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Harvard College Class of 2019 Admissions and Term Bill
Harvard College announced today that 1,990 students have been offered admission to the class of 2019 ( including the 977 previously notified that they were granted early-action admission ). The College received a record 37,307 applications , up nearly 9 …
Antisemitism on Campus—And Beyond
Sunday afternoon , September 22, hundreds of Harvard community members donning miniature Israeli flags and hostage dog tags filed into Sanders Theatre for a summit about antisemitism and anti-Zionism on campus. The high-security gathering was organized by …
Harvard Medalists
Recipients of the 2024 Harvard Medal were honored in person during Harvard Alumni Day on May 31. Scott A. Abell ’72, a University alumni leader for more than 30 years, served as president of the Board of Overseers (and member from 2012 to 2018), …
Issue: July-August 2024
Words to Live By
Had this been a typical year, College seniors would have walked back to their Houses to receive their diplomas following Thursday morning’s Commencement exercises in Tercentenary Theatre, while newly minted doctor’s and master’s degree-holders would have …
Task Forces on Women Faculty and on Women in Science and Engineering issue reports
Harvard's task forces on women faculty and on women in science and engineering, created in February, issued their reports on Monday, May 16. The reports are available in PDF format below; for a link to the official University news release, click here . …
Using the Law for Good
As a child , Justice Sonia Sotomayor loved watching the television show Perry Mason . From the living room of her Bronx public housing apartment, the future Supreme Court associate justice was enraptured by the lead fictional lawyer. “In the first half of …
China's Newest Revolution: Health for All?
… from 8 percent now (about 100 million) to 14 percent in 2025 (approaching 200 million)—posing large challenges of …
Issue: May-June 2010
The Context: How Exercise Gives Us Purpose
This is the fifth post of "The Context"—a biweekly series of archival stories—offering our readers a useful background to some of the most important subjects in the news today. We hope you enjoy it. When studies describe the benefits of exercise, they …
Harvard Medalists
THE HARVARD Alumni Association (HAA) awarded five Harvard Medals, reading out citations for each, during the Harvard Alumni Day festivities on June 2. For a fuller account, see harvardmag.com/harv-medalist-23 . Lawrence S. Bacow Photograph by Jim Harrison …
Issue: July-August 2023
Climate-Change Changes
In late February, some 10 months after the University announced its 2050 “net-zero” goal for greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions associated with investments held in the endowment, Harvard Management Company (HMC) issued its first “Climate Report.” The document …
Issue: May-June 2021
The Green Star State
The cost of producing renewable energy from both wind and sun continues to fall, prompting a boom in sustainable electricity production. But this has also led to an auspicious problem: what to do with the excess energy produced from sustainable sources? …
Issue: March-April 2025
Mitigating Global Threats
Amid leadership crises across Europe and mounting economic and defense concerns, U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield, M.P.A. ’97, is on the front lines of diplomacy, working with allies to do “everything we can to promote a global security …
Issue: March-April 2025
Staying Steady
Look up Crimson field hockey goalkeeper Ellie Shahbo ’22 [’23] and you’ll find a flurry of improbable athletic feats: a fully extended back-handed stick-save to clinch a win over Princeton, a diving stop to shut out the University of New Hampshire, three …
Issue: September-October 2022
Harvard Business School Expands Financial Aid
Harvard Business School (HBS) announced Tuesday that, effective immediately, it would begin providing scholarships that cover the total cost of tuition and course fees ($75,990) to MBA students “with the greatest financial need”—a group that includes …
Robert Lue Named Bok Center Director
Given his present and past titles —including professor of the practice of molecular and cellular biology; director of HarvardX; dean of Harvard Summer School; tutor in biochemical sciences; director of life sciences education — the new assignment Robert …