Campus & Community

To prevent transmission of COVID-19, Harvard will provide virtual instruction for as many courses as possible by March 23, the first day of scheduled classes following spring break. In a question-and-answer session, three top Harvard officials explain the shift.

Anthony A. Jack urges students not to be afraid of asking for help.

Harvard’s on-call horologist Richard Ketchen keeps busy round the clock.

Harvard details plans to ensure safety, health, and productivity of community amid coronavirus outbreak.

Harvard expands financial aid to eliminate summer contribution.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 3, 2020, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Roderick MacFarquhar, Leroy B. Williams Professor of History and Political Science, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor MacFarquhar was a brilliant scholar of Chinese politics who worked as a pioneering journalist and a member of Parliament before coming to Harvard.

At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on March 3, 2020, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Lawrence E. Stager, Dorot Professor of the Archaeology of Israel, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Professor Stager built formidable programs on the ancient Near East that encompassed anthropology, classical archaeology, history, and religious studies.

Nobel-laureate economics Professor Oliver Hart is awarded Harvard’s highest faculty honor.

Take some time, look around, and work at something that makes you happy, Steven Levitsky counsels.

Influential, groundbreaking African and African American Studies Department at Harvard turns 50.

Architect Julian Abele is responsible for the design of Harvard’s Widener l Library, where his role, until recently, had gone largely unacknowledged.

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the world’s largest philanthropic organization, will be presented the Radcliffe Medal on May 29.

Jacob Barandes encourages students to follow interests, ask questions, and do it their way to get the most out of their education.

Harvard School of Dental Medicine student Ryan Lisann’s three-month externship at Charles River Community Health Center in Brighton left him determined to enter pediatric dentistry and education.

Mona Weissmark says the scientific method contains within itself a system of logic and standards of evidence that can be used for improving society.

A list of candidates for the Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. The election will begin on April 1.

Rubén Blades, the actor and politician best known as a musician at the forefront of the ’70s salsa movement, will receive the 2020 Harvard Arts Medal. on April 30.

Harvard University will hold its 369th Commencement on May 28.

Martin “Marty” Baron, widely regarded as one of the leading newspaper editors of his era, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Program of Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.

Koma Gandy Fischbein ’95 will serve as chief marshal at Harvard’s 369th Commencement on May 28.

After 25 Valentine’s Days, Datamatch, a student-run online matchmaking service that pairs Harvard students for a date, is going nationwide.

Harvard Student Agencies provides students the opportunity to learn how to start and run a business.

Diana L. Nelson ’84 will become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation effective July 1.

Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year, Ben Platt, gets a musical tour of Farkas Hall and a performance by the Radcliffe Pitches a cappella group.

Kent Garrett and Jeanne Ellsworth’s “Last Negroes at Harvard” chronicles the lives of the groundbreaking 18 black members of the Class of 1963.

The 2019 Annual Report of the Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR), a subcommittee of the President and Fellows, is now available on the Shareholder Responsibility Committees’ website.

Three faculty have been named recipients of the 2019 Fannie Cox Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching.

Award-winning singer, film and Broadway star Ben Platt has been named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year for 2020. He will be feted on Feb. 7.

Elizabeth Banks was honored as Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Woman of the Year.

A panel on the power of education kicked off the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s centennial festivities.