Campus & Community
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A blueprint for better conversations
After months of listening and learning, open inquiry co-chairs detail working group’s recommendations
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Celebrating 25th anniversary of Radcliffe Institute
Three Harvard presidents, two Nobel laureates gather to mark ‘unique legacy and remarkable impact’
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Scruggs describes ‘super surreal moment’ when she made Olympics history
Harvard fencer reflects on path to silver and gold — including facing a childhood idol — and what keeps her balanced, focused
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Why are you so offended?
It’s about status, not hurt feelings, philosopher argues
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Goodheart to step down as University secretary in May
Will continue to advise Garber and other campus leaders
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A snapshot of belonging at Harvard
University launches Pulse survey
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Eight current Overseers share their unique stories
Profiles of eight current members of the Board of Overseers who share their unique stories of experience and service.
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A reading list on issues of race
Harvard faculty offer recommendations of books on race everyone should read.
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Rodrik wins Asturias Award for Social Sciences
Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, has been awarded the 2020 Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences.
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‘Moving in the right direction’
Nearly 2,000 faculty and staff from the FAS Division of Science and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences got back to their labs this week
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The outlook for Harvard online learning
In a Q&A session, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning Bharat Anand discusses how Harvard is planning for a fall semester largely online.
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A passion for stories
Harvard senior Lauren Spohn heads to the University of Oxford after graduation to keep exploring the ways in which stories can connect us all.
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STEM takes a knee for reflection and reckoning
Harvard Science takes part in #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownSTEM, and #Strike4BlackLives
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Flying high, then returning home
Blythe George is the first member of the Yurok Tribe of Northern California to earn a doctoral degree from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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College names new faculty deans for five Houses
Faculty deans have been appointed to Cabot, Quincy, Winthrop, Eliot, and Kirkland Houses, effective July 1.
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Echoes of El Salvador in Egypt
The son of Latin American immigrants, Hainer Sibrian, M.P.P. ’20, is set to launch a career as a U.S. diplomat, inspired by study abroad during Arab Spring.
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Harvard’s secret court 100 years later
A discussion about Harvard’s secret court is the first in a series of discussions planned to mark the secretive tribunal’s centennial.
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Home for dinner (and breakfast and lunch)
The Gazette checked in with students scattered across the globe to see what they and their families have been cooking.
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Making a place for herself
Harvard College 2020 graduate Mahlet Shiferaw talks about briefly feeling lost and then regaining her confidence as a woman of color studying astrophysics.
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A ‘messy experiment’
How Radcliffe became a hub of creativity that helped propel forward the women it engaged, and the women’s movement, in crucial ways.
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Spreading the word on sustainable development
Hadiza Hamma has a plan for the construction of a road that will dramatically improve the quality of life in Afaka, a town in her home country of Nigeria.
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They will THUD you
Harvard’s THUD makes rhythmic music with trash cans, buckets, cups — you name it. If it makes a sound, they can probably play it.
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Facing the denial of American racism
Radcliffe Institute panel explores the social roots of the denial of racism in America, and ways to raise awareness.
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Student-athletes pleased with time on teams, but balancing commitments difficult
Results of first-ever study of Harvard Athletics to be used for strategic planning as program approaches centennial.
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Blocking fear
When neuroscience concentrator Sope Adeleye ’20 suffered a severe concussion during volleyball practice her junior year, she knew better than most the risks she was facing.
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Explain your thesis in 3 minutes
A contest has College seniors who spent months researching and writing their theses distill those hours of work and hundreds of pages of analysis into a 3-minute pitch.
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Sibling on a mission
Harvard grad Nathan Grant ’20 helps advocate for people with disabilities, and the people who support them.
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Six graduate and professional Schools to remain online for fall
Several Harvard Schools announce plans to continue offering classes online for the fall term.
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Harvard Library takes steps toward reopening
As Harvard begins a phased reopening, University Librarian Martha Whitehead outlines how the libraries will reestablishes core services.
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Returning to fight for disabled workers rights
Kennedy School graduate Ariella Barker returns to her job as an attorney for the city of New York, where she’ll resume advocacy for disabled workers.
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Amid darkening clouds, the best road forward
Chief financial officer offers updates on the University’s fiscal health and future plans amid the downturn triggered by the pandemic.
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Helping African teens thrive
When Tom Osborn arrived at Harvard from Kenya, he was already an internationally recognized entrepreneur. Four years later, he’s launched a nonprofit that is boosting the grades and well-being of high-schoolers back home.
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A look at Radcliffe past and present
Radcliffe Day included a discussion between current dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Tomiko Brown-Nagin and former dean Drew Faust, who addressed the history and future of the institute.
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Architects of their future
For the first time in its history, the Harvard Graduate School of Design has four Native American students enrolled.
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A long, good run
After 44 years at Harvard, Bob Scalise retires as John D. Nichols ’53 Family Director of Athletics, capping a tenure of accomplishment and change.
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A season of surprises
Texas teacher Shanna Peeples got more than a degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. “… it gave me this integration of so many things and it let me write myself into more authenticity,” she says.