Stephanie B. Garlock

In July 2008, University President Drew G. Faust declared her intention to bring Harvard to the forefront of a global sustainability push.

Owada, whose father has served as a senior diplomat and President of the International Court of Justice, has spent her life—academically, professionally, and personally—dedicated to both the international community and Japan’s role in it.

In 1960, the student group known as the Emergency Public Integration Committee drew attention to anti-segregation activism.

Former Iowa Senator John C. Culver ’54 will serve as the interim director of the Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood ’75 announced in a statement yesterday.

Most kids who are granted an wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, they often choose something for themselves—a new video game, a chance to meet a celebrity, or a trip to Disney World. But Michael “Mikey” J. Friedman ’11 wanted to give his wish back.

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Stephen Goldsmith has been tapped for the position of New York City’s Deputy Mayor of Operations, the city’s second in command, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced on Friday.

Armed with caulk guns, foam insulation, and compact fluorescent light bulbs, sixty volunteers weatherproofed and made energy upgrades to the Phillips Brooks House yesterday.

John J. Sweeney—who later would become the president of the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations—was missing in action.

In July 2008, University President Drew G. Faust challenged Harvard to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent from the 2006 baseline level within the next decade.

Three Harvard students huddle outside a tent in the middle of a deserted Harvard Yard facing the statue of John Harvard at midnight last semester.