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Harvard Football’s Stolen Ivy Title
The Yale Bowl, Nov. 20, 2021. With 26 seconds remaining, Harvard trails Yale 31-27, but the Crimson is knocking at the Eli goal. It is third down and 10 from the Yale 12-yard-line and Harvard, having failed at two pass attempts in the end zone, has a …
Issue: January-February 2022
Drew Gilpin Faust, President Emerita, 2024 Phi Beta Kappa Oration—“Free and Brave”: Defending Universities and the Rule of Truth
I am honored to be here today celebrating your achievements and grateful for this opportunity to speak after 11 years of silence at these Literary Exercises—sitting where President Garber is right now. And I am honored to join a long line of distinguished …
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 …
“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 …
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 …
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 …
News Briefs
Exploring Natural and Artificial Intelligence Chan Zuckerberg Initiative founders Mark Zuckerberg ’06, L.L.D. ’17, and Priscilla Chan ’07 announced in December a $500-million gift to establish the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial …
Issue: March-April 2022
Harvard College Invites Seniors, Most Juniors to Campus for Spring Term
After a fall term during which just 23 percent of undergraduates—primarily first-year students—were in residence, Harvard College will invite a maximum of 3,100 students (about half the total) to be in residence for the spring semester, beginning January …
Newell and Weld Boat Houses Scheduled for Major Renovation
The historic Newell and Weld boat houses, homes to the storied Harvard and Radcliffe rowing teams, are about to undergo the most comprehensive renovation and updating since they were constructed in 1900 and 1907, respectively. Although some hints about …
Endowment Enigmas
During the past two decades , this magazine has covered Harvard scholars’ research on global warming and how to contend with climate change. For nearly a decade, it has reported on the advocacy by students, faculty members, and alumni for divestment of …
Issue: November-December 2021
Claudine Gay Announces Racial-Justice Initiatives
As protests about racial equity continue across the country, Claudine Gay, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), announced a series of initiatives to address racial and ethnic equality—including faculty appointments and the addition of an …
Following Frederick Douglass
Ryan Doan-Nguyen ’25 always felt a particular affinity for the work and activism of Frederick Douglass, the prominent nineteenth-century abolitionist. So when Doan-Nguyen, a resident of Mather House, along with Nicholas Carrero ’23 [’25], of Dunster …
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 …
Wrapping Up Harvard’s Winter Sports
Basketball It was an unusual scene on March 13: a Yale-Princeton battle for the Ivy League basketball title—at Harvard’s Lavietes Pavilion. The Crimson men had lost to the host of the Ivy League tournament in their last two appearances—and missed out this …
Issue: May-June 2022
How Many Undergraduates Are at Harvard Now?
With classes resumed on January 25, the College today reported preliminar y tallies for undergraduates enrolled and in residence for this pandemic-affected spring semester. •As of today, 5,227 undergraduates are enrolled (compared to a usual cohort of …