The topping-off ceremony, a construction rite rooted in ancient Scandinavian rituals, took place August 27 at the site of the future Pritzker Hall, which will house the Department of Economics. The building project was set in motion five years ago.
Through the Research Accelerator Challenge, donors raised $100 million for new endowed doctoral fellowships.
Hutchins Forum convened on “Balance of Power: Redistricting, Courts, and the Right to Vote”
When David Bakalar first set foot at Harvard, he was a 17-year-old child of immigrants commuting by bus from Lynn, Mass., his $500 “nonresident scholarship” covering tuition and a study space at Leverett House but not room and board.