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EVP Exits Katherine (“Katie”) N. Lapp, executive vice president since 2009, announced in May that she would step down this summer. Lapp has largely been a behind-the-scenes administrator, responsible for campus services, finance, human resources, …
Issue: July-August 2022
A Wide Receiver on the Basketball Court
Men’s basketball senior guard/forward Chris Ledlum, a former high-school football player, sometimes jokes with teammates that even on the basketball court, he’s “an NFL-level wide receiver.” Against Cornell in January, he demonstrated why: in the second …
The Financial Fallout…So Far
Harvard’s adjustment to the coronavirus pandemic, from declining executive-education enrollment last winter to the depopulating of campus and shift to online instruction in mid March, began to show up in the University and Faculty of Arts Sciences (FAS) …
Issue: January-February 2021
“The Spirit of Commitment and Sacrifice”
At the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps commissioning ceremony on Wednesday, May 27, three College seniors joined the U.S. Army and a fourth joined the U.S. Navy. The new second lieutenants are: Sophia Chua-Rubenfeld, of New Haven, Connecticut, who …
A Dazzling Class of Zebras
“You have been undergraduates for 1,349 days. I have been interim president for 140 days,” began Alan M. Garber at the baccalaureate ceremony, an occasion when the president traditionally addresses graduating seniors. Alluding to the circumstances that …
Meeting of the Faculty
At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on February 15, 2005, the formal agenda proposed two principal business items: a discussion by Dean William C. Kirby of his Annual Letter to the faculty; and a discussion by Kirby and Benedict H. Gross, …
Jeff Lichtman Appointed Dean of Science
Jeff Lichtman , a neuroscientist who is Knowles professor of molecular and cellular biology and Cajal professor of arts and sciences, has been appointed divisional dean of science within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1. Hopi Hoekstra, …
President Alan M. Garber Welcoming Remarks and Convocation Address
As delivered Welcome, members of the Harvard College Class of 2028. Welcome from every continent save Antarctica. Welcome from each state in the Union—and from DC, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. Like me, fifty-seven of you hail from the Land of …
Balloting Begins
The annual balloting for members of the Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) begins today, and concludes May 18. Alongside the eight candidates for Overseer put forth through the HAA nominating process, a slate …
November-December 2024
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Honoris Causa
Four women and three men received honorary degrees during the graduation program on May 26 (including one in absentia, because he is engaged in humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine). Provost Alan M. Garber introduced the honorands in the following …
Issue: July-August 2022
Harvard Law School Partners with Royall House and Slave Quarters
Harvard Law School (HLS) has committed $500,000 to support the Royall House and Slave Quarters, a public museum in Medford, Massachusetts. The gift, announced today, comes as part of a new partnership with the nonprofit meant to bolster collaboration on …
September-October 2023
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