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  • Stuck between two lives

    Alfredo Garcia, an undocumented student at Harvard Divinity School, is pursuing a master’s in theological studies. He also works to help undocumented youths pursue higher education, and advocates for immigration reform.

  • Embracing varieties of religious experience

    An interview with Dean David Hempton to mark the bicentennial of Harvard Divinity School.

  • Danielle Allen named University Professor

    Danielle Allen has been named a University Professor. The political theorist and classicist has been recognized for her scholarly work on justice and citizenship.

  • The career afterlife

    Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative fellows find new ways to explore life after one career ends and they move into the social sector.

  • Diversifying the arts

    Harvard alumni, faculty describe efforts on and off campus to diversify the arts.

  • Siyani Chambers: Back on point

    Siyani Chambers was looking forward to finishing his senior year as starting point guard for the men’s basketball team until an injury took him off the court and off campus for a year. Now he’s back.

  • Harvard ROTC: Soldiers and Scholars

    Photos from Harvard ROTC’s 100th birthday show the intersection of service and academics through time.

  • Life Lab builds on cross-disciplinary approach

    The opening of the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab in Allston marks the newest addition to the Innovations Labs cluster, which fosters the cross-disciplinary approach to entrepreneurship.

  • Lessons of self-care, while caring for others

    Cheryl A. Giles, the Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling, has been counseling and educating young people for more than 30 years.

  • Election Day at Harvard

    After a bruising election, voters at Harvard cast their ballots and settled in to watch the results.

  • Harvard women, front and center

    First Harvard Women’s Weekend focuses on what’s been gained, and what’s still to achieve.

  • Harvard Foundation names Scientist of the Year

    Nobel laureate Takaaki Kajita will be honored as the 2016 Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations.

  • Nobel winner, times two

    Just days after Oliver Hart, the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, received the Nobel Prize in economics, the Harvard Gazette sat down with him and Adams University Professor Eric Maskin, who won the prize in 2007, to look back on their distinguished careers. 

  • Professor has Ed Portal audience vote on legalization of marijuana

    A Harvard professor asked an Ed Portal audience to vote on Question 4, which would legalize and create a commission to regulate marijuana in Massachusetts, after they reviewed three very different viewpoints on the topic.

  • Student election upcoming

    Harvard students in teaching and research positions will vote Nov. 16, 17 on whether to have a union represent them.

  • Mark A. Kishlansky, 66

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 1, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

  • Alex Dalgarno, 87

    At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 1, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records.

  • A budget surplus, but a cautious outlook

    Harvard had a budget surplus in the 2016 fiscal year, but forecasts are for tight revenues in the years ahead from endowment, tuition, and federal funding sources, Harvard’s chief financial officer said.

  • Autumn arrives in Harvard Yard

    The incandescent foliage of New England is on full display across the Harvard campuses on both sides of the Charles River.

  • From one dreamer to another

    Monica Tesoriero and Kalan Chang are products of the Harvard Bridge Program, which connects workers with citizenship and career-development services.

  • Gift from Jeremy Lin ’10 funds financial aid and Lavietes Pavilion renovation

    A $1 million gift from Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin ’10 will go towards supporting the Harvard Financial Aid initiative and improvements to the Lavietes Pavilion.

  • Steven Hyman awarded 2016 Sarnat Prize

    The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded Professor Steven Hyman ’80 the 2016 Sarnat Prize for his work on treating and understanding psychiatric disorders as biological diseases.

  • Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 19

    On October 19 the Faculty Council heard a review of the Biomedical Engineering concentration and a proposal on course scheduling. They also met with Provost Garber to ask and answer…

  • At Carpenter Center, an explosion of creativity

    The Carpenter Center, designed by renowned architect Le Corbusier, is intended for creative activity within its spaces.

  • Community Football Day perfect, Crimson too

    More than 1,000 residents of Allston-Brighton and Cambridge enjoyed a tailgate before watching the Crimson football team continue their perfect streak, all compliments of Harvard University.

  • Some advice for freshmen

    A Harvard College sophomore tells freshmen what he knows, and ponders what he’s learned in the last year.

  • A student-driven performance space

    Two undergraduates turned their idea for a new musical and performance space into reality at the Penthouse Café in the Radcliffe Quadrangle.

  • Kimmel steps up for Scholars at Risk

    Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel will be joined by sports analyst Bill Simmons at a Boston fundraiser to support Harvard’s Scholars at Risk program.

  • Harvard’s Oliver Hart wins Nobel in economics

    Harvard Professor Oliver Hart was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his work on contracts theory.

  • Pharr honored by Japan Foundation

    Susan J. Pharr has been given the Japan Foundation Award for her contribution to the study of the island nation and its international ties.