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On Lamont’s 75th Anniversary, Librarians Reflect on ‘Microcosm’ of Campus History

Situated in the southeast corner of Harvard Yard, Lamont — which celebrated its 75th anniversary last month — holds the Harvard Library’s main undergraduate collection for the humanities and social sciences. It was constructed in 1949, funded by a donation from 1892 alumnus Thomas W. Lamont.


‘Trailblazers’: Harvard Students Celebrate 3rd Annual FGLI Visibility Week

More than 200 Harvard students and affiliates celebrated the third annual First Generation, Low Income Visibility Week with workshops, fireside chats, and affinity spaces.


Harvard Affiliates Celebrate Day of the Dead with Ofrenda, Soiree

Widener Library’s West Stacks Reading Room, which ordinarily sees students quietly studying, instead housed an ofrenda with photos of students’ loved ones as affiliates celebrated Día de los Muertos on Wednesday.


Sherrilyn Ifill Urges Attendees to Reimagine Democracy at Annual MLK Lecture

Sherrilyn Ifill, the former president of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said a healthy democracy could not coexist with white supremacy and systemic racism during Harvard’s annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture on Tuesday.