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University Approves New Law School Shield
More than five years after the Harvard Corporation acceded to Harvard Law School’s decision to abandon its shield, associated with slavery , it has approved the school’s replacement. The new shield was developed by the HLS Shield Working Group, first …
Another Competitive Overseers’ Election Takes Shape
With the announcement today of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee’s candidates for the Board of Overseers, a second consecutive, competitive campaign for election to the governing board appears to be shaping up. Harvard Forward (HF) …
Her Campus Pulls Off “Epic” Virtual Graduation
“The class of 2020 is the class of resilience, the class of changemakers,” said Her Campus founders Stephanie Kaplan Lewis ’10, Annie Wang ’10, and Windsor Hanger Western ’10 as they introduced their live virtual graduation last Friday for any young woman …
The Cost of Political Violence
After a shocking assassination attempt earlier this month against Donald Trump, rising political violence is once again in the news. On Thursday afternoon, the Harvard Kennedy School convened a panel of scholars to discuss how Americans’ attitudes have …
The Fighting Pencil
Say it once and it sounds like a tongue-twister. Say it again and it sounds like an oxymoron: “Soviet state-sponsored anti-bureaucracy propaganda posters.” It’s still a tongue-twister, but on closer inspection, it’s less of an oxymoron than you might …
Issue: March-April 2022
The End of Murphy Time
On Thursday , during a Zoom media conference the day after announcing his retirement, Tim Murphy was informed by Harvard director of athletics Erin McDermott that no one could hear him because he had muted himself. In the oft-voluble Murphy’s 30 years at …
Unsound Sleep
The National Sleep Foundation’s 2005 survey found that 75 percent of American adults experience symptoms of a sleep problem at least a few nights per week. Sleep clinics like Sleep Health Centers, a for-profit enterprise whose medical director, David P. …
Issue: July-August 2005
The Art of the Dean
When she assumed the office in August 2018, Claudine Gay was unusually well prepared to become dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS). She knew the faculty as a student (Ph.D. ’98), professor (arriving in 2006, after six years at Stanford), and …
Issue: September-October 2021
“Stay in Your Cocoon!”
It was inevitable that the Harvard College “Celebration of the Class of 2020” would be unlike any other Class Day in Harvard’s history. Instead of spreading out in Harvard Yard, College graduates would spread out at home on couches and beds, watching …
Martha Tedeschi to Step Down from Harvard Art Museums
Martha Tedeschi , Cabot director of the Harvard Art Museums (HAM) since 2016 , announced today that she will retire at the end of this academic year, next June 30. During her tenure, the renovated museums’ complex, which reopened in 2014 , ramped up …
Harvard Alumni Day Speaker Announced
The second annual Harvard Alumni Day, which takes place on Friday, June 2, 2023, will feature guest speaker Mary Louise Kelly ’93, co-host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered. Kelly’s address will anchor the event, which honors alumni …
President Bacow and Kevin Young at Annual Alumni Meeting
F ollowing the second pandemic-induced virtual graduation exercises , on May 27, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) conducted its annual meeting this year, also virtually , on June 4, in keeping with its plan announced late last year. The event anchored …
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Axim Online Education Venture Debuts
T wenty-one months after co-founders Harvard and MIT agreed to sell their edX online-learning venture to 2U , a for-profit course manager, the successor nonprofit organization has a new name, leader, and strategy to go with the $700 million or so in net …
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 …
A Ray of Light amid Middle East Devastation
“Open, sesame!” This phrase, familiar from childhood stories, comes from Antoine Galland’s translation of One Thousand and One Nights. In the story, it is spoken to open the mouth of a cave enclosing untold magical treasures. Like Ali Baba to the cave, …