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Harvard Medalists
The Harvard Alumni Association has announced the recipients of the 2024 Harvard Medal, to be awarded in person during the Harvard Alumni Day festivities on May 31. Scott A. Abell ’72 has been an alumni leader for the University for more than 30 years. His …
Business School Dean Transition Extended during Coronavirus Crisis
President Lawrence S. Bacow announced this afternoon that Nitin Nohria, dean of Harvard Business School (HBS), who had announced his retirement effective at the end of this academic year , in June, will now remain the school’s leader through the end of …
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 …
The Aloian Memorial Scholars
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has awarded Jorge Campos ’21, of Los Angeles, and Reeda Iqbal ’21, of Brentwood, New York, the 2020 David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholarships for enriching the quality of life in their Houses. From Housing Day …
Issue: November-December 2020
Fostering Civil Discourse
After a tumultuous fall 2023 semester , Harvard turned its attention toward difficult conversations. How can students feel comfortable discussing controversial events? Why are students reluctant to express disagreement in and out of the classroom? In …
Tenure Task Forces
Addressing ambitious agendas and a May 1 deadline, the University’s twin task forces on women faculty and on women in science and engineering are working under a self-imposed news blackout until they report their completed findings. President Lawrence H. …
Issue: May-June 2005
The Home Front
In his installation address, President Lawrence S. Bacow said, “[W]e must strive to model the behavior we would hope to see elsewhere.” His context then was sustaining free speech on campus in the search for truth. When he invokes the phrase now, it seems …
Issue: May-June 2021
Harvard’s Commercial Campus Comes into Focus
During three meetings of the Harvard Allston Task Force in July, Harvard development partner Tishman Speyer shared a more detailed vision of its plans for the first phase of its Enterprise Research Campus (ERC). Those meetings preceded a July 28 public …
Fresh Start
After a season of gluttony, the new year offers exciting possibilities for healthier habits and rituals. There are plenty of options in Cambridge and beyond to jumpstart a new fitness routine—or to simply refresh and renew. Close to home, pop into the New …
Issue: January-February 2022
Guy Davenport
“Unless the work of art has wholly exhausted its maker’s attention, it fails,” Guy Mattison Davenport Jr., Ph.D. ’61, once advised. “This is why works of great significance are demanding and why they are infinitely rewarding.” The author, artist, and …
Issue: November-December 2017
Former Crimson Star Spearheads New Soccer League
For a child raised in the United States, Charles Altchek ’07 had an unusually soccer-focused upbringing. The son of a French mother, he spent his summers playing soccer in France and attended French American school in Westchester County, New York, where …
Teaching Israel/Palestine at Harvard
Since Hamas terrorists attacked Israel on October 7, 2023, more and more Harvard students are considering the relations between Israelis and Palestinians. The topic frequently emerges in charged settings among like-minded students: on social media, at …
New Dean for Public Health
Andrea Baccarelli , an environmental health sciences scholar, will become dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) on January 1, 2024. An expert in the molecular mechanisms that link environmental exposures to human disease, he …
Brevia
… funding course development; it plans universal coverage by 2025.…Brown University has announced BrownConnect, to make …
Issue: January-February 2015
Oh, Happy Day
On Commencement day they usher elderly alumni into the Tree Spread, point out empty seats to parents with their wooden batons, and beam festively at all and sundry. They are part of the venerable Committee for the Happy Observance of Commencement, which …
Issue: May-June 2006