Campus & Community

“Elements of Architecture” was reprised in Cambridge as Harvard Professor Rem Koolhaas expounded on the exhibit during a lecture that kicked off the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s “The Grounded Visionaries” weekend (Sept. 12-14).

The Harvard Program in Therapeutic Science has received $30 million in grant funding over the five years from three U.S. government agencies to launch its new research activities, Harvard Medical School announced on Sept. 11.

During the first few days of each semester, Harvard offers “shopping week,” in which students try out a class before formally registering.

A five-year, $3.5 million gift to launch the Louis Bacon Environmental Leadership Program was announced Wednesday by the Harvard Kennedy School. Louis Bacon is a prominent entrepreneur and conservationist.

Freshman Matthew DeShaw arrives at Harvard, unloads, and slips into a new life.

Harvard Professor Evelynn Hammonds served as a mentor for Summer Research Opportunities at Harvard (SROH), a 10-week residential program that exposes undergraduates from across the country to life in a research university. SROH is dedicated to training young scholars from ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic groups traditionally underrepresented in graduate training.

Boston native Aldel Brown, who helped found a charter school in the District of Columbia, credits his childhood tennis lessons with Tenacity in helping him to succeed. Brown has returned as a member of the Harvard Law School Class of 2017.

A Harvard graduate and Lowell House residence manager help homeless artists find a mass market for their work.

A celebration marking the life and career of Patrick Dewes Hanan will be held Sept. 12.

Rain or shine, slush or mush, the mail gets through, only it’s not the U.S. Postal Service that goes the last mile to your door, it’s Harvard Mail Services.

Beetle biologist Brian Farrell is taking the reins of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, with an eye toward increasing collaboration between Harvard scientists and those at institutions in the region. The center will also get a new executive director, Ned Strong, former director of the Chilean office.

The Harvard School of Public Health announced its — and Harvard University’s — largest-ever gift, $350 million from The Morningside Foundation, which will rename the School and foster programs to improve health in several key areas.

In the upcoming season, Harvard’s women’s volleyball and field hockey and men’s water polo teams will be the ones to watch.

On Sept. 3, the Faculty Council welcomed new members, reviewed history and policies, elected subcommittees for 2014-15, discussed the work of the council in the new academic year, and discussed proposed changes to course scheduling.

In a question-and-answer session, four members of Harvard’s benefits committee explain changes to the University’s health care plans for next year.

Patrick Dewes Hanan came to Harvard University in 1968. He served with distinction as chair of the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and as director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. He passed away at 87.

Harvard President Drew Faust delivered a brief address to open the daily ritual of Morning Prayers at Memorial Church, a brief service of prayers, an address, and music. Faust called the University’s diverse community a “Harvard symphony.”

One year into his tenure, Dean James Ryan of the Harvard Graduate School of Education is setting a course for the future.

Walking into the Yard from Massachusetts Avenue, keeping Wigglesworth to the right, visitors come to a wrought-iron fence with a gate. Here, tucked behind Lamont Library, lies a little treasure called Dudley Garden.

The Class of 2018 gathered at Freshman Convocation to hear from University leaders on the challenges and opportunities ahead.

At the Harvard Divinity School’s Convocation, speaker emphasizes the importance of faith in a troubled world.

Revitalized Stone Hall wins platinum level LEED certification. The project was also honored by the Cambridge Historical Commission as part of its annual Preservation Awards Program for the extraordinary efforts undertaken to conserve and protect Cambridge’s historic architecture.

Panelists discuss how to make inclusion a central part of workplace culture.

The Gazette recently sat down with Professor Alison Johnson to discuss her committee, which is charged with examining issues of sexual misconduct and other forms of gender discrimination for Harvard College and the rest of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.

Parents’ emotions range from joy to wistfulness as Harvard students part from them to begin the new school year.

Sue J. Goldie, the founding faculty director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, will become director of the new Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University, and special adviser to the provost on global health education and learning.

To create a more sustainable campus, the College will implement composting in all freshman dormitories.

The members of Harvard’s Class of 2018 arrive and move into their dorms, where they are welcomed by University leaders.

As freshmen move into dorms in and around the Yard, fellow students, faculty, and administrators offer tips on how best to adjust to the Harvard experience, from maintaining basic wellness to exploring the vast resources Harvard has to offer.

This summer, 51 local high school students and recent graduates spent the school break working in various departments across Harvard’s Cambridge and Allston campuses as part of the Summer Youth Employment Program.