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Claudine Gay Named Harvard’s Thirtieth President
C laudine 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 earlier …
March-April 2020
March-April 2020 … issue …
Football: Harvard 35-Stetson 0
For the Harvard football team, the kickoff to its 150th season and to the Andrew Aurich era couldn’t have gone better. But the 35-0 plastering of overmatched Stetson before a sparse assemblage at a dank and drippy Harvard Stadium on Saturday does not …
Parkes Named Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean
David C. Parkes , Colony professor of computer science, will become dean of Harvard’s Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) on October 15. An expert in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to design efficient …
Reengineering Arts and Sciences
… living expenses would be raised substantially for the 2024-2025 academic year. The calculations are complex, but as a …
Issue: March-April 2024
January-February 2020
January-February 2020 … issue …
Harvard at the Olympics
As most students wrap up summer internships, 26 of their fellow Harvardians are spending two weeks in Paris vying for the world’s most prestigious sporting titles. Crimson athletes competed in events ranging from fencing and field hockey to sailing and …
College Admits 13.9 Percent of Early Applicants
The College has admitted 13.9 percent of early-action applicants to the class of 2024, up slightly from 13.4 percent admitted from that pool last year. Of the 6,424 students who applied early to the 2024 class, 895 were admitted. The numbers were 935 and …
Harvard College to Accommodate 40 Percent of Students Each Semester
About 40 percent of Harvard undergraduates—entering first-year students, and those who cannot learn successfully in their current home environment—will be permitted to be in residence for the fall semester, effecting a sharply de-densified experience …
Brevia
Datar for Dean Srikant M. Datar, Dickinson professor of business administration, has been named dean of Harvard Business School, effective January 1, succeeding Nitin Nohria, who had led the school since 2010. Since joining the faculty in 1996, Datar has …
Issue: January-February 2021
Ben Franklin’s Project
Joyce E. Chaplin, Phillips professor of early American history, is a multitool scholar, working across fields including the history of science, climate, colonialism, and environment. That breadth of expertise is reflected in her affiliate appointments, …
Issue: May-June 2025
September-October 2024
September-October 2024 … issue …
At Home with Harvard: The Climate Crisis
This is the ninth installment in Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the prior pieces, featuring stories about Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, famous and …
How Planet Earth’s Trees Use Carbon
What is the carbon cycle, anyway? Most people are familiar with the basics: trees and other plants absorb CO₂ from the atmosphere and convert it back to oxygen. Since CO₂ is a molecule that traps the sun’s heat, trees and other carbon-sequestering …
Gary Ruvkun Shares Nobel Prize in Medicine
Harvard Medical School professor of genetics Gary Ruvkun , Ph.D. ’82, has been named co-winner of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, with Victor Ambros of the University of Massachusetts Medical School, in Worcester. The scientists were …