President Garber, Provost Manning
President Garber, Provost Manningniko_yaitanes@…Thu, 08/15/2024 - 09:56Havingshed the “interim” title on August 2, President Alan M. Garber—now expected to serve through June 30, 2027—today solidified...
View ArticleHarvard’s Financial Outlook
Harvard’s Financial Outlook niko_yaitanes@…Thu, 08/15/2024 - 10:14The University’s severely challenging academic year—marked by a community divided over the Middle East war, an abrupt change of...
View ArticleAlan Garber’s Opening Words
Alan Garber’s Opening Wordsjennifer_carli…Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:01In a message to the Harvard community on Thursday morning, as students were returning for the start of classes next week, President Alan...
View ArticleRakesh Khurana To Step Down
Rakesh Khurana To Step Downjennifer_carli…Thu, 08/29/2024 - 12:23Rakesh Khurana announced Thursday that he is stepping down next June, making the 2024-25 academic year his last as dean of Harvard...
View ArticleHarvard Reiterates Campus Rules
Harvard Reiterates Campus Rulesjennifer_carli…Fri, 08/30/2024 - 09:51In another indication that University officials are anticipating campus tension and protest this fall and hoping to avoid a repeat...
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Convocation 2024: The New Crew Redux
Convocation 2024: The New Crew Reduxniko_yaitanes@…Mon, 09/02/2024 - 17:30When the Harvard Collegeclass of 2027 gathered in Tercentenary Theatre on September 3 a year ago, they met a new lineup of...
View Article“Find Yourself a Teacher…”
“Find Yourself a Teacher…”niko_yaitanes@…Tue, 09/03/2024 - 14:11At Morning Prayers last year, President Claudine Gay—then in office for two months and five days—drew upon an incident in her youth (“My...
View ArticleAdmissions after Affirmative Action
Admissions after Affirmative Actionniko_yaitanes@…Mon, 09/09/2024 - 15:45Nationwide, members of the class of 2028 are now engaged in their coursework, like so many preceding cohorts. But unlike their...
View ArticleHarvard Class of 2028 Demographics Disclosed
Harvard Class of 2028 Demographics Disclosedniko_yaitanes@…Wed, 09/11/2024 - 15:20Joiningother institutions, Harvard College today disclosed the demographic characteristics of the class of 2028—the...
View ArticleHow Should Harvard Teach Disagreement?
How Should Harvard Teach Disagreement?max_krupnick@h…Mon, 09/23/2024 - 10:02It should come as no surprise that a conference about disagreement began with a disagreement. President Alan M. Garber opened...
View ArticleToward Reconciliation
Toward Reconciliationniko_yaitanes@…Mon, 09/23/2024 - 17:07On March 3, 2002, Robi Damelin learned that her son David—a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces—had been killed by a Palestinian sniper....
View ArticleMarc Goodheart Relinquishes Governing Boards Role
Marc Goodheart Relinquishes Governing Boards Roleniko_yaitanes@…Tue, 09/24/2024 - 12:53Marc Goodheart ’81, J.D. ’85, Secretary of the University since 1998—and thus the chief administrative officer of...
View ArticleAntisemitism on Campus—And Beyond
Antisemitism on Campus—And Beyondniko_yaitanes@…Wed, 09/25/2024 - 11:35Sunday afternoon, September 22, hundreds of Harvard community members donning miniature Israeli flags and hostage dog tags filed...
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Radcliffe Celebrates 25
Radcliffe Celebrates 25niko_yaitanes@…Fri, 09/27/2024 - 08:40When Mary Ingraham Bunting-Smith became president of Radcliffe College in 1960, she sought to combat what she called “a national climate of...
View ArticleHarvard’s Lowered Voice
Harvard’s Lowered Voiceniko_yaitanes@…Mon, 09/30/2024 - 11:45In late May, when Harvard adopted the recommendation of its Institutional Voice Working Group—that the University and its leaders should not...
View ArticleU.S. Representative Blasts Harvard’s Discipline
U.S. Representative Blasts Harvard’s Disciplineniko_yaitanes@…Mon, 09/30/2024 - 18:13On September 26, U.S. Representative Virginia Foxx (R-North Carolina), chair of the House Committee on Education and...
View ArticleFostering Civil Discourse
Fostering Civil Discoursemax_krupnick@h…Tue, 10/01/2024 - 12:30After a tumultuous fall 2023 semester, Harvard turned its attention toward difficult conversations. How can students feel comfortable...
View ArticleTwo Harvardians Win MacArthur Fellowships
Two Harvardians Win MacArthur Fellowshipslydia_gibson@h…Tue, 10/01/2024 - 13:21Two Harvard alumnae are among the 2024 MacArthur Fellows announced today. Dorothy Roberts, J.D. ’80, is a legal scholar...
View ArticleArts and Sciences: Aspirations and Anxieties
Arts and Sciences: Aspirations and Anxieties niko_yaitanes@…Wed, 10/02/2024 - 15:42During the first Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting of the year, on October 1, Dean Hopi Hoekstra tried to set...
View ArticleGary Ruvkun Shares Nobel Prize in Medicine
Gary Ruvkun Shares Nobel Prize in Medicineniko_yaitanes@…Mon, 10/07/2024 - 08:06Harvard Medical Schoolprofessor of genetics Gary Ruvkun, Ph.D. ’82, has been named co-winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in...
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