Nicola Hensch ’26 has reaped many rewards from the sport of swimming, so he went looking for a way to reciprocate.

Through living, learning, dining, and more, Harvard develops the conditions for first-year students to thrive both inside and outside the classroom.

In poignant words, with humor, and even a few surprise tracks from his own renowned playlists, colleagues and family gathered to celebrate Danoff Dean of Harvard College Rakesh Khurana.

The program will welcome its second cohort of fellows while also expanding its partnerships and support from the Center for Astrophysics and the Harvard Business School’s Program for Research in Markets and Organizations.

Hannah Marcus, a professor of the history of science, has received the 2025 Dan David Prize. Marcus is one of nine early- and mid-career researchers and filmmakers acknowledged this year for outstanding work on the human past.