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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.

    Gate at Loeb House.
  • A reading list on issues of race

    Harvard faculty offer recommendations of books on race everyone should read.

  • 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.

    Dani Rodrik.
  • ‘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

    Collage of selfies by masked Harvard researchers back in their labs.
  • 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.

    Online learning illustration.
  • 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.

    Lauren Spohn.
  • STEM takes a knee for reflection and reckoning

    Harvard Science takes part in #ShutDownAcademia, #ShutDownSTEM, and #Strike4BlackLives

    Empty bio lab.
  • 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.

    Blythe George
  • College names new faculty deans for five Houses

    Faculty deans have been appointed to Cabot, Quincy, Winthrop, Eliot, and Kirkland Houses, effective July 1.

    Quincy House.
  • 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.

    Rex Tillerson with Hainer Sibrian.
  • 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.

    Harvard Yard in 1920.
  • 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.

  • 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.

    Mahlet Shiferaw.
  • 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.

    Meeting at Radcliffe.
  • 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.

    Hazida Hamma.
  • 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.

    THUD members use buckets as drums.
  • 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.

    A sign reads, Justice for George Floyd.
  • 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.

    Women playing soccer.
  • 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.

    Sopa Adeleye on the volleyball court.
  • 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.

    Hakeem Angulu makes his award-winning pitch.
  • Sibling on a mission

    Harvard grad Nathan Grant ’20 helps advocate for people with disabilities, and the people who support them.

    Nathan and Nik Grant.
  • Six graduate and professional Schools to remain online for fall

    Several Harvard Schools announce plans to continue offering classes online for the fall term.

    Gate near Barker Center.
  • Harvard Library takes steps toward reopening

    As Harvard begins a phased reopening, University Librarian Martha Whitehead outlines how the libraries will reestablishes core services.

    The steps of Widener Library at Harvard University.
  • 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.

    Ariella Barker with international disability rights activist Judith Heumann.
  • 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.

    Tom Hollister.
  • 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.

    Tom Osborn.
  • 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.

    Byerly Hall in Radcliffe Yard.
  • Architects of their future

    For the first time in its history, the Harvard Graduate School of Design has four Native American students enrolled.

    Gund Hall at Harvard School of Graduate Design.
  • 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.

    Bob Scalise.
  • 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.

    Shanna Peeples.