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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
Climate-Change Solutions
… levels 26 percent to 28 percent below the 2005 level by 2025. “That trajectory,” he said, “puts us…where we need to …
Sarah Karmon to Lead Alumni Association
S arah C. Karmon, who has been deputy executive director of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) since 2018, will become executive director and associate vice president of alumni affairs and development, effective in January. She succeeds Philip W. …
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 …
University News Briefs
… If Harvard has not committed to divestment by the end of 2025, the funds would be directed to tax-exempt …
Issue: May-June 2015
Behind the Scenes: “A Right Way to Read?”
Staff writer Nina Pasquini examines the state of literacy education and the gaps between research, policy, and practice. As I began to report on literacy education earlier this year (see my feature, “A Right Way to Read?” ), it became clear how hard it is …
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 …
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 …
Back to the Bond Market
On March 5, the University placed a new offering of $750 million of taxable bonds, maturing in 2035 and priced to yield 4.609 percent. The new debt (the Series 2024A bonds) is Harvard’s first bond sale since the twin Series 2022 A and B borrowings , …
Harvard’s Allston Science and Engineering Complex Approved
… and discovery.” Eventually, Doyle said, the vision for 2025 and beyond includes: Harvard’s new Gateway building …
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 …
The Nature of Archives
In her 2021 installation “Potomitans,” shown at Art Basel in Switzerland, the Franco-Canadian artist Kapwani Kiwanga suspended 39 dainty silver chains from the ceiling, adorning them with handmade sculptures of leaves, berries, and flowers from Mimosa …
Issue: November-December 2022
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, …
President Bacow Plans to Step Down
Lawrence S. Bacow, Harvard’s twenty-ninth president, announced on June 8 that he would step down at the end of the 2022-2023 academic year, concluding service that began in 2018, when he succeeded Drew Gilpin Faust. In a characteristically plainspoken …
Issue: September-October 2022
“Anyone Can Be an Activist”
Across the political spectrum, Harvard alumni concerned about the state of U.S. democracy, their apprehensions later intensified by the events of January 6, are doing what they can to advocate, educate, and mobilize voters ahead of the next …