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65 staffers honored as ‘Harvard Heroes’ — Harvard Gazette

1 week ago | news.harvard.edu | Clea Simon

7 min read The mood was joyous as family and friends packed into Sanders Theatre celebrated 65 “Harvard Heroes” from across the University on Thursday. Nominated and selected by their peers, these staff members were introduced by the heads of their departments, divisions, or Schools. Their achievements were highlighted in brief and often touchingly personal remarks by President Alan M. Garber.
A step in fight against tick-borne disease — Harvard Gazette

2 weeks ago | news.harvard.edu | Clea Simon

Ticks pose a grave risk to public health, with nearly half a million cases of the tick-borne Lyme disease treated every year in the United States. Young nymph and adult female ticks typically pose the greatest risk for transmitting infection to humans. But, researchers say, there is much that is unknown about the sexual biology of ticks, knowledge that would prove useful in control efforts.
Harvard Commencement comes together in photo gallery- Harvard Gazette

3 weeks ago | news.harvard.edu | Veasey Conway

2 min read More than 9,000 graduates from the Class of 2025, representing all of Harvard University’s Schools, streamed into Harvard Yard on May 29 for Harvard’s 374th Commencement Exercises. The graduates, most wearing black gowns and bits of crimson, processed into Tercentenary Theatre. Families, friends, and well-wishers filled the steps of Widener Library, spreading out across the Yard.
Social media fueled divisions. Teaming up may help heal. — Harvard Gazette

3 weeks ago | news.harvard.edu | Christy DeSmith

6 min read Algorithm-driven digital feeds have deepened the split between red and blue America. But a new online tool may help bring the country back together. The virtual quiz game Tango, developed at Harvard, pairs Democrats and Republicans on common teams, where bipartisanship quickly emerges as a competitive advantage. “It’s really the opposite of the nasty, divisive posting you find on social media,” offered Tango co-creator Joshua D.
Harvard Extension Alumni Association celebrates award winners — Harvard Gazette

3 weeks ago | news.harvard.edu | Chrissy Natoli

The Harvard Extension Alumni Association honored its 2024 Alumni Award recipients for their extraordinary achievements and service at its annual Alumni Banquet in the historic Annenberg Hall on May 27.…
Six honorary degrees to be awarded at 374th Commencement — Harvard Gazette

1 month ago | news.harvard.edu | Lucia Huntington

long read A collection of features and profiles covering Harvard University’s 374th Commencement. The University will confer the honorary degrees during Thursday’s Commencement ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is known world-wide over as one of the greatest basketball players to ever play the game as well as a committed social activist and award-winning writer.
Hey, you, hold onto your humanity. You’ll thank me later. — Harvard Gazette

1 month ago | news.harvard.edu | Alexandra Petri

5 min read A collection of features and profiles covering Harvard University’s 374th Commencement. Alexandra Petri ’10, formerly a Washington Post columnist, is currently a staff writer for The Atlantic. She won the 2025 Thurber Prize for American Humor for her book “Alexandra Petri’s U.S. History: Important American Documents I Made Up.” OK, Harvard graduates. Listen.
Deep in Amazon, politicians resist gold miners — and inspire thesis — Harvard Gazette

1 month ago | news.harvard.edu | Christy DeSmith

6 min read A collection of features and profiles covering Harvard University’s 374th Commencement. Reaching the tiny settlement, located deep within the Amazon rainforest, required several hours of travel by river boat.
12 alumni elected to Harvard leadership boards — Harvard Gazette

1 month ago | news.harvard.edu | Terry Murphy

Six alumni have been newly elected as members of Harvard University’s Board of Overseers, with another six joining the board of directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). The new Overseers will assume their roles on May 30, while the HAA directors will begin their terms on July 1. Five of the new Overseers were elected for six-year terms. The sixth, Anjali Sud, will serve the remaining two years of the unexpired term of Mark Carney. Mark A.
Marine vet’s future was a puzzle. Then he found archaeology. — Harvard Gazette

1 month ago | news.harvard.edu | Christy DeSmith

6 min read A collection of features and profiles covering Harvard University’s 374th Commencement. The professor’s office was wallpapered with declassified U.S. intelligence photos. “I walked in and the first thing I saw were these floor-to-ceiling printouts of U2 and CORONA aerial imagery,” recalled Shane Rice ’25.