Harvard professor Homi K. Bhabha won a Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian honors this week, according to an announcement made last Wednesday by the Indian government.

Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 and Executive Vice President Katherine N. Lapp are reviewing “aspects of organizational design” in the University’s restructuring of its library system, according to a statement from a University spokesperson.

Corral and fellow poets Rosa Alcalá and Aracelis Girmay were the featured speakers at the inaugural Latino/a Poetry Now event held Tuesday night at the Barker Center.

New Director of the Chinese Language Program Jennifer L. C. Liu has named fostering a greater sense of community among associated faculty members as her major priority since taking the helm of the program this fall.

During a career that spanned well over 50 years, Handlin earned a reputation as one of the most influential historians in the United States.

As the School recovers and the deficit slims, departments are evaluating the state of their faculties and identifying the holes that have appeared.

Some professors say that the College is ill-equipped to offer a comprehensive undergraduate education on the modern Middle East.

Harvard’s Department of History of Art and Architecture and the Graduate School of Design are developing a new undergraduate concentration in architectural studies planned to be offered for the first time in the fall of 2012.

McCormick is among a growing number of faculty members who supplement their regular office hours with additional time slots for students to contact them virtually.

Harvard is solidifying plans to lead one of the largest national efforts to create a digitized public library, which might eventually include all printed books.