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Lawrence D. Bobo, dean of social science and W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard, discusses police killings of African Americans, the forces underlying racial bigotry and violence, and why he sees signs of hope.

David L. Evans, Leila T. Fawaz AM '72, PhD '79, and Joseph J. O'Donnell AB '67, MBA '71 were selected as recipients of the 2020 Harvard Medal.

A letter to the Class of 2020 from Harvard Alumni Association President Alice Hill AB '81, PhD '91.

Moitri Chowdhury Savard ’93 plans for retirement through a Harvard deferred charitable gift annuity (DGA). For Savard, it’s a practical decision to support her family and another way to give back to an interest close to her heart: public service.

Bill '60 and Carole Markus established a bequest to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences early on in their marriage, which is going on 57½ years. They like knowing that their planned bequest, which is largely unrestricted, will complement gifts they’ve made for House Renewal and financial aid in honor of Bill’s reunions.

Alumni Jose Cerda III AB '88, Koma Gandy Fischbein AB '95, and Theresa Reno-Weber MPP '08 reflect on their paths to public service and offer advice to the Class of 2020.

The Harvard-led Massachusetts Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (MassCPR) is providing funds for 62 research projects focused on various aspects of the pandemic.

Through their nonprofit Hikma Health, brothers Hassaan Ebrahim MPP '21 and Senan Ebrahim AB '12, PhD '19, MD '20 have developed software to screen for COVID-19 symptoms in refugee camps.

Martin Chávez AB '85, SM '85 and Beth Karlan AB '78, MD '82 will occupy senior posts on Harvard University's Board of Overseers for the 2020–21 academic year.

Judy Salerno SM ’76, MD ’85, SPH ’85, Tony Dajer AB ’78, and Mallika Marshall AB ’92 share their experiences as physicians working on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis.

The Harvard economist’s work focuses on the lasting effects that conflicts, economic conditions, and institutions can have on a society.

Labs across Harvard are working on different methods to develop a vaccine that could help end the coronavirus pandemic.

Due to the temporary suspension of construction work related to the coronavirus public health emergency, Harvard has delayed the formal opening of the Science and Engineering Complex in Allston until early 2021.

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.

Technology created in Harvard labs and supported by entrepreneurship resources on campus is providing a boost to Massachusetts coronavirus testing.

Teams of medical researchers across the University have joined the race to find a treatment for the novel coronavirus as the global pandemic intensifies.

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.

As University facilities have shut down, faculty and staff have gathered essential supplies for health care workers.

Within days of the escalation of infections in Massachusetts, hundreds of Harvard Medical School students began mobilizing to provide voluntary support to clinicians.

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.