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Chan Zuckerberg Commits $500 Million to Harvard Neuroscience and AI Institute
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative co-founders and co-CEOs Mark Zuckerberg ’06, L.L.D. ’17 and Priscilla Chan ’07, announced today a gift to establish the Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard. The new institute, which …
Celebrating Alumni, Anew
Plans are underway to create “exciting, dynamic programming” for the Harvard Alumni Association’s (HAA) newly reorganized annual meeting on June 3, according to executive director Philip Lovejoy. The decision to move the 152 nd meeting, traditionally held …
Issue: January-February 2022
The Food-Climate Conundrum
… next edition, already well underway, will be released in 2025. The guidelines, she said, have traditionally focused …
Harvard Divinity Dean Hempton to Step Down
H arvard Divinity School dean David N. Hempton, who is O’Brian professor of divinity and McDonald Family professor of Evangelical theological studies, announced today that he will step down at the end of this academic year. He was appointed by President …
Brevia
Allston Developer Designated Harvard Allston Land Company announced in December that Tishman Speyer, led by president and CEO Rob Speyer ’91, has been chosen to develop the initial 14 acres of the 36-acre “enterprise research campus” along Western Avenue, …
Issue: March-April 2020
Here Comes the Sun
The sun is shining, temps are rising, and normalcy seems almost on the horizon. It’s the perfect time to get out and explore—safely—at al fresco venues beyond the city limits . If you’re seeking thrills, head an hour north to Salisbury Beach State …
Issue: July-August 2021
Harvard to Launch Quantum Science and Engineering Ph.D. Program
Harvard will launch a Ph.D. program in quantum science and engineering, one of the first in the world, the University announced today. The program has been designed to train the next generation of leaders and innovators in a domain of physics already …
Humanists All
Editor’s note: Harvard Magazine published “ The Market-Model University: Humanities in the Age of Money ,” by James Engell and Anthony Dangerfield, in the May-June 1998 issue. A quarter-century later, the trends identified then have only intensified. …
Issue: January-February 2023
The Context: Daniel Lieberman on Food Addiction
Pick any popular subject in the news and it’s likely Harvard Magazine has covered it. With access to so many leading scholars, we’re often able to delve into topics in health, science, law, and the humanities before they reach the mainstream. This is the …
Harvard Goes South (of the Border)
Harvard Goes South (of the Border) Mark your calendars for the Harvard Alumni Association's alumni conference in Mexico City on March 1-2, 2005. The event, to include a reception and lunch with University president Lawrence H. Summers, follows the …
Issue: November-December 2004
The End of Shopping Week
During their last regular meeting of the academic year, on May 3, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) voted by a 3:2 margin to replace the “shopping” period—the beginning-of-term week in which students sample courses before making their selections—with …
Cambridge Scholars
Four seniors have won Harvard Cambridge scholarships to study at Cambridge University during the 2005-2006 academic year. Physics concentrator Rebecca Walsh Dell, of Piedmont, California, and Mather House, will be the Lieutenant Charles H. Fiske III …
Issue: July-August 2005
By the Book
Harvard’s 364th was a mannerly , by-the-book Commencement. After a year of campus protests seeking divestment from fossil-fuel investments, advocates let signs and buttons carry their message. The graduates-to-be, normally somewhat spontaneous, barely …
Issue: July-August 2015
Harvard Announces Salary, Hiring Freezes and Other Spending Cuts
Breaking News: In a message headlined “Economic Impact of COVID-19,” President Lawrence S. Bacow—joined by Provost Alan M. Garber and Executive Vice President Katie Lapp—just notified the community that “we need to take some actions immediately to align …
Universities in Public Debates
Should universities take positions on public issues? The Hamas terrorist attack of last October 7, and Harvard’s response to it, made that question far from an abstract one on campus. A March 5 debate on that question at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute …