American Jewish Life After October 7
American Jewish Life After October 7max_krupnick@h…Tue, 10/08/2024 - 14:50Monday marked a year since Hamas’s attack on southern Israel, which ignited a war in the Middle East and a wave of...
View ArticleHarvard Alumnus Wins Chemistry Nobel
Harvard Alumnus Wins Chemistry Nobellydia_gibson@h…Wed, 10/09/2024 - 10:55David Baker’84, a biochemistry professor at the University of Washington, has been named a winner of the Nobel Prize in...
View ArticleSmooth Start
Smooth Startjennifer_carli…Tue, 10/08/2024 - 15:05Leaders of this and other campuses wracked by turmoil during the 2023-2024 academic year following the Hamas attack on Israel and resulting war...
View ArticlePamelyn Bennett
Pamelyn Bennettjennifer_carli…Tue, 10/08/2024 - 15:05When Pamelyn Bennett began working at the National Airport Marriott Hotel, in Washington, D.C., she checked in a foreign family whom she remembers...
View ArticleThe End of the Ivy League?
The End of the Ivy League?jennifer_carli…Tue, 10/08/2024 - 15:05With one minute left in Harvard’s last men’s basketball game of the 2023-2024 season, sophomore Chisom Okpara drove toward the basket,...
View ArticleHarvard’s Finances in a Challenging Year
Harvard’s Finances in a Challenging Yeard9be154420cfb9…Thu, 10/17/2024 - 12:27Harvard’s annual financial report for the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2024, published today—an academic year of campus...
View Article“Building Bridges” Across Disagreements
“Building Bridges” Across Disagreementslydia_gibson@h…Mon, 10/28/2024 - 11:08Today President Alan M. Garber announced a grant program to support student projects that “build bridges across...
View ArticlePresident Garber’s Agenda
President Garber’s Agendaniko_yaitanes@…Fri, 11/01/2024 - 09:26During a conversation in his Massachusetts Hall office on a remarkably balmy Halloween afternoon, President Alan M. Garber was expansive...
View ArticleThe State of Harvard’s Arts and Sciences
The State of Harvard’s Arts and Sciences niko_yaitanes@…Wed, 11/06/2024 - 20:08Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean Hopi Hoekstra and colleagues issued their annual financial and other reports...
View ArticleSilent Study-Ins
Silent Study-Insmax_krupnick@h…Thu, 11/14/2024 - 12:46Last December, approximately 100 pro-Palestine students filed into Widener Library’s Loker Reading Room, taped flyers to the back of their laptops,...
View ArticleA Focus on the Future
A Focus on the Futured9be154420cfb9…Fri, 11/15/2024 - 10:51Harvard’s annual sustainability report, released October 4, details the University’s efforts to prepare for two fast-approaching goals: to be...
View ArticlePurchasing Renewable Energy
Purchasing Renewable Energyd9be154420cfb9…Wed, 11/20/2024 - 10:01The University announced today that in partnership with MIT, Mass General Brigham hospital, and a group of public and nonprofit...
View ArticleDesigning for “Changing Climates”
Designing for “Changing Climates”max_krupnick@h…Thu, 11/21/2024 - 15:07Tourists visiting the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris might be seeking a religious or aesthetic experience. But they often...
View ArticlePenny Pritzker’s Perspectives
Penny Pritzker’s Perspectivesniko_yaitanes@…Mon, 11/25/2024 - 10:37During a telephone conversation Monday afternoon, Penny Pritzker, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, talked about the governing...
View ArticleHearing the Faculty’s Voice
Hearing the Faculty’s Voiceniko_yaitanes@…Tue, 11/26/2024 - 09:46Although thecampus is far calmer this fall than last, differences of opinion about Harvard’s direction and leadership continue to divide...
View ArticleMuslim American Life after October 7
Muslim American Life after October 7niko_yaitanes@…Wed, 11/27/2024 - 08:55Describing the October 7 Hamas attacks as a “watershed moment,” Asim Ijaz Khwaja, the co-chair of Harvard’s task force on...
View ArticleThe Rights of Nature
The Rights of Naturemax_krupnick@h…Thu, 12/05/2024 - 11:55Happy is 54 years old, 8,500 pounds, and, notably, an elephant. Nonetheless, in 2018, a group called the Nonhuman Rights Project sued on...
View ArticleA Ministry of Presence
A Ministry of Presenceniko_yaitanes@…Fri, 12/06/2024 - 10:12On Thursday afternoon at exactly 3 o’clock, a small white van emerged from the swirl of traffic in Harvard Square and pulled over next to the...
View ArticlePresident Garber’s Quiet Installation
President Garber’s Quiet Installationd9be154420cfb9…Mon, 12/09/2024 - 07:00Harvard presidential installation ceremonies typically take place in Tercentenary Theatre, attended by thousands. These are...
View ArticleAntisemitism on Campuses
Antisemitism on Campusesniko_yaitanes@…Thu, 12/12/2024 - 17:19As Hamas’s October 7 terrorist attack and the ensuing war in the Middle East reverberated on college campuses, some academic departments...
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