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Harvard Medical School graduate Christopher Henderson on caregiving

A personal story about caregiving and empathy

by Lydialyle Gibson

Sarah Whiting Named Dean of the Graduate School of Design

Currently dean of the Rice University School of Architecture, Whiting will assume her new post on July 1. 

by Jonathan Shaw

“Building on the Continuity”

A conference looks back at Harvard’s 1969 student strike. 

by Jean Martin , Marina N. Bolotnikova

Nieman Fellow Eliza Griswold Wins Pulitzer Prize

Her book Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America is the choice in general nonfiction.  

by Jacob Sweet

The SIGnboard: Reunion Week Events

Shared Interest Group gatherings in Cambridge

Harvard summit on higher education and public good

A Harvard summit probes how to meld universities’ academic and external aspirations.

by John S. Rosenberg

Masha Gessen on the Stories We Tell About Migration

The Russian-American journalist challenges “moral defaults” about immigrants. 

by Marina N. Bolotnikova

Harry Elkins Widener, profiled by Daniel Blank

Brief life of Harry Elkins Widener, theater-loving bibliophile: 1885-1912

by Daniel Blank

Harvardians: transitions, appointments, and honors

Transitions, appointments, and honors

Cities Too Smart for Their Own Good

Ben Green warns against simple technological solutions for complex problems.

by Bennett McIntosh

Bees around Greater Boston

Greater Boston’s bee cultures

by Jessica Lau

2019 Overseer and HAA Director Candidates

The official 2019 slates