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Football: The 2022 Preview
Mercifully, the annual 42-week interlude between Harvard football games will end this Friday evening when the Crimson begins its 148th season by taking on Merrimack at Harvard Stadium. (Kickoff: 7 p.m. ) When we left you at the Yale Bowl last November 20, …
Photographs from Commencement Week 2023
On assignment for Harvard Magazine , Jim Harrison has captured the emotions, traditions, and historic moments at Harvard Commencements for decades. During this 372nd Commencement—a return to near-normalcy, after the pandemic years—the large cohort of 2023 …
Harvard’s Finances in a Challenging Year
… a smaller 2.5 percent increase is authorized for fiscal 2025. (These measured increases smooth the lagging effect of … in new employees is expected to moderate in fiscal year 2025 and beyond. Employee benefits spending increased $62 …
Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg
Board of Overseers and HAA Elected Director Candidates
… Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2025 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the … questions . The HAA nominating committee candidates for the 2025 ballot are the following, five to be elected Overseers …
A Focus on the Future
Harvard’s annual sustainability report, released October 4, details the University’s efforts to prepare for two fast-approaching goals: to be fossil-fuel neutral by 2026, and fossil-fuel free by 2050. Already, less beef is being consumed in Harvard dining …
Caroline Engelmayer’s 2020/2021 Address: Iter Perpetuum
Praeses Bacow, decani notissimi, professores doctissimi, familiae honoratissimae, hospites clarissimi, et tandem, vos, condiscipuli carissimi: salvete omnes. mihi magno honori est apud vos in hoc foro, quod Theatrum Tercentenarium appellamus, verba …
Harvard Admits Record-Low 5.2 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2020
Harvard College announced today that 2,037 students have been offered admission to the class of 2020 ( including the 918 previously notified that they were granted early-action admission ). The College received 39,041 applications, up 4.6 percent from the …
Behind the Scenes: Digging into the housing crisis
Managing editor Jonathan Shaw takes a deeper look into the factors driving unaffordability. News coverage of the astronomically high cost of housing tends to emphasize short-term factors such as sudden shifts in interest rates, or pandemic-precipitated …
Focus on Finances
… number of units owned (from gifts). But note: for fiscal 2025, a smaller 2.5 percent increase is authorized. Net …
Jonathan Shaw , John S. Rosenberg
Issue: January-February 2025
Honoris Causa
Six guests received honorary degrees on May 23. Interim provost John F. Manning introduced the honorands in the following order, and interim president Alan M. Garber read the citations. Learn more about each at harvardmag.com/honorands-24 . Gustavo …
Issue: July-August 2024
Penny Pritzker’s Perspectives
During a telephone conversation Monday afternoon, Penny Pritzker, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, talked about the governing board’s effort to engage more with the University community, its nascent work on the scheduled spring 2026 search for …
Enlarging the Allston Enterprise Zone
… of uses for this second phase, which will take shape after 2025, will depend in part on the success of the first phase, …
The Speeches 2022
“Save a Seat for Others” During his welcoming remarks at the 371st Commencement , on May 26, President Lawrence S. Bacow drew on pandemic-influenced conditions to send a message about the candidates’ future comportment, and truths not always associated …
Issue: July-August 2022
Harvard May Avoid FY 2021 Operating Loss Despite Pandemic
University reductions in expenses are likely to offset lost revenues and the increased costs imposed by the pandemic, suggesting that Harvard may avoid an overall operating loss for the fiscal year ending June 30. In a cautiously optimistic outlook shared …
Baccalaureate Address 2023
Welcome to the Class of 2023—and welcome to soon-to-be graduates of Harvard College. Give yourself a round of applause. Well, many of you have noticed that this ceremony today has spiritual origins. If you’ve read your program, you know that it actually …