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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 …
These Student Speakers Have History to Share
Every year , three student speakers address the Commencement crowd in Tercentenary Theatre: the student “parts” that are an essential feature of Harvard’s graduation traditions. Here Harvard Magazine profiles the honored student speakers at the 374 th …
Behind the Scenes: “A Right Way to Read?”
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 to connect research—like the scholarship at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education (HGSE)—to policy and the classrooms …
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 …
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 …
Doctors for Change
… be used to build a nuclear bomb. That’s all to say that, in 2025, the anti-nuclear movement is as vital as ever.” The …
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 …
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
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 …
The School of Public Health, Facing a Financial Reckoning, Seizes the Chance to Reinvent Itself
When Andrea Baccarelli stepped into his role as dean of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health in January 2024, he could hardly have foreseen the financial headwinds that would soon batter one of the world’s leading public health institutions. A sudden …
Issue: September-October 2025
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Tidies Up Pandemic and Single-Gender Policies
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) cleared up its remaining routine tasks during this most non-routine of years at its last regular meeting of the academic year on Tuesday afternoon. Many of the prior meetings had been largely given over to hearing …
Nieman Foundation Names Henry Chu as Interim Curator
The Nieman Foundation for Journalism has named veteran journalist Henry Chu ’90 as its interim curator. Curator Ann Marie Lipinski will step down on July 1 after serving for 14 years, with Harvard planning to launch a search for a permanent curator in the …
Another Title, Another Heartbreak
… to make sure there’s no drop-off,” said Aurich, looking to 2025. Do we hear three-peat? FINAL STANDINGS Ivy Games …
Issue: January-February 2025
How We Are Funded
… Harvard Magazine in print and online for fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 through June 2025). Request a copy of our fiscal year 2025 audited financial statements . More Questions? …
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 …