Graduate-Student Squeeze
Harvard graduate students to receive lower stipend increasesMarina N. Bolotnikova gsas stipends tkHarvard graduate students will receive stipend increases of 1.5 percent next year, dean of the Graduate...
View ArticleEngaging with “Inclusion” at Harvard
Engaging with “Inclusion” at HarvardOset Babür engaging with inclusion at harvardAs Harvard and other educational institutions have honed their admissions and hiring policies to make their communities...
View Article“Amazement at the Physicality of Things”
“Amazement at the Physicality of Things”: a student's view of Houghton LibraryArthur Schott Lopes student view of houghtonAn “Enchanted Palace”Editors' note: Arthur Schott Lopes ’19, a classics...
View ArticleNew Schedule, New Math
Harvard College class schedule math requirementJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard College class schedule math requirementAt its regularly scheduled meeting this afternoon, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
View ArticleFrom the Archives: We Remember World War I
We Remember World War IAdam Goodheart we-remember-world-warOne hundred years ago this week, the United States entered the Great War that soon came to be known as World War I. Here, from the Harvard...
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Fahrenthold, Whitehead, and Desmond Win Pulitzer Prizes
Fahrenthold, Whitehead, and Desmond Win Pulitzer Prizes Oset Babür fahrenthold whitehead and desmond win pulitzer prizes 2017For“persistent reporting that created a model for transparent journalism in...
View ArticleJoe Biden Will Be Class Day Speaker
Joe Biden will be Class Day speaker Joe Biden will be Class Day speakerJoseph R. Biden, the forty-seventh vice president of the United States, will address graduating Harvard College seniors in...
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Harvard’s Class Gap
ForumHarvard and the working classCan the academy understand Donald Trump’s “forgotten” Americans?Richard D. KahlenbergMay-June 2017 harvards-class-gapThe gap between coastal elites and America’s white...
View ArticleSocial-Club Saga
Harvard College social-club sanctions controversyJohn S. RosenbergJonathan ShawMay-June 2017 social-club-sagaAs of May 6, a full year will have passed since Harvard College dean Rakesh Khurana...
View ArticleCranes Crescendo
News BriefsHarvard campus construction continuesJohn S. RosenbergMay-June 2017 cranes-crescendoThe already torrid pace of construction around campus is about to intensify. The renovation and expansion...
View ArticleGraduate Admissions in Lower Gear
News BriefsHarvard reduces graduate-student admissionsJohn S. RosenbergMay-June 2017 graduate-admissions-lower-gearThe harvard crimson reported in mid February that the number of admissions to the...
View ArticleAllston Ambitions
News BriefsHarvard Business School academic growth plansJohn S. RosenbergMay-June 2017 allston-ambitionsHarvard business school (HBS) dean Nitin Nohria’s annual letter to his faculty is especially...
View ArticleOnline Updates
News BriefsOnline learning evolves at Harvard and elsewhereJohn S. RosenbergMay-June 2017 online-updatesThe online version of “Super-Earths and Life,” by Phillips professor of astronomy Dimitar...
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University People
Harvard people in the newsMay-June 2017 university-peopleDunster DeparturesDunster House faculty deans Roger B. Porter, IBM professor of business and government, and Ann Porter announced in early March...
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Brevia
Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard and moreMay-June 2017 breviaSpeakers of NoteThe speaker at the Commencement afternoon exercises, on May 25, will be Mark Zuckerberg’06, co-founder and CEO of Facebook. His...
View ArticleRenovated, a Bridge Gives the Charles a New Look
Charles River bridge lit upMay-June 2017 Charles River bridge renovated and litThe Larz Anderson Bridge, finally renovated, spans the Charles River seamlessly again. An au courant addition: new...
View ArticleA Certain Slant of Light
Terence Davies captures Emily Dickinson's life and spirit in "A Quiet Passion"Sophia Nguyen a quiet passion at harvardNext fall, Houghton Library will publish a gift-book edition of some lesser-known...
View ArticleGrad Student Union Revote?
Grad Student Union Revote?Marina N. Bolotnikova grad student union nlrb new electionHarvard may have to hold a new graduate-student union election if the final outcome of its November election does not...
View ArticleA Tribute to Harry Lewis
A celebration of computer science at Harvard in honor of Harry LewisJonathan Shaw Lewis to retire somedayAt a Wednesday event billed as “A Celebration of Computer Science at Harvard in Honor of Harry...
View ArticleHarvard Sustainability by the Numbers
A Snapshot of Environmental Sustainability at HarvardJonathan Shaw harvard sustainability 2016In celebration of Earth Day, on April 22, Harvard has released its annual sustainability report for 2016....
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