Campus & Community

Harvard Class of ’21 reflects on experiences, gains, and losses during a challenging pandemic year.

Three student orators will deliver speeches as Harvard honors the Class of 2021 on May 27.

Harvard senior Joy Nesbitt has devoted much of her Harvard time to producing theater and music with a message.

Harvard Medical School grad Ryoko Hamaguchi tapped her artistic talents as she bridge two worlds, two cultures.

Ashiana Jivraj brings a business background when seeking solutions to equitable dental care.

Opie Morgan says her years in the Math Department have been a time of validation and self-discovery.

For Rahel Imru, encouraging more Black students in STEM has been a goal since high school.

Eboni Nash came to Harvard Divinity School to study Black liberation theology and prepare for a career of activism around issues of racial justice and mass incarceration.

University archivist Megan Sniffin-Marinoff, who is retiring after almost 20 years at Harvard, shares notable Commencements and Harvard University Archives’ role in preserving each year’s ceremony.

The Gazette asked members of the Harvard community what habits they developed during the pandemic and how they plan to keep them after the pandemic is over.

Sukin “Hannah” Sim develops algorithms and writes the computational stories that dictate how quantum computers tackle problems.

Muhua Yang ’21 — living in Cambridge and separated from friends and family by the pandemic — chose the elegies of the five volumes of “Tristia” as the subject of their senior thesis in literary translation.

When Michael Mancinelli ’15 arrived on campus to begin his journey through the M.S./M.B.A. program, it almost felt like he was coming home.

Once he graduates from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s endodontics program this month, William “Brennan” Arden will return to military service.

The COVID pandemic and anti-racism protests in 2020 gave Brett Dennis-Duke’s ongoing thesis work both urgency and perspective.

The pilot run of the “GCP Family Book Club: Exploring Race and Identity” won kudos from participants.

Class of 2021 graduate Christopher Altizer believes in the importance of a support network.

Austin Martin created Rhymes with Reason, a gamified learning experience that teaches students vocabulary and other ELA skills through hip-hop.

Harvard Alumni Association announces its new president, Vanessa Liu.

Harvard will kick off this year’s graduation ceremonies on May 23 with a range of virtual events to honor and recognize the Class of 2021.

With her new degree, Carmen Beals, A.L.M. ’21, is making a shift in her career as she works to diversify museums.

Anne Margulies and Marilyn Hausammann, two of Harvard’s leading executives, with nearly 40 years of service to the University between them, will retire at the end of May.

For Graduate School of Design student Ayaka Yamashita, studying design was a way to understand human difference through various perspectives and mediums.

More than 5,300 people (and counting) follow Samyra Miller ’21 on Instagram, where she dispenses information and opinions on everything from how to choose a good Gen Ed course and strategies for navigating campus social scenes to where to get good coffee and her shopping hauls.

Wrestling provided life lessons for senior Cliff Wang, even when the sport was taken from him.

Kelly Brignac grew up in New Orleans, immersed in customs that had deep roots in French culture. Now she is graduating with a Ph.D. that explores the exportation of French culture, and its roots in the slave trade.

Inspired by a first-year human rights seminar, Francesco Rolando wants to help remove barriers to health care, especially for marginalized populations.

Joggers, walkers, cyclists, and skateboarders enjoy the weekend closure of Memorial Drive along the Charles River.

Monica Pesswani, M.C./M.P.A. ’21, came to Harvard seeking a global perspective as she worked to create educational equality in India.

It was her interest in research that brought Zahra Aldawood, D.M.Sc. ’18, M.M.Sc. ’21, to Harvard School of Dental Medicine.