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Radcliffe Institute Announces 2019-2020 Fellows
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s (RIAS) 2019-2020 cohort includes 55 fellows from 10 countries. The admission rate for the interdisciplinary research program was 3.7 percent, and the incoming class includes writers, artists, sociologists, …
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
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
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 Discloses Administrator and Investment Manager Pay
HARVARD TODAY RELEASED its 2021 tax filings, covering fiscal year 2022 (July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022), including information on the earnings of University leaders, and the accompanying Harvard Management Company (HMC) disclosure of senior …
A New Light on DNA Storage
… mutating on Earth for three and a half billion years. By 2025, accumulated global data is expected to reach 175 …
Issue: March-April 2021
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 …
The Petitioners—Updated
Alongside candidates placed on the ballot for the Board of Overseers by the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee ( see the slate announced January 12 ), interested alumni can seek nomination through a petition procedure. This year, at …
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 …
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 …
A Medical School Gift for Translational Research
… project, expected to begin in 2023 and be completed in 2025, will join the wet- and dry-lab wings of the Life Lab. …
A Fitter FAS
With the pandemic’s worst effects in the past, Dean Claudine Gay painted an upbeat picture of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ (FAS) prospects when she delivered her annual message on November 1. Her outlook was buttressed by reports on the …
Issue: January-February 2023
Football: Yale 34-Harvard 29
… of the 2024 season will appear in the January-February 2025 issue of Harvard Magazine .) Andrew Aurich, in his … The Crimson will kick off its 151st season on September 20, 2025, against an opponent and at a venue to be announced. …
Faculty Honors, and a Farewell
During their last regular meeting of the academic year, on May 2, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) bid farewell: to President Lawrence S. Bacow; to FAS dean Claudine Gay, who will assume the University presidency upon Bacow’s retirement June 30; and …
Five Questions with Jacob Roberts ’19
Jacob Roberts ’19, who co-produced and starred in the film Rent Free, was profiled in the January-February issue of Harvard Magazine . Here, Roberts shares more about his creative inspirations, his time at Harvard, and how he spends his time outside of …