversations of a different kind
For Graduate School of Design student Ayaka Yamashita, studying design was a way to understand human difference through various perspectives and mediums.
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All roads lead to Samyra
More than 5,300 people (and counting) follow Samyra Miller ’21 on Instagram, where she dispenses information and opinions on everything from how to choose a good Gen Ed course and strategies for navigating campus social scenes to where to get good coffee and her shopping hauls.
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Pinning down a new future
Wrestling provided life lessons for senior Cliff Wang, even when the sport was taken from him.
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In slavery’s shadow
Kelly Brignac grew up in New Orleans, immersed in customs that had deep roots in French culture. Now she is graduating with a Ph.D. that explores the exportation of French culture, and its roots in the slave trade.
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Putting science to work
Inspired by a first-year human rights seminar, Francesco Rolando wants to help remove barriers to health care, especially for marginalized populations.
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Here comes the sun, on Memorial Drive
Joggers, walkers, cyclists, and skateboarders enjoy the weekend closure of Memorial Drive along the Charles River.
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Lessons in leadership
Monica Pesswani, M.C./M.P.A. ’21, came to Harvard seeking a global perspective as she worked to create educational equality in India.
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Cultivating a career in science
It was her interest in research that brought Zahra Aldawood, D.M.Sc. ’18, M.M.Sc. ’21, to Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
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Keeping her goals in focus
Rawan Alhawamdeh has a vision for improving the lives of children with autism spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and giftedness.
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Sally Falk Moore dies at 97
Sally Falk Moore, a legal and political anthropologist and Harvard Law School legend, dies at 97.
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Reaching for the stars
Using robotic telescopes and other engaging astronomy activities, researchers at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian hope to spark interest in the sciences.
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Harvard Athletics opens the vault to sports highlights
The launch of the new Harvard Athletics Video Vault makes it possible for sports fans to relive some of the University’s most historic sporting moments.
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The rhythmatist
Graduate Rajna Swaminathan has spent the better part of her life exploring, improvising, and bringing together different worlds — in music and in life.
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Building on a vision
Steven A. Chambers, Ed.L.D. ’21, likes a challenge, even if it is figuring out how to educate children when indoor classrooms aren’t an option.
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New dining services director brings focus on nutrition, sustainability, inclusion
New Harvard dining services director brings focus on nutrition, sustainability, inclusion.
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5 faculty members named Harvard College Professors
Five faculty members join the ranks of Harvard College Professors.
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New faculty deans at Adams House
New faculty deans at Adams House, Mercedes Becerra and Salmaan Keshavjee, will begin July 1.