Category Errors
Category Errorsjennifer_carli…Tue, 12/10/2024 - 10:10It is a good thing that Harvard’s campus was not sundered this past fall semester (as it was in 2023) by bitter, despairing, and even hateful...
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“Study-Ins” and Studying
“Study-Ins” and Studyingjennifer_carli…Tue, 12/10/2024 - 10:10The bullhorn-led responsive chanting and shouted epithets that marked the fall semester a year ago—after the Hamas attack on Israel and...
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Focus on Financesjennifer_carli…Tue, 12/10/2024 - 10:10During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024—a year of campus tumult, an overturned presidency, and speculation about the resulting effects on donor...
View ArticleNews in Brief
News in Briefjennifer_carli…Tue, 12/10/2024 - 10:10NobelistsGary Ruvkun, Ph.D. ’82, professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, shared the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Victor...
View ArticleHarvard Football Goes Bowling
Harvard Football Goes Bowling max_krupnick@h… Thu, 01/02/2025 - 10:03 As the clock ticked to zero this past November 23, hundreds of Yale fans jumped over the wall separating Harvard Stadium’s...
View ArticleBoard of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates
Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates niko_yaitanes@… Wed, 01/15/2025 - 07:08 THE HARVARD ALUMNI Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2025 candidate slates for the...
View ArticleHarvard Overseer Candidates’ 2025 Priorities
Harvard Overseer Candidates’ 2025 Priorities niko_yaitanes@… Thu, 01/16/2025 - 09:54 EACH YEAR, Harvard Magazine asks candidates for Harvard’s Board of Overseers—one of the University’s two governing...
View ArticleA Return to the Beloved Community
A Return to the Beloved Community lydia_gibson@h… Thu, 01/16/2025 - 15:59 “I’m going to tell you three stories,” said Reginald Dwayne Betts to listeners at the Cambridge Public Library Tuesday evening,...
View ArticleHarvard Settles Antisemitism Lawsuits
Harvard Settles Antisemitism Lawsuits niko_yaitanes@… Wed, 01/22/2025 - 09:53 At a December 5, 2023 hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Rep. Elise Stefanik ’06 (R-NY) asked...
View ArticleJames J. Husson Appointed Head of Development
James J. Husson Appointed Head of Development niko_yaitanes@… Wed, 01/22/2025 - 10:41 James J. “Jim” Husson has been appointed vice president for alumni affairs and development, the University’s senior...
View ArticleJodie Foster to Receive 2025 Radcliffe Medal
Jodie Foster to Receive 2025 Radcliffe Medal 4f36cf5f0389a1… Thu, 01/23/2025 - 09:44 The actress and filmmaker Jodie Foster will receive this year’s Radcliffe Medal, the Harvard Radcliffe Institute...
View ArticleMaking Allston Housing (More) Affordable
Making Allston Housing (More) Affordable d9be154420cfb9… Thu, 01/23/2025 - 11:22 A January 22 public hearing to discuss the construction of affordable homes at a Harvard-donated site between Seattle...
View ArticleA Shakeup at Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative
A Shakeup at Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative niko_yaitanes@… Wed, 01/29/2025 - 15:54 “Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory.” That’s how Harvard historian Vincent Brown describes the...
View ArticleFaculty Voices, Round Two
Faculty Voices, Round Two niko_yaitanes@… Mon, 02/03/2025 - 09:39 On January 31, President Alan M. Garber announced the inaugural members of his University Faculty Advisory Council, a two-year...
View ArticleA Gift of Munch Artworks
A Gift of Munch Artworks d9be154420cfb9… Mon, 02/03/2025 - 15:30 A bequest from Philip A. Straus ’37 and his wife Lynn G. Straus of 62 prints and two paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch...
View Article“Hard Truths” about Harvard’s Classroom “Compact”
“Hard Truths” about Harvard’s Classroom “Compact” niko_yaitanes@… Tue, 02/04/2025 - 11:14 The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ committee examining the culture of Harvard’s classrooms has reported...
View ArticleBill Gates on AI and Innovation
Bill Gates on AI and Innovation Olivia Farrar Tue, 02/04/2025 - 17:34 Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates ’77, LL.D. ’07, famously dropped out of Harvard in 1975 to focus on building a...
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At Risk jennifer_carli… Mon, 02/10/2025 - 12:01 Note to Readers:In light of the federal government’s announced intention to reduce support for the indirect costs of research funded by the National...
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Allston Ambitions jennifer_carli… Mon, 02/10/2025 - 10:21 At a public meeting on December 16, Harvard presented its 10-year institutional development plans for Allston, detailing anticipated...
View ArticleArts and Engineering
Arts and Engineering jennifer_carli… Mon, 02/10/2025 - 10:21 Despite a recent media focus on campus protests and changes in institutional leadership, substantive academic planning at Harvard is going...
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