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At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on October 1, 2019, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Mary Margaret Steedly, Professor of Anthropology, was placed upon the records. Professor Steedly was one of the great ethnographers of Indonesia.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Oct. 1, 2019, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Nicolau Sevcenko, professor of romance languages and literatures, was placed upon the records. Professor Sevcenko was one of Brazil’s foremost urban and cultural historians.

Sixteen Harvard scientists are among the 93 researchers who have been selected to receive grants through the National Institutes of Health’s High-Risk, High-Reward program, which funds innovative research designed to address major challenges in biomedical science.

An interview with Joe Blatt, senior lecturer at the Graduate School of Education, on the long and lasting partnership between Harvard and Sesame Street, the acclaimed children’s television program, on the eve of its 50th anniversary.

Depending on whom you ask, the most photographed Harvard institution is either the John Harvard Statue, Massachusetts Hall, or Harvard University Police Department Officer Charles Marren. “I might be more…

Huntington D. Lambert, dean of Harvard’s Division of Continuing Education, to retire at the end of this year.

Jerry X. Mitrovica, the Frank Baird Jr. Professor of Science in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard, was awarded a “genius grant” by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Continuity, heritage, and ritual are central to the enduring magnetism and mystique of Harvard football.

Harvard signs Cool Food Pledge, vows to cut food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2030.

Before Widener, there was Gore Hall, an imposing Gothic Revival-style building once “regarded with pride as the chief distinction of the College and of the city.”

A look at the National Center for Rural Education Research Networks, six months after it launched with a $10 million grant from the Institute of Education Sciences at the U.S. Department of Education.

The Gazette spoke with John Palfrey, former Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and vice dean for Library and Information Resources at HLS, and former executive director of the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society about how his Harvard time prepared him for his new role to lead one of the country’s largest philanthropic organizations.

Harvard students and those from Cambridge public schools joined their voices in a rally calling for climate change action Friday on Harvard’s Science Center Plaza.

Emily Balskus will be honored on Sept. 23 with the Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists for her work in tracking never-before-seen chemistry to specific bacteria in the human gut.

Harvard Link is an application that for the first time funnels University-related events, news, organizations, and faculty and staff contact information into a centralized data bank. The system then analyzes that data and creates personalized dashboards for users based on their professional interests.

Operation Impact gives students from across Harvard firsthand experience with education innovation start-ups.

Student Late Night brought 1,300 University students to the Harvard Art Museums for an evening of art, music, food and more.

Harvard University announced that its endowment has joined Climate Action 100+, an investor-led initiative to ensure that the world’s largest corporate greenhouse gas emitters take steps to address climate change.

In a conversation between Claudine Gay, Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and Bob Scalise, the John D. Nichols ’53 Family Director of Athletics, the student-athlete experience, culture of programming, and department structure are discussed.

Thanks to a new digital tool, finding a study space at one of Harvard’s libraries is more tailor-made than time-consuming.

Harvard President Larry Bacow examines the University’s multifaceted role in the battle against climate change.

The Arnold Arboretum and the city of Boston celebrated the nearly complete Weld Hill Solar Project at today’s “switch-throwing” ceremony.

Harvard has increased efforts in recent years to recruit veterans, working with the Defense Department and conducting outreach via community college centers for former members of the military.

Students popped in and out of classrooms, labs, and lecture halls in the first days of the semester, hunting for just the right Gen Ed class — the one that…

During her first full year as the dean of Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Emma Dench has been focused on connecting students from around the University to GSAS, and helping them connect with her.

Incoming Harvard medical and dental students talk about the people who helped them most.

Roslindale native Kate Swain Smith is the fourth student to become a fellow since the Harvard Presidential City of Boston Fellowship program debuted in 2016.

The two-year renovation preserved historical character and added a few 21st-century upgrades.

Late nights. Discarded drafts. That one great idea. Harvard first-years reflect on the agony and the ecstasy of writing their admissions essay.

The Ig Nobel Prize ceremony, the spoof of the Nobel Prize that honors obscure science research, is set for Sept. 12 at Sanders Theatre.