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Football 2021: Harvard 24, Cornell 10
It was not a thing of beauty. At times it was downright ugly. But at afternoon’s end on Saturday at the Stadium, the Harvard football team had preserved its unblemished record with a nerve-racking 24-10 victory over pesky Cornell. The Crimson, which …
Alumni Admissions Interviewers Honored
This year’s Miller-Hunn Awards—honoring Hiram S. Hunn, A.B. 1921, and retired admissions officer Dwight D. Miller, Ed.M. ’71—recognize eight alumni for their volunteer efforts to recruit and interview prospective undergraduates. Glen Cheng ’93, of Hong …
Issue: November-December 2021
Kevin Young Named 2024 Harvard Arts Medalist
The Office for the Arts at Harvard today announced that Kevin Young ’92 will receive the Harvard Arts Medal on April 24, beginning the annual ARTS FIRST festival . Young will be celebrated in a 5:00 p.m. ceremony at Lowell Lecture Hall, with Alan Garber, …
Harvard ROTC Graduates Told of Churchill, Constitution
In a time of “accelerating change and increasing challenges,” U.S. Army Lieutenant General Joseph “JP” McGee told Harvard’s 19 ROTC graduates on May 28, the armed services need “your skills and your leadership more critically than ever.” McGee would …
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Named Class Day Speaker
The Harvard College Class of 2022 has selected Michelle Wu ’07, J.D. ’12, the first female and first person of color elected to be Boston’s mayor, to speak at the Class Day celebration on May 25, the day before Harvard’s 371 st Commencement . Wu has …
Making Money Funny
New Jersey’s American Dream Mall has a 14-story waterslide, two ski lifts, and seven species of live sharks. Nearly all storefronts are leased and about five million people visited last year. But the mall’s lawyers argue that the complex is not actually …
Issue: July-August 2025
Class Day Speakers Announced
On Monday afternoon , First Class Marshall Fez Zafar ’24 announced in a group chat with Harvard seniors this year’s two Class Day speakers: dean of admissions and financial aid William R. Fitzsimmons ’67 and Currier House security guard Bill Oliverio. The …
Overseer and Elected Director 2023 Slates
T he Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2023 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the University’s two governing boards) and the HAA’s own elected directors. Balloting is open from March 31 through …
Harvard’s Sustainability Plan
On May 11, Harvard released a new sustainability action plan. The report takes a holistic look at the University’s impact on climate, from research and teaching about the problem to modeling best practices for other institutions, whether in food services …
The “Wild West” of Cancer Misinformation Online
… followers had embraced her (often dangerous) claims. In 2025, Netflix released a dramatized series about her life, … Center for Global Cancer Prevention, for World Cancer Week 2025—moderator Malika Marshall, a medical reporter for …
Harvard Confers Six Honorary Degrees
During the 373rd Commencement this morning, Harvard will celebrate six distinguished leaders, conferring honorary degrees on three men and three women: a courageous journalist who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner; a U.S. poet laureate, and an acclaimed …
Student Financial Assistance: FY 2005
Financial support for degree-candidate students amounts to a half-billion-dollar-plus commitment by the University. These data, from fiscal year 2005, show that grants (institutional, federal, and other) totaled $275 million in that year, and were …
Issue: March-April 2007
Doctors for Change
… be used to build a nuclear bomb. That’s all to say that, in 2025, the anti-nuclear movement is as vital as ever.” The …
Gifts and Endowments, 2005
The rich get richer, at least as measured by annual giving to Harvard’s schools, compared to their existing endowments, as shown in Managing Harvard’s Resources, published in March by the University’s alumni affairs and development office. Duringthe …
Issue: September-October 2006
The 2020 Harvard Medalists
The Harvard Alumni Association today recognized three individuals as the 2020 Harvard Medalists, honoring their extraordinary service to the University. (The actual medal presentation, typically part of the HAA’s annual meeting on Commencement Day, has …