Campus & Community

To protect the health of the Harvard Medical School community, first-year Medical and Dental School students, as well as second- and third-year dental students, were asked to vacate their rooms in Vanderbilt Hall. Research laboratories will also be shuttered by 5 p.m. on March 18.

It’s all hands on deck to help students arrange travel, ship and store their stuff, and depart campus.

Mark Elliott, vice provost for international affairs, and Martha Gladue, director of the Harvard International Office, discuss what the new U.S. travel rules mean for foreign students, scholars, and those studying abroad.

The American Repertory Theater has canceled or postponed a series of upcoming events in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A recently acquired archive highlights the library’s decades-long work of celebrating the efforts and achievements of women.

Vice President for Campus Services Meredith Weenick on the challenges of preventing the spread of disease and helping students move out on a tight timeline.

Harvard students reflect on the shift to online classes and an unplanned move home.

Harvard Art Museums and others will temporarily close to the public beginning March 13 in an effort to slow the transmission of the COVID-19 virus.

At Harvard, the rise of coronavirus prompts new approaches to work, fresh concerns for those who do it, says Vice President for Human Resources Marilyn Hausammann.

University offers coronavirus resources and help guides for students, professors, and staff.

To prevent transmission of COVID-19, Harvard will provide virtual instruction for as many courses as possible by March 23, the first day of scheduled classes following spring break. In a question-and-answer session, three top Harvard officials explain the shift.

Anthony A. Jack urges students not to be afraid of asking for help.

Harvard’s on-call horologist Richard Ketchen keeps busy round the clock.

Harvard details plans to ensure safety, health, and productivity of community amid coronavirus outbreak.

Harvard expands financial aid to eliminate summer contribution.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 3, 2020, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor MacFarquhar was a brilliant scholar of Chinese politics who worked as a pioneering journalist and a member of Parliament before coming to Harvard.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 3, 2020, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Lawrence E. Stager, Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Stager built formidable programs on the ancient Near East that encompassed anthropology, classical archaeology, history, and religious studies.

Nobel-laureate economics Professor Oliver Hart is awarded Harvard’s highest faculty honor.

Take some time, look around, and work at something that makes you happy, Steven Levitsky counsels.

Influential, groundbreaking African and African American Studies Department at Harvard turns 50.

Architect Julian Abele is responsible for the design of Harvard’s Widener l Library, where his role, until recently, had gone largely unacknowledged.

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the world’s largest philanthropic organization, will be presented the Radcliffe Medal on May 29.

Jacob Barandes encourages students to follow interests, ask questions, and do it their way to get the most out of their education.

Harvard School of Dental Medicine student Ryan Lisann’s three-month externship at Charles River Community Health Center in Brighton left him determined to enter pediatric dentistry and education.

Mona Weissmark says the scientific method contains within itself a system of logic and standards of evidence that can be used for improving society.

A list of candidates for the Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. The election will begin on April 1.

Rubén Blades, the actor and politician best known as a musician at the forefront of the ’70s salsa movement, will receive the 2020 Harvard Arts Medal. on April 30.

Harvard University will hold its 369th Commencement on May 28.

Martin “Marty” Baron, widely regarded as one of the leading newspaper editors of his era, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Program of Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.

Koma Gandy Fischbein ’95 will serve as chief marshal at Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.