Campus & Community

John H. Shaw, the Harry C. Dudley Professor of Structural and Economic Geology, steps down at the end of June, having served as chair of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences since 2006.

For the second year in a row, Harvard Divinity School offers an executive course that draws on history and religious traditions around the world to help participants become agents of change.

Abraham “Avi” Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science, argues that academia shouldn’t just be about proving theories, but about exploration.

A group of William Faulkner fans visited a plaque on the Anderson Bridge honoring his best-known character.

Harvard Divinity School graduate Israel Buffardi experienced an unconventional journey to his Unitarian Universalist ministry.

People of all ages gathered at Harvard to celebrate the longest day of the year with performances, arts and crafts, and more.

Dennis Norman, faculty chair of the Harvard University Native American Program, is retiring at the end of June. In a Gazette profile, he highlights the course he has taught at the Kennedy School that sends students to work in Native American communities.

Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology, points to a number of instances where the use of anecdotes over data creates a false narrative.

Nick DiGiovanni competes on “MasterChef” — while earning his undergraduate degree in food and climate at Harvard at the same time.

Students see professors stand up in front of a class every day, but they don’t often see them do stand-up onstage. The Harvard College Stand Up Comic Society has changed that with the Harvard faculty comedy showcase.

Harvard President Larry Bacow helped honor 16 local nonprofits at the 11th annual Harvard Allston Partnership Fund ceremony at the Ed Portal in Allston.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will hire a cluster of faculty in the area of ethnicity, indigeneity, and migration during the upcoming academic year, Dean Claudine Gay announced.

The Harvard Allston Land Co. is requesting proposals for the initial phase of an Enterprise Research Campus on 14 acres on Western Avenue in Allston.

Supporters packed Sanders Theatre in Memorial Hall to cheer for the 61 Harvard Heroes.

Talking to graduates from the first class of the College Success program, a collaboration between the Harvard Extension School and the Perkins School for the Blind.

This fall, Harvard College will launch a new General Education program for undergraduates, which now offers a total of 160 courses.

Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has announced a new dean of development: Armin Afsahi, who has led successful campaigns at the University of Denver, the University of California, San Diego, and Georgetown University.

A digitized collection from 14 repositories around Harvard University contains almost 650,000 images of handmade materials from the 17th and 18th centuries. Here’s a peek.

The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University announced today the latest gift of $131 million from its founder, entrepreneur and philanthropist Hansjörg Wyss, M.B.A. ’65.

Harvard Library’s key alliances create a vast universe of information for Harvard faculty and students.

Food and justice were on the menu at Radcliffe’s Marketplace of Ideas, as were intimate memories of family, friendship, love, and loss.

Today, Harvard announced the creation of the new Academic Resource Center (ARC), which will launch in August and will provide a wide range of academic support services for students at Harvard College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

Dolores Huerta, labor organizer and civil rights activist who has devoted her life to lifting up others, was awarded Radcliffe’s highest honor Friday.

Not lost amid Harvard’s definitive ritual of revelry and accomplishment were the 6,665 graduates and their families, whose years of labor and sacrifice led them to the day.

The Gazette asked graduating seniors about their post-Commencement plans and got back a range of answers.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Harvard’s 2019 Commencement speaker, advises the new graduates to “break down the walls” that may hem them in.

Seven alumni have been elected as new members of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers and six as directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA).

Commencement at Harvard is a day of formal ceremonies and poignant moments. Included are snippets of the latter, along with some context from celebrations past.

From the beginning of last summer to Commencement Day, Harvard University has been in constant motion. Here is a selection of events and milestones marking the academic year.

Cymbalist Latonya Wright has played 22 consecutive Commencements. This year will be her 23rd.