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Hopi Hoekstra Appointed Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean
B iologist Hopi e.Hoekstra will become dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) effective August 1. She will succeed Claudine Gay, president-elect, who is the first FAS dean chosen to lead the University. During July, Emma Dench, who continues to …
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
Harvard Appoints Ritu Kalra as New CFO
R itu Kalra has been appointed Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer, filling an important vacancy created by the planned retirement of Thomas J. Hollister on June 30. The announcement was made this afternoon by Meredith …
How We Are Funded
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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 …
Climate-Solutions Investments Exceed 1 Percent of Endowment Assets
Harvard Management Company (HMC) has released its annual report on progress toward a 2050 target of “net-zero” greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with endowment investments and operations. As of June 30, 2023, the latest fiscal year for which data …
Allston Commercial Development Advances
… soon, with initial occupancy beginning in 2024 or early 2025. … 223 … Boston approves plan with more affordable …
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
President Garber’s Agenda
During a conversation in his Massachusetts Hall office on a remarkably balmy Halloween afternoon, President Alan M. Garber was expansive about his academic aspirations for the University he has led on an interim basis since last January , and as president …
Harvard Art Museums Will Reopen This Fall
The Harvard Art Museums have announced plans to reopen to the public this fall. The first visitors to return will be students: the galleries and courtyard will be open to them on Class Day, September 1, before allowing in the wider public beginning …
Spring Remains Remote
Nearly one month into autumn, Harvard’s principal professional schools today began to announce that spring teaching and learning will for the most part continue online, following the model that has been in place during the current semester. Plans for the …
Brevia
Ethnicity Appointments. Erika Lee has been appointed Bae Family professor of history, effective next July, and Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof has been appointed professor of history (but both will be on leave for a year from the date of their appointments)—the …
Issue: September-October 2022
Three Harvardians Awarded 2022 MacArthur "Genius" Grants
Three Harvardians have been named MacArthur fellows . Known as the “genius” grant, the fellowship recognizes individuals across disciplines who have “shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for …
Scoring Moves
In track, sprinters kick off their starting blocks with all their might, springing forward like an arrow from a bow. In basketball, an emphatic dunk is invariably preceded by an emphatic push off the floor. But athletes don’t have the advantage of a solid …
Issue: November-December 2022
What Does the $2.8B NCAA Settlement Mean for Harvard?
On Friday, June 6, California’s Judge Claudia Wilken approved a settlement in House v. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) , ending a five-year legal saga and paving the way for colleges to directly pay student athletes. The House settlement …