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Football 2022: Yale 19-Harvard 14
E arly in the fourth quarter on Saturday, Harvard’s Jonah Lipel booted the extra point following quarterback Charlie Dean’s touchdown pass to tight end Tyler Neville. For the first time—and unaccountably—the Crimson led, 14-13, over Yale in the 138th …
Behind the Scenes: Ask a Harvard Professor Podcast
When I sat down to interview neuroscientists Sandeep Robert Datta and Venkatesh Murthy for Harvard Magazine ’s podcast this fall, I was nervous . As a writer, I’ve been asking scholars about their research for a decade and a half now, and I knew …
The Psychology of Virtual Reality
Virtual reality (VR) technology represents the convergence of several sets of major forces in modern postindustrial life: big tech, novelty consumer demand, and interactive digital spaces. VR headsets promise immersive experiences in gaming, work, …
2022 HAA Award Winners
Six alumni have received the Harvard Alumni Association’s HAA Awards for their outstanding service to the University: Janet Nezhad Band ’83, M.B.A. ’89, J.D. ’90, of New York City, a three-time recipient of the Albert H. Gordon ’23 Award for her …
Issue: November-December 2022
“Building Bridges” Across Disagreements
… to $5,000, and the deadline for submissions is January 6, 2025. “Our own community has the skills, creativity, and …
Recruiting for Economic Diversity
… to increase their enrollment of Pell Grant recipients. By 2025, the program aims “to attract, enroll, and graduate an …
The Faculty Resumes Growing
The 2021-2022 report on faculty trends, one of two parts of Dean Claudine Gay’s annual report to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), released today, shows modest growth in the professorial ranks, after pandemic-induced shrinkage. But it also contains …
Fond Farewell
In 1966, John T. Bethell ’54 became the editor of the Harvard Alumni Bulletin —then a competent, if staid, small-circulation magazine published 17 times annually. In an efflorescence of editorial vision and talent, he and a small cohort of superb …
Issue: May-June 2025
Football 2021: Harvard 49, Columbia 21
New York , New York, it’s a wonderful town. After two consecutive soul-crushing losses, to Princeton and Dartmouth respectively, the Harvard football team ventured to Manhattan on Saturday to face Columbia. The Crimson got a needed restorative, playing …
Harvard College Admits 4.6 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2022
The College has admitted 1,962 of 42,749 applicants to the class of 2022 (nearly half of them—964—had already been admitted through early action in December). The 4.6 percent admit rate is Harvard’s lowest ever, reflecting both an 8 percent increase in …
Honoris Causa
Seven men and three women received honorary degrees at Commencement. Provost Steven E. Hyman introduced the honorands, and President Drew Faust read the citations, in the order below. Anthony S. Fauci. Director of the National Institute of Allergy …
Issue: July-August 2009
Football 2021: Dartmouth 20, Harvard 17
Halloween weekend was an appropriate time for the Harvard football team to continue its two-season Danse Macabre of close and excruciating defeat. This time, at least, the result did not involve overtime or controversy. Thanks to a 25-yard field goal by …
Adam Falk and Natalie Diaz at Phi Beta Kappa
The orator and poet at the 2023 Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises—the traditional, academic opening event of Harvard’s Commencement-week celebrations—will be Adam Falk, Ph.D. ’91, and Natalie Diaz. They are scheduled to appear on Tuesday morning, May 23, …
Harvard’s Development Chief Departs
Brian K. Lee , vice president for alumni affairs and development since 2018—in effect, the University’s chief fundraising officer—will retire at the end of 2024, the University announced today. He had previously filled similar roles at Tufts (working with …
Behind the Scenes: Reporting the latest discoveries
Managing editor Jonathan Shaw shares what led him to feature Sharad Ramanathan in the January-February issue. People often ask me how we choose our subjects. In the case of Sharad Ramanathan, a quantitative biologist , I hoped to answer a question: How …