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By: Joshua Poupore/
November 12, 2009
Arts Bridge is an initiative developed by recent alumni in the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Now current students in the program are teaching kids from Allston and Brighton how to make their own films.
Harvard has hosted its Allston and Brighton neighbors to an early reception and a football game for the past 20 years. It is a bookend to Cambridge Football Day, which was held earlier this month.
A day in the life of President Faust
A university president's day is packed with public presentations, private meetings, and a steady stream of phone calls and visitors. A photo essay chronicles one day on President Faust's schedule, from dawn till dusk.
More than 60 Harvard volunteers descended on the 80-year-old Cambridge Community Center Inc. (CCC) Saturday (Oct. 24) for a much-needed, daylong facelift.
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For the fourth-straight year, Harvard is at the top of the 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, a report that grades the green credentials of 300 colleges and universities.
President Drew Faust addresses the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, discusses tough economic times, recommitment to expansion, and ties with Allston neighborhood.
Fans enjoy Cambridge Football Day
Harvard welcomed many football-loving residents of Cambridge on Saturday (Oct. 17) to its annual Cambridge Football Day.
Volunteers from across the University are lending a hand to the Greater Boston Food Bank from November through May.
New Crimson Kids Program offers free football and more
Harvard University is kicking off the 2009 football season with a new “Crimson Kids” program.
$100,000 in grants available for community projects
The second round of Harvard Allston Partnership Grant Funds totaling $100,000 are now available to community members and nonprofit groups to help support neighborhood improvement projects, cultural enrichment, and education programs benefiting the North Allston/North Brighton community.
Harvard Graduate School of Design students unite to help Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood bring back a local library that was demolished 50 years ago to make way for Boston’s Central Artery.
Oil workshop illuminates complex issue for teachers
Elementary and high school teachers attend a weeklong Harvard workshop on oil and the economic, political, and environmental issues that accompany it.
Chairs, tables, performances come to the Yard
To enhance the Harvard community’s campus experience, the University will install tables and chairs within Harvard Yard and the Radcliffe Quad and host open-air performances.
Harvard Allston Farmers’ Market hosts health and nutrition fair Friday
In addition to the market’s fresh, seasonal produce from local farmers, this family event will feature a variety of health related displays for people of every age. The Joseph Smith Health Center will be conducting free glucose, cholesterol, and blood pressure screenings. The Fair will offer information on walking and biking in Boston…
Faust shares research techniques with Crimson Summer Academy students
Budding young scholars met with one of the University’s top scholars to learn about the finer points of academic research, the field of history, and what it’s like to be the president of Harvard.
New report highlights depth of Harvard’s community engagement
In a single year, approximately 7,000 Harvard University students collectively performed more than 900,000 hours of community service work in and around metropolitan Boston, according to a new report released Thursday (July 23). This commitment by Harvard students in 2005-06 was the equivalent of having 450 people working full time, year-round, providing community services in local neighborhoods.
New Library Park in Allston will be quiet, green, tree-filled learning space
Last week (July 8), Harvard University planners presented preliminary designs to residents of Allston for the new 1.74-acre public park to be constructed behind the Honan-Allston Branch of the Boston Public Library on North Harvard Street.
Five area educators honored with Conant Fellowships
The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) presented five educators from the Boston and Cambridge public school systems with James Bryant Conant Fellowships in June. Each of the recipients will receive one year of study at HGSE.
Regional bounty graces Allston market
Welcome solar rays scrubbed clouds out of the sky and shone down on the Harvard Allston Farmers’ Market. Now in its second year, the market is open every Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m., through October. Bring big bags, and your appetite.
$100,000 in grants go to community projects
Over the next five years, Harvard will award grants to nonprofit groups serving North Allston/North Brighton.
As thousands of Harvard students celebrate their graduation in grand style, the first graduating class from a project across the river will depart with little fanfare but immeasurable success.
HGSE students go back to high school — to mentor
When Alexandra Fuentes and Alicia Rosenberg enlisted in the Teacher Education Program (TEP) as students in the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE), they were infiltrating a chaotic realm of teenagers and homework — and life would never be the same again: They were going back to high school.
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