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This spring , alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) elected directors. The slates appear below, in ballot order as determined by lot. Read Overseer nominees’ thoughts on the Board’s role and challenges …
Issue: May-June 2021
Carrying a “Heavy Pack”
… concentrated in government and East Asian studies, and in 2025 she will report to Goodfellow Air Force Base as an …
Raising Young Voices
The music of the Boston Children’s Chorus (BCC)—with themes of immigration, protest, and history—seems to especially resonate with its teenage singers. “The pieces are so powerful,” says soprano Rory Li, “and when you are feeling that in yourself and you …
Issue: January-February 2023
Harvard Study: EPA’s Fine-Particle Pollution Standards May Be Too Loose
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s standards for particulate-matter pollution may not be strict enough to protect public health, according to a recent study by researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study, led by …
The Fish in Harvard Square
In the middle of Harvard Square, with pedestrians bustling by, there’s a fish sitting in a bathtub. He’s patient, watching everything unfold from behind a window. His name is Septimus, and he’s a sculptural character within Tired Clichés , a solo …
Harvard Business School’s Bold Agenda
Srikant M. Datar became eleventh dean of Harvard Business School (HBS) on January 1, 2021 , under two unusual circumstances. First, he assumed his new responsibilities in the middle of the academic year, rather than at its outset, the traditional …
On Your Behalf
We are proud to recognize four contributors to Harvard Magazine for their superb work on your behalf during 2023, and to confer on each a $1,000 honorarium. Gurney professor of English literature and professor of comparative literature James Engell has …
Issue: January-February 2024
Silent Study-Ins
Last December , approximately 100 pro-Palestine students filed into Widener Library’s Loker Reading Room, taped flyers to the back of their laptops, and read for an hour. This “study-in,” billed as “silent” and “non-disruptive” by the student organizers, …
Increasingly Electronic Libraries
From 1998 through 2005, University library holdings increased by 1.62 million volumes—11.6 percent. But during the same period, the number of "e-resources" grew tenfold, and now include more than 15,000 on-line journal titles. Researchers are …
Issue: January-February 2007
Gary Urton Stripped of Emeritus Status
In a June 10 email to affiliates of the anthropology department, Dumbarton Oaks, and the Peabody Museum, Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean Claudine Gay announced that she has stripped former Dumbarton Oaks professor of pre-Colombian studies Gary Urton of …
The Day’s Events: Wednesday, May 27
EVENTS FOR Wednesday, May 27, include: ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, 11:30 A.M. in Tercentenary Theatre. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) will celebrate Centennial Medalists at a luncheon. Harvard College Class Day will begin at 2 P.M. in …
President Garber, Provost Manning
Having shed the “interim” title on August 2, President Alan M. Garber —now expected to serve through June 30, 2027—today solidified his administration by ending the interim status of his designated successor as provost, former Harvard Law School dean John …
Sean Kelly Named Dean of Arts and Humanities
Sean Kelly, Martignetti professor of philosophy, has been appointed dean of the division of arts and humanities within Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, effective July 1. He succeeds Burden professor of photography Robin Kelsey, who has led the …
Mick Mulvaney Changes His Mind
On the morning of January 6, 2021, Mick Mulvaney met with new members of Congress in the Capitol. Mulvaney had served in the Trump administration since February 2017, first as director of the Office of Management and Budget, then as acting White House …
At Home with Harvard: Health Care in America
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, alumni …