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Defending Civil Discourse on Campus
In early November 2015, an angry group of Yale students surrounded Nicholas Christakis M.D.'89, then master of Silliman residential college (and before then master of Pforzheimer House). Days earlier, his wife, Erika '86, a professor of childhood …
Their “Last Shot”
Harvard Hardwood, the Harvard Magazine basketball report Hanging from the rafters of Lavietes Pavilion are 11 banners that read “WOMEN,” each a permanent memento of an Ivy League Championship that head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith and her teams have …
“Study-Ins” and Studying
The bullhorn-led responsive chanting and shouted epithets that marked the fall semester a year ago—after the Hamas attack on Israel and resulting war in Gaza and beyond—gave way to something quieter, and subtly different, this autumn: pro-Palestinian …
Max J. Krupnick , John S. Rosenberg
Issue: January-February 2025
Regearing Ph.D. Education
The acronymically burdened final report of the GAGE working group (GSAS Admissions and Graduate Education), released early in the fall semester, is in fact a vigorous and urgent overview of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ intellectually central Ph.D. …
Issue: January-February 2024
Harvard Management Company Undertakes Sweeping Change
The new president of Harvard Management Company (HMC), N.P. Narvekar , who assumed responsibility for investing the endowment only last December 5, after overseeing Columbia University’s investment operations, today announced sweeping changes in the …
John Manning Appointed Interim Provost
Alan M. Garber, Harvard’s interim president since January 2 , today announced that John F. Manning, dean of Harvard Law School (HLS) since 2017 , will serve as interim provost beginning March 14. Carter professor of general jurisprudence John C.P. …
Harvard Discloses Administrator and Investment Manager Compensation
Harvard today released its 2022 tax filings, covering fiscal year 2023 (July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023), including information on the earnings of University leaders, and the accompanying Harvard Management Company (HMC) disclosure of senior …
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 …
At Home with Harvard: Back to School
This round-up is part of Harvard Magazine ’s series “At Home with Harvard,” a guide to what to read, watch, listen to, and do while social distancing. Read the previous selections, featuring articles about climate change, racial justice, movies and …
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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 …
Juliet Isselbacher , Jacob Sweet , Jean Martin
May-June 2015
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Overseer and HAA Director Elections
This spring, alumni can vote for new Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) elected directors, beginning on April 1, by paper ballot or online. Completed ballots must be received by 5 p.m. (EDT) on May 19. All holders of Harvard degrees, …
Issue: March-April 2020