Mother and son graduate from Harvard together

Sharing Commencement will make the milestone twice as meaningful

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Putting the Glass Flowers in new light

Gallery set to reopen after major renovation

RoboBees can perch to save energy

New technique can extend the flying time of microrobots

From Swahili to Twi: Africa’s many languages are studied at Harvard

African Language Program reflects two dozen ways in which a vast, rising continent speaks

Harvard students say farewell: 360° video experience

Step inside Harvard’s most iconic spaces in this graduation farewell from Sreeja

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Events

Sat., May 21, 2016, 9:00am - 5:00pm

Glass Flowers at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

Sun., May 22, 2016

Crossing Kazakhstan: The Monumentality of Linear Landscape

Wed., May 25, 2016, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Your Story Has Touched My Heart

Fri., May 27, 2016, 7:30pm - 9:00pm

In the Body of the World

Tue., May 31, 2016, 1:00pm - 5:00pm

Preparing Health Systems for an Aging Global Population Symposium

Sun., June 5, 2016, 10:00am - 5:00pm

Members Open House

Multimedia

Spider superheroes at the Harvard Ed Portal

Local students visit the Harvard Ed Portal in Allston for a workshop named Spider Superheroes. The class teaches students all about spiders, and some of the remarkable things they can do, such as jumping really long distances, dancing, living underwater, ballooning through the air, changing colors, and sometimes even being mistaken for jewels. 

The Air Force of the Future | PolicyCast

US Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James discusses the return of the Air Force's Reserve Officer Training Corps to Harvard; how remotely piloted drones have affected the United States' modern approach to warfare; whether serious issues regarding the command and control of US nuclear weapons have been adequately addressed; why the modernization of the nuclear arsenal is worth the $1 trillion it is expected to cost; and how the Air Force can foster more diversity in its ranks.

Latest Harvard Gazette News

A new platform for discovering antibiotics

Harvard chemists have created a platform for discovering antibiotics that they hope will shorten the time and difficulty involved in measuring their effectiveness, even as the body’s resistance to …

Books of their youth

The Gazette asked a group of Harvard professors to talk about a book from their student days that has since gained in resonance or meaning.

Wrapping her mind around the past

Rivka B. Hyland '16, an Islamic Studies concentrator who is proficient in eight languages, will continue her education at Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar this fall.

RoboBees can perch to save energy

A RoboBee equipped with an electrode patch is supplied with a charge, allowing it to stick to almost any surface, from glass to wood to a leaf. …

News from Around Harvard

Senate Confirms Marcela Escobari as Head of USAID Latin America & Caribbean Bureau

Escobari will lead the bureau and its initiatives on poverty, inequality, citizen security, corruption and climate change

Studying Indy’s Air

May 17, 2016NUVO Newsweekly By Amber Stearns @AmberLStearns A team of national and international researchers is in Indianapolis measuring greenhouse emissions in the city. Dr. Steven C. …

#PrimusPride: First Gen Student Union

I remember walking into Strauss Common Room during Visitas for the First Generation Student Union’s welcome event. …

You’re Never Done Finding Purpose at Work

The hunt for meaning continues.

5th International Social Life Cycle Assessment Conference

Mon, 06/13/2016 (All day) to Wed, 06/15/2016 (All day)Radcliffe Gymnasium, 10 Garden St. …

Talking About Faith in Public

What keeps believers from talking about faith in public? HDS Senior Lecturer Diane Moore, director of the Religious Literacy Project, offers insight.

Beth Forrestel awarded NSF Fellowship

Elisabeth Forrestel was awarded a NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology for Interdisciplinary Research Using Collections. …

Getting an Intricate Operation Back in Sync

Four steps for flawless execution.