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Elegante!

Sorellina (“little sister”) is a vast open space with a stratospheric, white-tiled ceiling and several white columns as thick around...

by Nell Porter-Brown

Job Notices

Several college programs match students with paid and unpaid jobs and internships. To find out more about how alumni can provide these learning...

Venturing into China

The Harvard China Fund, established in 2006 to strengthen the University’s academic connections with the People’s Republic, has made...

New Harvard Graduate School of Design dean Mohsen Mostafavi

Expect bold ideas from Mohsen Mostafavi when he begins his term as dean of the Graduate School of Design (GSD). On a late September visit to...

A Poet's Warning

In June 1946, Harvard celebrated its long-awaited Victory Commencement. For the first time since the end of the Second World War, alumni and...

by Adam Kirsch

"Knitt Together...As One"

I stand honored by your trust, inspired by your charge. I am grateful to the Governing Boards for their confidence, and I thank all of you for...

by Drew Gilpin Faust

Polo Renaissance

Yes, there was one gleaming black Bentley (but only one) parked on the greensward at Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts. True...

University Arts Initiative Launched

President Drew Faust made the inaugural performance at the New College Theatre, on November 1, the setting for her announcement of...

Inauguration of Drew Faust

Read Drew Faust's inaugural address, as well as in-depth coverage, slideshow, and audio from the event...

Nobelists of Note

Five alumni—two of them former faculty members—and the recipient of an honorary doctorate were among those to whom Nobel Prizes were awarded...

Installation Address

Drew Faust gave the following address for her installation as Harvard’s 28th president on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007...

SEAS launch

The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has posted photographs and audio of the symposia from last week's launch ceremonies...