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Harvard Education School Dean Appointed
The University has appointed Nonie K. Lesaux, Larsen professor of education and human development, dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She has served as interim dean since July, succeeding Saris professor of education and economics …
Photographs from Commencement Week 2024
Jim Harrison, who has covered Commencement for decades, and Harvard Magazine staff members have captured images throughout this 373rd Commencement week. We share some of our favorite images here. Scroll down for images from the beginning of the …
The Faculty Faces Its Future
When Dean Claudine Gay announced on November 2 that she had authorized 18 new faculty searches this academic year—bringing the total to an eye-popping 66—it was a tangible sign that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) has weathered the coronavirus …
Issue: January-February 2022
Football: Yale 34-Harvard 29
… of the 2024 season will appear in the January-February 2025 issue of Harvard Magazine .) Andrew Aurich, in his … The Crimson will kick off its 151st season on September 20, 2025, against an opponent and at a venue to be announced. …
Safe Streets
… Such was the case in Massachusetts until January 2025, when the legislature legalized cameras mounted on city …
Issue: March-April 2025
Philip Lovejoy to Step Down as Harvard Alumni Leader
Philip W. Lovejoy, executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) since July 2014, today announced his retirement from the post at the end of this year, concluding a quarter-century of Harvard service. The news follows the most recent …
Behind the Scenes: Writing About COVID-19
Friday afternoon, February 21, 1:00 p.m. : a press release about the novel coronavirus arrives via email from the Medical School—embargoed for release Sunday at midnight, so I have 48 hours to put together a story before the news is released to the …
2005-2006 Ledecky Fellows
Harvard Magazine’ s Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows for the 2005-2006 academic year will be junior John A. La Rue and senior Elizabeth S. Widdicombe, who were selected from a competitive evaluation of two dozen student writers’ applications …
Issue: September-October 2005
Marc Goodheart Relinquishes Governing Boards Role
Marc Goodheart ’81, J.D. ’85, Secretary of the University since 1998—and thus the chief administrative officer of the two governing boards, the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers—will relinquish that post following the Commencement ceremonies …
News in Brief
Headliners The guest speaker during Harvard’s May 23 Commencement exercises will be Maria Ressa, who shared the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for her brave, independent news coverage of her native Philippines. During the authoritarian administration of President …
Issue: May-June 2024
Off the Shelf
… more … 88564 … Recent Publications Harvard Authors Spring 2025 … 8467 … Off the Shelf … article …
Issue: March-April 2025
Another Title, Another Heartbreak
… to make sure there’s no drop-off,” said Aurich, looking to 2025. Do we hear three-peat? FINAL STANDINGS Ivy Games …
Issue: January-February 2025
A Dean’s Adieu
During a morning conversation on May 18, Claudine Gay reflected on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ (FAS) priorities and progress during her service as dean since 2018: aims and accomplishments that can become somewhat overshadowed by the demands of …
Football 2022: Harvard 35-Cornell 28
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Playing on the road last weekend against an Ivy bottom-feeder, the Harvard football team bolted to a seemingly insurmountable lead, then frittered most of it away. In a result that hung in the balance until the …
Football 2021: Harvard 34, Yale 31
There are at least three laws of the Harvard-Yale game: 1.) No lead is safe 2.) It ain’t over till it’s over and 3.) Afterward, even the victors are as limp as a used washrag. The 137th battle, played Saturday at the Yale Bowl, obeyed all three. Harvard …