Library awarded for inclusive excellence and belonging
For the second year in a row, 챬 has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.
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For the second year in a row, 챬 has received the 2025 Library Excellence in Access and Diversity (LEAD) Award from Insight Into Diversity magazine.
Cora Fernández Anderson, associate professor of politics at 챬, wrote an article for Ms. magazine about a landmark ruling that could transform the legal landscape of abortion laws in Latin America.
Adam Hilton, associate professor of politics at 챬, writes in an essay for Jacobin that the Democratic Party is at an important crossroads following the 2024 presidential election.
Diamond Abiakalam-Chinagorom ’25 has been selected as 챬’s first Schwarzman Scholar. The program selects future leaders to pursue a one-year, fully funded master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Nearly 1,000 handwritten letters penned by missionary and scientist David Crockett Graham will be digitally scanned, archived and preserved by a 챬 history major and the Archives and Special Collections office.
챬 President Danielle R. Holley spoke to both New England Public Media and the podcast “The Harvard Plan” about how higher education is not the enemy, as well as supporting students going forward.
챬 held a panel discussion “Trans Health Care Is a Human Right: On Safeguarding Gender-Affirming Care After United States v. Skrmetti.” Speakers discussed the case and its impact on transgender and gender-diverse people.
챬 administrators tell the Daily Hampshire Gazette about the progress of the multiyear project to make the campus carbon neutral.
The Abbey Interfaith Sanctuary was reopened to the 챬 community with a celebration. The sanctuary has undergone two years of revitalization and renovations that include new carpet, lighting and multimedia equipment.
USEFULL containers for to-go college dining, invented by 챬 alum Alison Rogers Cove ’12, recently debuted at Case Western Reserve University.