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  • Worldwide Week showcases Harvard’s global reach

    Harvard’s Office of the Vice Provost for International Affairs sponsors Worldwide Week to showcase the University’s global outreach.

    The Asian American Dance Troupe perform during the annual Cultural Rhythms event at Harvard University in Sanders Theatre.
  • Harvard expands creative vision in Allston

    Harvard University on Monday unveiled plans for a new hub of arts innovation in Allston, the ArtLab.

  • Learning to navigate the path to college

    College & Career Conversations resource fair at the Ed Portal helps parents navigate a realistic path toward college.

  • Scroll through Colonial life

    After two years and 450,000 documents, the digitized Colonial North American Project will be available online to the public in late October.

  • ‘Genius’-level honor for Harvard historian

    Sunil Amrith, the Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies, has been awarded a MacArthur “Genius” Grant.

  • Strengthening Harvard’s ties to South Asia

    Lakshmi Mittal and his family announced a $25 million gift to establish an endowed fund for the South Asia Institute. The center will be renamed the Lakshmi Mittal South Asia Institute at Harvard University.

  • Serving the common good

    Harvard’s Presidential Public Service Fellowships allow recipients to give back to communities, agencies, and nonprofits.

  • Calls for hope and action

    With words of hope and rousing calls to action, the fifth annual W.E.B. Du Bois Medals ceremony brought the stars out at Sanders Theatre.

  • Harvard HUBweek programs return

    This October, Harvard hosts events during the third annual HUBweek festival.

  • A touch of rot

    A new exhibit inside the Glass Flowers gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History proves that a bad apple doesn’t always spoil the bunch.

    Woman restores glass flower
  • A decade of growth at SEAS

    Harvard’s Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences celebrates 10 years of innovative research.

  • Renovation of Smith Field marks many improvements

    The $6.5 million renovation to William F. Smith Field in Allston makes numerous improvements.

  • Lights, camera, Cabot

    At the Cabot Science Library camera, multimedia studios require no more than a flash drive and imagination.

  • Cohen to step down as Radcliffe Institute dean

    Lizabeth Cohen, who has led the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study since 2011, announced she will step down from that post next June. She plans to return to teaching and research in Harvard’s Department of History following a year’s sabbatical.

    Radcliffe Institute Dean Lizabeth Cohen will step down in June 2018.
  • In Memoriam: Saying goodbye to the Harvard Foundation’s founding director

    Speakers and students shared their memories of S. Allen Counter during a service at the Memorial Church on Sept. 27.

    S. Allen Counter, Harvard professor, was remembered at the Memorial Church, Harvard University.
  • Harvard Global Institute grants expand scope

    The Harvard Global Institute (HGI) will fund eight projects this year, three focusing on topics that are particularly relevant to China, five on issues that are salient to India.

    Professor Rohini Pande and Professor Daniel Nocera will collaborate to bring Nocera's “bionic leaf” together with Pande's policy research to inform the adoption of the clean energy in India.
  • In the Yard, inside the dorms

    A photo gallery of roommates in Harvard’s Class of 2020.

    Roommates Kristie Colton (from left), Georgia Seidel, and Rebecca Chen peak inside their room in Thayer Hall.
  • Runners on a hot streak, for charity

    More than 1,500 runners and spectators, a third of them from Harvard, turned out for the 14th annual Brian Honan 5K Run/Walk.

    Runners in the Honan 5K
  • Freshman finds his footing

    Malcolm Reid ’21 finds weeks on campus welcoming and busy.

  • New faculty members excited to share, and build, knowledge

    New Harvard professors connected with colleagues and learned about resources for teaching and research in an event at the Faculty Club.

    Ruth Okediji, center, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law at HLS. Judy Singer's office hosts new faculty at the Faculty Club..Jon Chase/Harvard Staff Photographer
  • Welcome renewal at Winthrop

    After more than a year of renovations at Winthrop House, returning students have discovered a residence that combines neo-Georgian character with 21st-century amenities.

  • A garden filled with history

    Harvard College alum and GSD student John Wang’s “100+ Years at 73 Brattle” is now installed as the winner of the third Radcliffe Institute Public Art Competition.

  • A night at the museums

    The fourth annual Student Late Night at the Harvard Art Museums welcomed guests with food, drink, and dance — and, of course, art.

  • Range of student voices in search for president

    Following the recent announcement of the faculty and staff advisory committees for Harvard’s presidential search, the student advisory committee has now been assembled.

  • Plenty to see here

    Whether you’re interested in science, history, politics, art, technology, comedy, cooking, or sports, there’s something happening at Harvard this fall for you.

  • Ryan to step down as Ed School dean

    Dean James Ryan of the Graduate School of Education will depart Harvard at the end of this academic year to become president of the University of Virginia.

  • Reaccreditation process advances

    Long-term Harvard reaccreditation process advances. A team will visit in late October to examine the University’s self-study process.

  • Shaun Donovan named senior strategist for Allston

    Shaun Donovan, the former director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, has been named senior strategist and adviser to Harvard President Drew Faust on Allston and campus development.

  • For Faust, the road ahead

    During her last year as Harvard president, Drew Faust said in an interview that she will focus on making the case for the University’s needs and values in Washington, ensuring progress on inclusion and belonging for all, completing The Harvard Campaign, and nurturing development of the emerging Allston campus.

  • Learning diversity, one story at a time

    Diversity Dialogue panelists discussed how the lack of diversity in children’s literature limits the imaginations of children of all backgrounds.