Current Events and Campus Life
Faculty diversity continues to grow at Harvard
April 11, 2019
Harvard continues to make progress in its goal to diversify its faculty, with numbers of women and minorities reaching record highs. Continue reading
Event commemorating 1969 Harvard strike to include current student activists
April 11, 2019
The occupation of University Hall in April 1969 and the strike that followed it left its mark on Harvard’s psyche. A daylong event Friday commemorates the 50th anniversary and brings today’s student... Continue reading
Harvard course examines medieval history behind ‘Game of Thrones’
April 11, 2019
A course at Harvard teaches students about the real-world Game of Thrones. Continue reading
Climate change research projects win $1 million in Harvard grants
April 10, 2019
Harvard’s Climate Change Solutions Fund, now in its fifth year, is awarding seven research projects $1 million in grants. Continue reading
Harvard’s Board of Overseers’ president and president-elect discuss roles
April 10, 2019
On a recent afternoon, the Gazette sat down with Susan Carney, current president of the Board of Overseers, and Michael Brown, president-elect for 2019-20, to talk about the Overseers’ role, their... Continue reading
Harvard scientists lead team revealing black hole
April 10, 2019
A years-long effort by dozens of researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals the first-ever image of a supermassive black hole. Continue reading
Harvard scientists shed light on importance of black hole image
April 10, 2019
Researchers at the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) just unveiled the first-ever image of a black hole, which captures what EHT Director Sheperd Doeleman called “a one-way door from our universe.” Continue reading
Harvard Professor Dick Neustadt recalled by panel
April 9, 2019
A panel including Al Gore, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Roger Porter, and Harvey Fineberg, with Graham Allison moderating, discussed what Richard Neustadt would have thought of the Trump presidency on the... Continue reading
Harvard addresses student mental health with new task force
April 9, 2019
With mental health issues among young people increasing both at the University and nationwide, Harvard’s Office of the Provost has convened a task force to assess and respond to students’... Continue reading
‘East Side’ story a Harvard musical
April 9, 2019
Student-penned musical “The East Side” puts the spotlight on the Harvard Asian Student Arts Project. Continue reading