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Merrick Garland’s Commencement Address
Thank you, President Bacow for this extraordinary honor. And for your kind, but overly generous introduction. And thank you to my wife, Lynn, Harvard Class of 1982, for listening to President Bacow’s introduction without laughing out loud at the parts …
Engineering Dean Frank Doyle to Depart for Brown
F rank Doyle, dean of engineeering and applied sciences since July 2015, will step down next June to become provost at Brown University. With his departure, Harvard’s new president, when appointed, will have the opportunity to influence the selection of …
Football 2023: Harvard 34-Brown 31
On Friday night at Harvard Stadium, nearly 16,000 spectators witnessed a real rock-and-roller between Harvard and Brown. The game featured big plays, spectacular catches, a stirring goal-line stand and a cerebral move to clinch the outcome. When it was …
Claudine Gay, President-Elect
Claudine Gay —dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) since 2018—will become the thirtieth president of Harvard University on July 1. The announcement of her election by the Harvard Corporation, with the consent of the Board of Overseers, was made …
Issue: March-April 2023
Quality of Care
Several years ago, Lisa Iezzoni, S.M. ’78, M.D. ’84, one of the most prominent researchers in healthcare and disability, decided to ask doctors what they thought about patients with disabilities. Their answers were stunning. In interviews and focus …
Issue: May-June 2025
CFO Thomas Hollister to Step Down
T homas J. Hollister, Harvard’s vice president for finance and chief financial officer since 2015, announced today that he would step down at the end of the academic year, next June 30. His decision, following the recent news that the deans of divinity …
The Harvard Medalists of 2015
Five alumni —Charles J. “Charlie” Egan Jr. ’54, Michael E.A. Gellert ’53, Thomas W. Lentz Jr., Ph.D. ’85, Sandra Ohrn Moose, Ph.D. ’68, and Robert D. Reischauer ’63—received the 2015 Harvard Medal for “extraordinary service to the University” on May 28, …
Football 2022: Harvard 41-Howard 25
Last week in Washington, D.C. there emerged shocking video of a band of insurgents attacking one of the nation’s most venerable institutions. Eventually the established body reasserted control, but not before enduring a scare. We are talking in this case …
President Garber’s Quiet Installation
Harvard presidential installation ceremonies typically take place in Tercentenary Theatre, attended by thousands. These are not typical times—but certain traditions must nevertheless be observed. In that spirit, a small, private celebration, which …
Barry Keoghan and Annette Bening Named Hasty Pudding’s 2024 Man and Woman of the Year
Actors Barry Keoghan and Annette Bening will be the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 2024 Man and Woman of the Year, the group announced, with Man of the Year festivities set to take place on February 2, followed by the Woman of the Year ceremony on February 6. …
And Having Written...
Deputy editor Craig Lambert tiptoed on to Harvard Magazine ’s masthead formally in the November-December 1988 issue, the ninetieth-anniversary edition, as a “copy editor.” (He had previously been listed among the contributing editors, having written about …
Issue: January-February 2015
Kenneth C. Frazier and Joseph Y. Bae to Join Harvard Corporation
Kenneth C. Frazier J.D. ’78 and Joseph Y. Bae ’94 will become fellows of the Harvard Corporation, the senior governing board, the University announced today in a message to the community. Frazier will begin his service on February 7, 2024, filling the …
John S. Rosenberg , Jonathan Shaw
Paying Student-Athletes?
During the last two weekends, madness descended on basketball courts around the country. But while teams battled for the college basketball national championship, even more madness is taking place behind the scenes. In 2021, a pair of NCAA rule changes …
Back to the Gridiron
When last we glimpsed the Harvard football team and its supporters, it was November 23, 2019, and they were wandering stunned and spent around the floor of the Yale Bowl following the Crimson’s ghastly double-overtime, 50-43 defeat to the arch-rival …
Issue: September-October 2021
HAA Honors Three Alumni for Service
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has recognized three alumni as the 2021 Harvard Medalists, honoring their extraordinary service to the University. (The actual medal presentation is typically part of the HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon of …