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Flocking Together
Lila’s Mountain Farm sits in a scenic corner of western Massachusetts, on rolling pastures with sweeping views of the Berkshires. In early February, during lambing season, snowstorms and a cold snap have turned the fields into icy white plateaus. Winds …
Issue: May-June 2025
Behind the Scenes: Writing A “Scholar’s Scholar”
Editor John Rosenberg shares his behind-the-scenes look at what it took to write his in-depth feature on President Claudine Gay. Dear Reader, We believe that at a moment like this—when Harvard research and education matter immensely to the world—the …
Honoris Causa
Four men and two women received honorary degrees on May 25. Provost Alan M. Garber introduced the honorands in the following order, and President Lawrence S. Bacow read the citations. Learn more about each at harvardmag.com/honorands-23 . Adm. Michael G. …
Issue: July-August 2023
Natalie Portman ’03 Named Class Day Speaker
Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman ’03 will be the principal guest speaker for seniors celebrating Class Day in Tercentenary Theatre on May 27, Harvard College officials have announced. She was chosen after a subcommittee of eight class marshals …
Football 2022: Columbia 21-Harvard 20
LAST WEEKEND we all fell back. The Harvard football team took this edict perhaps too much to heart. In a seismic Ivy League upset at the Stadium, the Crimson lost to last-place Columbia 21-20. The defeat drops Harvard to 5-3 overall and 3-2 in league …
Conferring Degrees, 2020
As the coronavirus pandemic spread, Harvard announced on March 20 that it would postpone (but not permanently cancel) the in-person 369 th Commencement and alumni reunion activities (see harvardmag.com/comm-postponed-20 ). The annual weeklong celebration …
Issue: May-June 2020
Football 2021: Harvard 49, Brown 17
Friday in Cambridge was grey, with rain ever-threatening. But at 6:30 p.m.—30 minutes before the scheduled kickoff of the Harvard football team’s home opener against Ivy League rival Brown—the sun glinted through the clouds. It was a perfect harbinger for …
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Brevia
… requirement that applicants for admission to the class of 2025 submit standardized test scores . Although other …
Issue: September-October 2020
Congratulations Are in Order
Six alumni received the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) Awards—for their outstanding service to alumni activities for the University—during the fall meeting of the HAA’s board of directors. Thomas E. “Ted” Blamey, M.B.A. ’70, of Sydney, Australia, is a …
Issue: November-December 2015
Jacinda Ardern to Speak at Harvard Commencement
N ew Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern , making a planned trip to the United States, will be the featured guest speaker at Harvard’s 2022 Commencement exercises on the morning of May 26. The news, officially released by the University today, …
Freshman Convocation 2015: “Surprise Yourself”
Wearing blazers , bow ties, and summer dresses, members of the College class of 2019 walked into Tercentenary Theatre as a group for the first time, stopping to pose for photographers—and taking the occasional “selfie”—at the annual Freshman Convocation …
Kevin Young to Address Harvard Alumni Association
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), which previously disclosed that its annual meeting will take place virtually this year, on June 4 , today announced that Kevin Young ’92 will appear as a principal guest speaker. Young, director of the Smithsonian’s …
The Morning Exercises, Virtual Again
Amid a pandemic and a national reckoning with continuing racial injustices, the Harvard community carried on through a unique academic year, closing with a week of online class days, degree conferrals, and more. Two of the musical interludes and all three …
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Summer/Steiner Fellowship
THE SUMMER FELLOWSHIP The Summer Fellowship provides summer support for a student to join Harvard Magazine’ s editorial staff as a reporter and writer, while also receiving an introduction to the business aspects of magazine operations. Current Harvard …