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Orators Three
Each 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 373 rd …
Harvard Alumni Day Debuts
To the tune of bagpipes , crashing cymbals, and horns, University alumni paraded into Tercentenary Theatre for the first- stand-alone Alumni Day. The event honored the global Harvard community, particularly alumni attending reunions this year, from class …
Muslim American Life after October 7
Describing the October 7 Hamas attacks as a “watershed moment,” Asim Ijaz Khwaja, the co-chair of Harvard’s task force on combating anti-Muslim, anti-Arab, and anti-Palestinian bias , spoke on Monday evening with Aslı Ü. Bâli, a Yale scholar of …
Harvard’s Year That Was
… course offerings, changes in the student handbook for 2024-2025, and a revamping of the policies governing doctoral …
Three Cheers
We’re proud to recognize three contributors to Harvard Magazine for outstanding work on readers’ behalf during 2022, and to confer a $1,000 honorarium on each. Lincoln Caplan Photograph by Susan L. Carney The McCord Writing Prize (honoring David T.W. …
Issue: January-February 2023
Is Harvard Antisemitic?
When Hamas terrorists attacked Israel last October 7, they unleashed death and destruction—and also inflamed American prejudice on ethnic and religious grounds. Within hours, allegations of such bias came to Harvard. A hasty October 7 student letter …
Small-Town Roots
Small-town Professors. Faculty members at elite institutions like this one are commonly thought of as a sleek breed. But their origins sometimes are, or at least were, humble, and far from cutting-edge. Two memorial minutes presented to the Faculty of …
Issue: January-February 2022
Adams House Advances
During a forum with Adams House residents on February 19, Nathaniel Rogers ’05, a project architect from Beyer Blinder Belle (BBB), reviewed the plans drawn to date for the three-phase renewal of the 450-student residence, beginning this summer (when …
Overseer and HAA Director Elections
On March 31, the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers announced that the annual voting for new Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), ordinarily running from April through mid May, would be postponed until early …
Issue: July-August 2020
Allston Home for A.R.T. Approved
A new University performing arts center and residential apartment building were approved by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board on November 16. Construction of the 70,000-square-foot David E. [’93] and Stacey L. Goel Center for …
Can Multivitamins Reduce Cancer Risk and Slow Memory Loss?
Multivitamins have ballooned into a $40 billion industry in the United States. In a world captivated by quick fixes, there’s a seductive call in the idea that vitamin supplement might help to prevent age-related health decline. But does this promise hold …
Cousins in the Ancient World
Using a new technique developed at Harvard and the Max Planck Institute, scientists can identify close relatives among people who lived thousands of years ago. A study published today demonstrates how the ability to identify up to second and third cousins …
Overseer and HAA Director Elections
On March 31, the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers announced that the annual voting for new Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), ordinarily running from April through mid May, would be postponed until early …
Issue: May-June 2020
Eating for the Holidays, the Planet, and Your Heart
As the holiday season approaches , deciding what to put on your plate takes on new significance—not only for your health, but for the health of the planet. Does your Thanksgiving dinner make any difference in the vast and complicated context of greenhouse …
Jeremy Lin and Elizabeth Warren Highlight Class Days
Following yesterday’s Baccalaureate and separate graduations , the College today held its Class Day—as did other schools across the University—and recognized Harvard’s 2021 ROTC contingent. A year after (remotely) welcoming Conan O’Brien ’85 to speak …
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