Alumni | December 16, 2011

Class notes and obituaries January-February 2012

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Published in the January-February 2012 print issue under the headline “The Classes,” in the Alumni section.

The school’s largest-ever gift comes after a year of record fundraising.

Karl Deisseroth revolutionized neuroscience. Navanethem “Navi” Pillay has adjudicated cases in international courts concerning genocide.

The outgoing executive director and Harvard Business School graduate went from dancing The Nutcracker to growing a ballet company.

A second union joined graduate students on the picket line, emptying labs and classrooms.

The two birds will be on display at Harvard this summer.

The federal government has launched unprecedented actions against the University. Here’s a guide.

Establishing legal responsibility for autonomous agents

For advocacy and benevolence, three late alumni are reportedly in line for the Catholic Church’s highest honor.

The University is expanding industry ties and investing its own funds to support research, but neither will replace lost federal dollars.