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Öberg to Lead Harvard Faculty Recruitment and Retention

The astrochemist will become senior vice provost for faculty affairs this summer.

by Jonathan Shaw

Wyss Institute Receives $131 Million to Support Translational Research

A third round of funding by one of Harvard's leading donors

by Jonathan Shaw

Dolores Huerta receives the Radcliffe Medal

Radcliffe Medalist Dolores Huerta has spent her life helping people realize that they have power. 

by Jacob Sweet , Lydialyle Gibson

“Nothing Has to Stay the Way It Is”

German chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the class of 2019.   

by Marina N. Bolotnikova , Lydialyle Gibson

Harvard 368th Commencement Morning Exercises

Beyond the formalities, a message at the Morning Exercises of the University’s 368th Commencement

by John S. Rosenberg , Jacob Sweet

“Be the Voice of Health”

The pediatrician who exposed the Flint water crisis urges graduates to take action for public health.

by Nina Pasquini

New Harvard Overseers and HAA Elected Directors Announced

The newly elected Harvard Overseers and HAA directors of 2019

Harvard Commencement Honorands 2019

Germany’s chancellor, the University’s president emerita, an inequality expert, a museum leader, a prominent editor, and more

by John S. Rosenberg

“Design Is Not an Intellectual Exercise”

Writer and photographer Teju Cole speaks at Class Day at the School of Design.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Truth, in Crisis

Al Gore ’69, LL.D. ’94, urged Harvard to divest from fossil fuels in his College Class Day speech. 

by Jacob Sweet

Juan Manuel Santos at Harvard

Former president of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos addresses Harvard Kennedy School graduates

by Nell Porter-Brown