Claudine Gay announced today that she is stepping down as Harvard president. Provost Alan M. Garber ’76, Harvard’s chief academic officer, will serve as interim president effective immediately. “This is not a decision I came to easily,” Gay, the...
Harvard President Claudine Gay condemned campus antisemitism on Tuesday, saying vigorous debate between opposing viewpoints is an important part of a university education but that threats, violence, and bigotry will not be tolerated. In written and oral...
Nine Harvard College students will enroll at the University of Oxford next year as recipients of the American Rhodes Scholarship. A 10th student will join them as a recipient of the International Rhodes prize The scholars and their areas of study: 10 from...
Tracy K. Smith taught herself to meditate in the summer of 2020, anxious and grieving the loss of Black lives around the country like those of George Floyd and others. Sitting every day in an Adirondack chair under an oak tree in her backyard, she would...
In late June, the Supreme Court entered a ruling in the case of Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, prohibiting the consideration of race as a factor in admissions. In the wake of the decision — and after almost...
Claudine Gay marked her inauguration as Harvard’s 30th president with a call to action, sharing her vision of a vibrant, diverse community equal to the particular challenges of the world’s most daunting problems. “The courage of this University — our...
In video feature, Claudine Gay, Harvard's 30th president, talks about her vision for the presidency, what she's learned from students, and the best concert she's ever been to.
David C. Parkes will become the next dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, effective Oct. 15. Currently the George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science, Parkes leads research at the interface between economics...
Bringing together more than 200 current students, alumni, and staff, the Crimson Summer Academy commemorated its 20th anniversary at the Harvard Faculty Club earlier this month. The academy takes cohorts of 30 to 40 students, known as Crimson Scholars...
Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year) will occur this year from the evening of September 15th to the evening of September 17th, and Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement) will occur from the evening of September 24th to the evening of September 25th. Known as...
Hopi Hoekstra, a pathbreaking scholar of the life sciences in the interdisciplinary field of evolutionary genetics, begins her tenure as Edgerley Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences today. Hoekstra’s extensive teaching portfolio includes her role as...
'Pathbreaking scholar’ will start in role on Aug. 1. Hopi Hoekstra, an eminent life scientist who has served on the Harvard faculty since 2007, will become the next Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard President-elect Claudine...
