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Admissions Angst: The Next Level
Harvard College received about 35,000 applications for admission to the class of 2015 , according to data released today. This represents a nearly 15 percent increase over the 30,489 applications received last year (when the number of applicants expanded …
New England/Harvard Squared Advertising
Harvard Magazine offers New England-based businesses the ability to reach nearly 80,000 Harvard alumni, faculty, and staff in the Greater-Boston area within a local editorial section, Harvard 2 (Harvard Squared). Harvard 2 is a bimonthly guide to …
Saluting the 2024 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 studies. It is the …
Isaac Kohlberg to Step Down as Head of Harvard Technology Development
Isaac Kohlberg, who came to Harvard in May 2005 to forge partnerships with for-profit companies, launch startups, and license intellectual property based on research developed in Harvard labs, announced on Thursday that he will retire at the end of the …
An Academic Worker’s Union?
In early February, non-tenure-track faculty and other academic staff members launched an effort to form a union, calling for higher wages, better job security, and stronger workplace protections regarding issues like safety and harassment. “We’re fighting …
Issue: May-June 2023
Hold the Fries
Limiting potato intake —especially in the form of French fries—is associated with a lower risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D), according to a new Harvard study that offers the most comprehensive findings to date on potatoes and T2D. The study, led by professor …
Three New University Professors
The three of them around a table would make quite a dinner party: a molecular biologist studying the link between brain circuits and behavior, an immunologist harnessing research on T cells to find new therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases, and a …
Overseer and Elected Director Slates Announced
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2022 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 April 1 through May …
Financial Fitness
Harvard’s financial results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, released in October, depict University operations fully back to normal after the pandemic. With on-campus enrollment at a still-elevated level as students returned from leaves or …
Issue: January-February 2024
2015 Elected Harvard Overseers and HAA Directors
THE NAMES of the new members of the Board of Overseers and of the new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) were announced during the HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day. For Overseer (six-year term), voters …
Harvard Begins Search for Engineering Dean
A cting in her continuing capacity as Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean, Claudine Gay, the University’s president-elect, has initiated the search for a successor to School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) dean Frank Doyle. He announced …
This is How Universities Die
… If American universities remain the envy of the world in 2025, the question must be: for how long? … 27509 … Higher …
Democrats, Republicans, and Zero-Sum Thinking
In a severely polarized country, Americans’ political mindset is increasingly shaped by “zero-sum” views of policy and society: the belief that gains achieved by one individual or group come at the expense of another. If the resources available are fixed …
Five Questions with Cass R. Sunstein
Cass R. Sunstein ’75, J.D. ’78, is currently the Walmsley University Professor at Harvard Law School, where he also directs the Program on Behavioral Economics and Public Policy. His work explores how people make decisions—and how institutions might …
Admissions after Affirmative Action
Nationwide , members of the class of 2028 are now engaged in their coursework, like so many preceding cohorts. But unlike their past half-century of predecessors at colleges and universities with selective admissions, they gained their places at their new …