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Harvard Reports on Investigation of Jeffrey Epstein Gifts
President Lawrence S. Bacow reported to the community this afternoon that the gifts to Harvard from Jeffrey Epstein were in line with those he disclosed last September : $9.1 million between 1998 and 2008, with no gifts received following Epstein’s …
Matthew Potts Appointed Harvard Pusey Minister
M atthew Ichihashi Potts, professor of religious studies and literature, has been appointed Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Plummer professor of Christian morals, effective July 1. He succeeds interim minister Stephanie Paulsell , following …
New Members of Harvard Board of Overseers and Elected Directors of HAA
The newly elected members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) were announced by the University on May 25, the morning of Commencement Day. Board of Overseers (for six-year terms): Sylvia Mathews …
Chapter & Verse
Stuart Kirsch seeks a source “for what many commentators, including Alan Dershowitz in The Vanishing American Jew, refer to as a ‘quip’ or ‘anecdote’: ‘A Jew is defined as someone who has (or will have) Jewish grandchildren.’” Stephen Josephs asks who …
Issue: July-August 2015
Create Your Own Spectacular Staycation
Wintertime offers the perfect excuse to cozy up close to home —and, this year, it’s a safe choice, too. Happily, there’s plenty to do in and around Cambridge to keep you warm, comfortable, and content. Prefer to curl up at home with a good book and a …
Issue: January-February 2021
Curricular Commitments
Departing Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean William C. Kirby has attempted to set the clock ticking for completing a revision of the undergraduate curriculum, after three years of study. In a letter circulated January 20—one week before the …
Issue: March-April 2006
First-Gen Orientation
Last Thursday, University President Lawrence Bacow welcomed his first group of Harvard undergraduates, about 100 participants in the new First-Year Retreat and Experience (FYRE) , a four-day pre-orientation program for first-generation, low-income, and …
Al Fresco
Imagine this: someone other than yourself laboring to prepare fresh Italian food, and serving it with a real smile? The joys of dining out after months of pandemic isolation have never been so welcome: “How do you like your meal? What else may I get for …
Issue: May-June 2021
Five Honored with Harvard Medal
On Commencement Day , five people received the Harvard Alumni Association's Harvard Medal, awarded annually for outstanding service to the University. Charles W. Collier Ellen Gordon Melvin J. Gordon Harry Parker Susan S. Wallach Charles W. Collier, …
Harvard Professors Recognized for Teaching and Advising
At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on May 1, Dean Michael Smith conferred annual honors for distinguished teaching and advising, in several categories. He named the following faculty members Harvard College Professors , FAS’s highest …
Dean of Student Life Departs
Dean of student life Suzy M. Nelson will leave at the end of the academic year to accept a post as vice president and dean of the college at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, Harvard College dean Evelynn M. Hammonds announced today. Under Nelson's …
A Roadmap for Reforming Civic Education
Several months before the invasion of the United States Capitol threw the nation’s seat of legislative power into peril, the Annenberg Public Policy Center’s survey on civic knowledge found that barely half of American adults can name all three branches …
Springtime Antics at the Arnold Arboretum
For many visitors, springtime at Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum means Lilac Sunday—a 112-year-old annual celebration on Mother’s Day in honor of the delightfully fragrant, eye-catching flowers. The 281-acre landscape, which holds more than 15,000 woody-plant …
Issue: May-June 2022
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Yesterdays News Harvard Portrait Interim Agendas An Allston Metamorphosis? Adios, Early Admissions Money-Management Makeover Controversial Visitor Bigger Biology Brevia Sciences and Gender The Undergraduate Sports Alumni The College Pump Journal Opener …
Issue: November-December 2006
Debating Diversity
The Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) lawsuit alleging Harvard College bias against Asian-American applicants is now in the hands of federal judge Allison D. Burroughs in Boston; final arguments were heard on February 13. In the meantime, SFFA’s suit …
Issue: May-June 2019