Search
Football 2021: Princeton 18, Harvard 16
Five overtimes were not enough. On Saturday at Princeton Stadium, the Harvard football team suffered its first defeat of the season, 18-16 to Princeton in the aforementioned five overtimes, a result that still was being litigated the next day but that we …
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 …
Saluting the 2023 Centennial Medalists
THE GRIFFIN GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES 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 …
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
Behind the Scenes: Safe Streets
Harvard Magazine is both a publication and a place. But our staff’s journey to 7 Ware Street, at the edge of campus, can be perilous. When I bike, my head is on a swivel, looking out for too-close cars and opening doors. When I walk, I hope that drivers …
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 …
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
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, …
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
Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates
… Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2025 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the … questions . The HAA nominating committee candidates for the 2025 ballot are the following, five to be elected Overseers …
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 …
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 Baccalaureate 2015: “Live Beyond Fear”
“You entered as the most diverse class in the history of the College,” President Drew Faust told the graduating seniors of 2015 in her May 26 Baccalaureate address. But “what has distinguished you most has been your willingness to speak out, whether by …
Civic Leaders, and Myths about Undergraduate Teaching
… record-low admissions rates this spring (see harvardmag.com/2025admits - 21 ), op-ed columnists were ready. “Stanford …
Issue: July-August 2021
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 …