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“From the Closet to a Place at the Table: Celebrating 25 Years of the Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus” is the first-ever all-school...
2008 Class Marshals
The marshals of the College class of 2008 gathered with classmates for the Baccalaureate service on Tuesday, June 3.
A "Pause" and Progress in FAS
During spring faculty meetings, dean Michael D. Smith explained his approach to leading the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), with important implications for the growth of professorial ranks.
Feldstein: Why the Government Should Help Homeowners
On the opinion page of yesterday's Washington Post, Feldstein (Baker professor of economics, who soon ends his term as...
The Elitism of Elite Colleges
Writer William Deresiewicz contends that an Ivy League education leaves students with some serious blind spots...
University Names Goldman Sachs Executive to New VP Post
The University this morning announced the creation of a new position, executive vice president, and the name of the person appointed to the job: Edward C. Forst ’82...
Want to Be a Presidential Nominee? Go to Harvard or Yale
Michael Medved suspects that as college degrees have become more common in the population as a whole, where one obtained that degree has become more important...
Catching Some Rays: Good for Your Heart?
CBS News has the story on a new study, led by Harvard School of Public Health professor Edward Giovannucci, that found that men with low Vitamin D levels had more than double the risk of heart attack...
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's 2008 Harvard Commencement address
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's delivers Harvard's 2008 Commencement address
President Drew Gilpin Faust's Report to the Alumni
President Drew Gilpin Faust, Harvard’s 28th president, delivers her Report to the Alumni at the Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association...
Q & A
Anthony Christopher Woods, M.P.P. ’08, of the Harvard Kennedy School, delivers his Graduate English Address, “Q & A,” at Harvard's Commencement Exercises...
Memory and Celebration
Graduating senior Thomas Alan Dichter delivers his Senior English Address, “Memory and Celebration,” at Harvard's Commencement Exercises...