Alumni | February 22, 2011

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Published in the March-April 2011 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 conversation between the comedian and the celebrated cellist was interrupted by a fire alarm in Sanders Theatre.

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.

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

A new Harvard Kennedy School project aims to harness the power of feral fandom.

As humanities shrink across higher education, one department is flourishing. Is its success a fluke, or a roadmap?