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Provost Manning On August 15, less than two weeks after the Corporation removed “interim” from his title, President Alan M. Garber made the logical move, announcing that former Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning, who became interim provost in March, …
Issue: November-December 2024
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 …
Behind the Scenes: The Power of Human Connection
A couple of years ago, a friend of mine—like me, a writer and reporter , and also like me a natural introvert—said something very true. People like us, he said, go into journalism for the writing , only to discover that it’s the reporting —the human …
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 …
Football 2021: Harvard 44, Georgetown 9
It had been 665 days since Aidan Borguet scored a touchdown—four of them, in fact. But in the first quarter on Saturday at Georgetown’s Cooper Field, the Crimson’s sophomore running back picked up right where he had left off on November 23, 2019, during …
Surgeon Atul Gawande Named Harvard Alumni Day Speaker
… PDF file ). Harvard’s Alumni Day will take place on June 6, 2025. The full University announcement can be found here . … …
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 …
These Student Speakers Have History to Share
Every year , three student speakers address the Commencement crowd in Tercentenary Theatre: the student “parts” that are an essential feature of Harvard’s graduation traditions. Here Harvard Magazine profiles the honored student speakers at the 374 th …
Behind the Scenes: Getting things right
It sounds almost too obvious to say: in writing about other people’s lives, the biggest responsibility is to get things right. This is not just a question of facts; it’s also a matter of tone and emphasis and balance, of choosing the truest detail …
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 …
2021 Harvard Medalists
At its virtual annual meeting on June 4, the Harvard Alumni Association honored three alumni with Harvard Medals for their extraordinary service to the University. Walter K. Clair ’77, M.D. ’81, M.P.H. ’85, a committed leader and mentor, served on the …
Issue: July-August 2021
Unbuttoned Up
… Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts, until February 2, 2025, celebrates the artist—also known as Mr. Buttons, Count …
Issue: September-October 2024
Centennial Medalists 2015
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Centennial Medal, first awarded in 1989 on the occasion of the school’s hundredth anniversary, honors alumni who have made contributions to society that emerged from their graduate study at Harvard. It is …
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 …
No More [Lovin’ That] Dirty Water
… Renaissance this summer … 88566 … Your Guide to Summer 2025 Along Boston Harbor … 1523 … 1505 … 8466 … 8472 … No …
Issue: July-August 2025