Month: May 2015

  • Nation & World

    Honoring Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    Following a morning panel with legal scholars on the major trends and precedents of the U.S. Supreme Court, Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg received the annual Radcliffe Medal.

    9 minutes
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    ‘Only the beginning’

    With cameos by former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, world-famous soprano Renée Fleming, and even Academy Award-winning actress Natalie Portman ’03, Harvard’s 364th Commencement could not be described as boring.

    4 minutes
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    Seeking ethical clarity

    A group of students from China, Japan, and the United States — including four from Harvard — grappled with ethical concerns in a discussion led by Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Michael Sandel.

    4 minutes
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    No time to rest, Patrick says

    Commencement speaker Deval Patrick, the former governor of Massachusetts, called on graduates to follow talk with action on the most urgent problems of the day.

    4 minutes
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    At Commencement, the parents’ perspective

    Narrated by her proud parents, this video celebrates one of the greatest milestones yet for Katherine Kulik ’15, and those who guided her along the way to her graduation from Harvard.

    1 minute
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    Five Harvard Overseers elected

    The president of the Harvard Alumni Association today announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Sea of Crimson, canopy of green

    The sights and sounds of Harvard’s joyful 364th Commencement in the Yard.

    21 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Recognized as a force for change

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg, associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, is this year’s Radcliffe Medal recipient. Ginsburg will be honored at a luncheon on May 29 during Radcliffe Day, an annual celebration of Radcliffe.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    An advocate for others

    While at Harvard, Veronica Gloria ’15 worked to empower first-generation and Latino students like herself.

    3 minutes
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    Ready to change the world

    Lauren A. Taylor, who arrived at Harvard Divinity School in 2012 with a book contract and a desire to delve into global health partnerships, wants to change the public discourse around health care.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Ten to receive honorary degrees

    In addition to receiving an honorary degree, former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick will be principal speaker at the Afternoon Program. Other degree recipients include pioneers in art history, cooperation theory, emotional intelligence, and the sciences, along with leading figures in opera, human rights, and education.

    16 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The books that shaped them

    The Gazette spoke with six faculty members about the formative books that shaped their lives and even their scholarship. From the quirky to the downright serious, their responses offer a varied and candid look at what resonates.

    7 minutes
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    From ashram to Oxford

    Nishin Nathwani ’15 spent a gap year backpacking in India; an advocate for outsiders, eventually he decided to give college a try.

    3 minutes
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    A skier switches mountains

    When Elizabeth Strong ’15 came to Harvard, she was an athlete principally focused on competitive skiing. But gradually, she found a new passion in mechanical engineering.

    3 minutes
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    Engaging with the Harvard alumni community

    Outgoing Harvard Alumni Association President Cynthia A. Torres ’80, M.B.A. ’84, is passing the leadership to Paul L. Choi ’86, J.D. ’89.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    With experience at his fingertips

    New York financial expert George Koo is hoping to use his degree in international relations to propel him to a Ph.D. and later a potential job at the White House helping guide financial policy.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The Harvard Campaign, two years in

    Organizers see strong collaboration, solid alumni engagement, efforts already bearing fruit.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The sound of victory

    A joyous peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge today. In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university — and of our earlier history when…

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Mission accomplished

    After more than a decade as director, Thomas Lentz is departing, with sparkling, renewed Harvard Art Museums as his legacy.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Going forward, a look back

    The University in 2014-15 saw milestones with the reopening of the Harvard Art Museums and the renaming of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

    16 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Hard hats aplenty

    Harvard’s Schools are hammering out construction projects to meet modern educational needs.

    4 minutes
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    HAA’s Harvard Medal recipients announced

    The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) announced that Charles J. Egan Jr. ’54, Michael E.A. Gellert ’53, Thomas W. Lentz Jr., A.M. ’81, Ph.D. ’85, Sandra O. Moose, A.M. ’65, Ph.D. ’68, and Robert D. Reischauer ’63 will receive the 2015 Harvard Medal.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘Be courageous,’ Giffords tells HLS grads

    Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, were Harvard Law School’s Class Day speakers on Wednesday.

    2 minutes
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    GSAS presents Centennial Medals

    The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences awarded the Centennial Medal to four of its alumni on May 27, honoring their “contributions to society as they have emerged from [their] graduate education at Harvard.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    EdX marks the spot

    Harvard’s online courses evolve, as hybrid models effectively continue to mix remote learning with on-campus interaction.

    4 minutes
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    Portman: I, too, battled self-doubt

    Class Day speaker tells seniors that even as a Harvard student and a successful actress, she questioned her worth, but she learned to set her own goals

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Dean Khurana’s freshman year

    After his freshman year as College dean, Rakesh Khurana takes stock, and reinforces the importance of diversity.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Youthful wisdom, times 3

    Student orators plan messages of hope, kindness, commitment, and perspective.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Crossing disciplines, finding knowledge

    At Harvard, many centers, courses, and collaborations maintain a sharp focus on the intellect, but they increasingly also are working to address everyday issues in life, and they’re crossing academic boundaries to do so more effectively.

    21 minutes
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    Graduating to a life in service

    Four Harvard seniors received their military assignments on Wednesday before family and friends during the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps commissioning ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre.

    4 minutes