Campus & Community
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Why row from Boston to London? Because it’s there.
Spaulding Rehabilitation physiatrist, team taking new route, aim to set records
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Next up for House renewal: Eliot
Building refresh aims to boost accessibility, preserve historic character
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FAS receives gift to bolster arts, humanities, and strengthen financial aid
Business leader Joseph Y. Bae ’94 and novelist Janice Y. K. Lee ’94 expand upon three decades of supporting academic excellence, opportunity at Harvard
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Dean’s legacy honored
Hoekstra, Faust, colleagues laud Robin Kelsey, who will step down from his arts and humanities deanship
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Tested most by game he didn’t play
Portrait honors Harvard’s first Black lacrosse player, whose 1941 benching in the South sparked outcry
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‘Shed the tears … get up and fight some more’
Justice Sonia Sotomayor on importance of civic engagement, youth involvement, giving back
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Broadening access and deepening impact, starting with listening
Axim Collaborative CEO Stephanie Khurana is focused on listening to others in the education industry, and focusing on underrepresented students.
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5 faculty members named Harvard College Professors
They are recognized for excellence in teaching in fields ranging from biophysics to cultural studies.
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President-elect Gay names Katie O’Dair chief of staff
“Ideal partner” brings decades of higher ed experience to the new role.
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As teen, he was embarrassed by his migrant worker mom’s job
Filipino Jeromel Dela Rosa Lara recalls how his mother’s job embarrassed him as a teen and he was “ashamed” to tell classmates and friends, but says he now understands the plight of millions like her around world, and wants to help.
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Eleganza’s style endures
The student event featured fashion design brands, including upcycled, reworked, and thrifted threads.
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Overseers announce new president, vice chair
Meredith “Max” Hodges has been elected president of the Harvard University Board of Overseers for the 2023-24 academic year. Geraldine Acuña-Sunshine will serve as vice chair of the board’s executive committee for the same term.
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Benita Kayembe takes hard look at hidden human cost of electric cars
Studying at Harvard Chan School has helped graduate Benita Kayembe understand the forces that shape the health of people around the world.
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Transforming breath to activism
Theater, Dance & Media course, rooting in issues surrounding death of Eric Garner, blends ritual, meditation, reading, “radical dialogue.”
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‘Working … to give people back their stories’
Richard Cellini discusses how his team is approaching the work of researching individuals of African and Native American descent who were enslaved by Harvard leaders and labored on Harvard’s campus.
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When your office is water, woods, and sky
Students who’ve worked as rangers and interns at national parks and forests share stories about how great the outdoors really is.
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Four to be honored with Harvard Medal
The Harvard Alumni Association has announced that Paula A. Johnson ’80, M.D. ’84, M.P.H. ’85; Philip W. Lovejoy; Antonio Madero, M.B.A. ’61; and Rya W. Zobel ’53, L.L.B. ’56 will receive the 2023 Harvard Medal.
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17 faculty elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
American Academy of Arts & Science named 17 Harvard faculty among its 269 newly elected members.
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Bacow calls for immigration reform, backs policies to aid educational exchange
President says flow of workers, students bolsters U.S. economy, brings innovation, helps export democratic values.
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‘Brotherly-sisterly’ bond keeps Parkland survivors in fight
Jaclyn Corin and David Hogg were exhausted, still somewhat traumatized as first-years, but eventually found their way by different paths.
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Outrunning the past
As a runner and a researcher, Alia Qatarneh seeks “to change things with intention.”
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Harvard Digital Accessibility Policy revised, expanded
As part of its ongoing efforts to ensure the accessibility of its digital systems and communications, Harvard University is revising its Digital Accessibility Policy, which will go into effect June 1.
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Kenneth C. Griffin makes gift of $300 million to FAS
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences named in honor of alum’s four decades of philanthropy, support for expanding opportunity, advancing excellence.
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Mary Louise Kelly ’93 is featured speaker for Harvard Alumni Day
Award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author Mary Louise Kelly ’93 will participate in the June event celebrating Harvard’s global alumni community.
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Purifying body and mind, building community
Muslim chaplains, Dining Services join to create multicultural iftar dinners to mark end of day of fasting, reflection for Ramadan.
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Date set for Claudine Gay’s inauguration
Inauguration events for Claudine Gay, Harvard’s 30th president, will take place on Sept. 29 in Tercentenary Theatre.
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Storied space for women athletes gets upgrade
“There is energy and spirit and tradition and history wrapped up in this boathouse. It has been filled over the years with amazing women.”
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Serving up science on Pi Day
Students from four Boston Public Schools spent March 14 at the Science and Engineering Complex doing hands-on engineering projects and interacting with undergraduate and graduate students studying STEM at Harvard.
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The snappy book talk: ‘When does that happen in academia?’
Harvard scholars had seven minutes to explain their work to an audience. Some actually managed it.
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How student led protests to open College dorms to Black freshmen
A tribute to Edwin Bush Jourdain Jr., who confronted President Lowell over a discriminatory policy in the 1920s, was unveiled in Winthrop House.
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Bringing Legacy of Slavery report to life
Professors find ways to help students engage with findings in meaningful, often unexpected ways — sometimes in places they regularly pass by.
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Harvard further expands financial aid to ease access
Harvard College has offered regular admission to 1,220 applicants for the Class of 2027, with 1,942 admitted in total, including those selected in the early action process.
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Axim Collaborative names Stephanie Khurana CEO
Previously known as the Center for Reimaging Learning, Axim Collaborative is the nonprofit started by Harvard and MIT.
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Innovators compete for $515,000 in prizes
This year’s 25 President’s Innovation Challenge finalists feature ventures from 11 different Harvard Schools, across five tracks.
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Medical School neurobiologist wins prestigious Brain Prize
Michael Greenberg shares The Brain Prize, considered the world’s most significant prize for brain research, with two neuroscientists for their critical insights into brain plasticity.
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Mikhail Lukin named University Professor
A pioneer and leader in quantum science and quantum computing, Mikhail Lukin will hold the Friedman University Professorship.