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Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Ukrainian president urges help from students and institutional leaders.
5.16.22
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Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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Ukrainian president urges help from students and institutional leaders.
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William F. Lee, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation
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Retiring Harvard Corporation senior fellow William F. Lee on the University and its governance
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This image of Sagittarius A*, captured by the Event Horizon Telescope, is the first direct visual evidence of the presence of this supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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Scientists affiliated with the Event Horizon Telescope publish the first image of Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the center of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Steven Goldstein, emeritus professor of government at Smith College, with moderator Christopher Li, director of research at the Indo-Pacific Security Project and fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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The East Asian implications of the Russia-Ukraine War
This plaque, placed on Wadsworth House in 2016, began Harvard’s public recognition of its legacy of slavery. The report issued today significantly deepens and broadens that understanding.
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A searching examination of the places kept “outside history,” and steps to come to terms with the University’s past
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After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to adopt a system of previous-term registration for classes.
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Amid controversy, the representative student body is replaced.
The 2022 Harvard Horzions scholars
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Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
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Katie Lapp
Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPACAfter more than a decade, an institutional voice departs.
Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
After much debate, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences votes to adopt a system of previous-term registration for classes.
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Deer Island’s giant steel eggs and wind turbines
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The strange, haunting magic of Boston Harbor's Deer Island
Ruby Red horsechestnut (Aesculus x carnea ‘Briotii’)
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Lesser-known plants with tricks up their sleeves (or, rather, stems)
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How the artist saw community—and the world
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President Bacow on maintaining University values while adopting the best lessons learned during the pandemic
The gains and losses from changes in Commencement and “shopping week”
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Erin Kelly and Salamishah Tillet honored for “searing” and “stylish” writing in biography and criticism
The 2022 Harvard Horzions scholars
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Ph.D. students discuss subjects from aliens to infrastructural aesthetics.
The film poster for DASH
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Actor and producer Alex Molina on filming a feature-length thriller in a single take
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As an assistant coach at the University of Michigan, Moore helped lead the Wolverines to the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight.
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She succeeds Kathy Delaney-Smith, who led the Crimson for 40 seasons.
Weld Boat House
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Comprehensive modernization to begin this year
Kathy Delaney-Smith
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In her final season, the Harvard women’s basketball coach stays “in the moment."
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Portrait of Lorna Myrtle Hodgkinson, ca. 1922
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Brief life of a dauntless educator: 1887-1951
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days
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Anna Soltys Morse (red shirt, gray pants) performing hand-to-hand acrobatics with other cast members of the outdoor show Branché
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Acrobat Anna Soltys Morse takes flight.
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Orchestrating Opera’s Emotions
Conductor Sara Jobin highlights the intimate stories within grand productions.
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Michelle Wu
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"Defender of equity, inclusion, and opportunity" to address Class of 2022
President Lawrence S. Bacow
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President Bacow’s perspectives on “playing long ball” at Harvard again.
Celebratory students at Commencement
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Speakers, ceremonies, and celebrations
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Emerson’s oratory backstory, somber reunion notes, and happier days
Clockwise from top left: Sherrilyn Ifill, Merrick B. Garland, Tracy K. Smith, Jacinda Ardern
Clockwise from top left: Photograph courtesy of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund; United States Department of Justice; Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard University; Photograph by the New Zealand Government/Office of the Governor-General
Jacinda Ardern, Merrick Garland, and other lead speakers at Commencement and alumni events
U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland returns to campus to address the graduates of the classes of 2020 and 2021.
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The U.S. Attorney General returns to Harvard.
Tracy K. Smith
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An alumna and faculty member at a new Harvard tradition
Sherrilyn Ifill
Photograph courtesy of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
The educator and lawyer receives the Institute’s highest honor.