Stories
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Apr 7, 2020
Harvard Helps Fund Emergency Shelter
Harvard and MIT have made matching donations of $250,000 each to the city of Cambridge to establish a temporary emergency shelter for homeless residents. Read More
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Apr 7, 2020
Harvard Board Elections Moved to July
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Harvard University’s governing boards have delayed the start of voting in elections for members of the Harvard Board of Overseers and elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. Read More
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Apr 3, 2020
University Community Rallies to Deal with COVID-19 Crisis
The University has made the Harvard Square Hotel available to house medical personnel and first responders—one of many ways Harvard faculty, students, researchers, and staff are supporting the local response to the pandemic. Read More
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Apr 3, 2020
From the Lab to COVID Front Lines
Technology created in Harvard labs and supported by entrepreneurship resources on campus is providing a boost to Massachusetts coronavirus testing. Read More
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Apr 3, 2020
Harvard Scientists Work to Find Coronavirus Treatment
Teams of medical researchers across the University have joined the race to find a treatment for the novel coronavirus as the global pandemic intensifies. Read More
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Apr 1, 2020
Medical Students Can Graduate Early to Help in Hospitals
Graduating Harvard Medical School students will have the option to receive their diplomas early so that, if they choose, they can quickly be deployed into hospitals to help treat patients amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
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Mar 26, 2020
Harvard Labs Donate Protective Equipment
As University facilities have shut down, faculty and staff have gathered essential supplies for health care workers. Read More
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Mar 26, 2020
Harvard Medical School Students Form COVID-19 Rapid Response Team
Within days of the escalation of infections in Massachusetts, hundreds of Harvard Medical School students began mobilizing to provide voluntary support to clinicians. Read More
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Mar 20, 2020
Harvard Postpones Commencement
The University's 369th commencement ceremony will be postponed indefinitely as part of Harvard's ongoing effort to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
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Mar 20, 2020
Colleges Took the Lead on Distancing, Others Should Follow
Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow joins the presidents of MIT and Stanford in calling on communities nationwide to take drastic action to slow the spread of COVID-19. Read More
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Mar 19, 2020
Nohria to Remain at Harvard Business School Through December
With the historic global upheaval and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Nitin Nohria has agreed to remain as dean of Harvard Business School through the end of December. Read More
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Mar 19, 2020
Designing a Coronavirus Vaccine
As the number of novel coronavirus infections rises daily, strategies for developing a safe and effective vaccine are rapidly moving forward. Read More
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Feb 19, 2020
Full Slate of Candidates for Harvard Board Elections Announced
Alumni will vote for Harvard Overseer and Harvard Alumni Association elected directors this spring. Read More
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Feb 19, 2020
Koma Gandy Fischbein AB '95 Elected Chief Marshal
The decorated U.S. Navy veteran and rugby pioneer will represent the alumni community at Harvard’s 369th Commencement. Read More
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Feb 6, 2020
Family, Finance, and Philanthropy in San Francisco
Alumni and friends in the San Francisco area joined the Harvard University Planned Giving team for a Family, Finance, and Philanthropy dinner. Read More
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Feb 4, 2020
Engineering with a Human Touch
How a Harvard graduate student survived getting stuck in a blizzard and became a better engineer because of it. Read More
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Dec 19, 2019
Developer Named for Allston Enterprise Research Campus
Tishman Speyer's winning proposal for the first phase of the project focuses on the public realm, sustainability, diversity, and affordable housing. Read More
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Dec 13, 2019
The Optimist
Jose Cerda III ’88 still believes government is a force for good. Read how a last-choice course at Harvard was the first step toward a career shaping public policy, from the White House to local communities in the Midwest. Read More
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Dec 11, 2019
Authors of Their Own Stories
In a new Red Book for first-generation alumni, Alejandra Iglesias AB '21 and Dan Lobo AB '14 see a powerful forum for storytelling and community building. Read More
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Nov 25, 2019
Rhodes Scholars Announced
Seven Harvard students were chosen for the prestigious academic award and will pursue a broad range of studies at Oxford University next fall. Read More
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