Tag: ” Drew Faust

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    Parents make a weekend of it

    Families converged in Cambridge for Freshman Parents Weekend, the annual welcoming of parents that features faculty presentations, tours of the libraries and museums, and the opportunity to sit in on classes. Approximately 2,000 family members came to Harvard to visit their student over the weekend.

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    Lone Star assembly

    The Harvard clubs of Dallas and San Antonio marked their centennials at a Your Harvard celebration with a gala dinner, bluegrass and piano performances, and remarks from Harvard President Drew Faust.

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    Menino remembered

    Thomas M. Menino, who was a transformative mayor of Boston for 20 years and worked with Harvard officials on myriad projects, is dead at 71. The Harvard community mourned his loss.

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    Faust makes ‘the case for college’

    In the face of mounting concerns about the cost and value of college, higher education continues to be the most effective route to economic and personal success, Harvard President Drew Faust argued during an address in Dallas Friday to nearly 500 high school students, teachers, and guidance counselors.

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    Harvard in Mexico City

    Harvard alumni and friends gathered in Mexico City for the latest event in the Your Harvard series. President Drew Faust, faculty members, and local alumni celebrated the many connections shared by Harvard and Mexico, some dating back more than a century.

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    Hanging a welcome sign for art

    Thomas W. Lentz, director of the Harvard Art Museums, led a panel discussion about the role of the university art museum as a laboratory for learning in an academic setting and in the broader cultural ecosystem.

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    Q&A with departing Dean Ellwood

    In a question-and-answer session, Harvard Kennedy School Dean David T. Ellwood, whose 11 years in that position will conclude next spring, discusses how the School changed during his tenure, how it is evolving, and what comes next for him.

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    Giant leap against diabetes

    Harvard stem cell researchers announced a giant leap forward in the quest to find a truly effective treatment for type 1 diabetes, a disease that affects an estimated 3 million Americans.

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    Harvard’s Mexican connections

    Harvard’s relationship to Mexico is deep, diverse, and longstanding. Here’s an overview of those connections.

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    Heenan to step down in February

    Vice President for Public Affairs and Communications Christine Heenan, who pushed Harvard communications fully into the digital age and led government and community affairs through federal budget cutbacks, the reboot of Harvard’s Allston relations, and other challenges, will step down as vice president in February, the University announced.

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    Powerful voices

    The W.E.B. Du Bois Medal was awarded to seven recipients, who were recognized for their outstanding contributions to African-American culture. The special ceremony concluded with a ribbon-cutting for the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art at the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.

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    Stephen Blyth to lead Harvard Management Company

    Stephen Blyth will become the next president and chief executive officer of Harvard Management Company, Harvard University announced today.

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    Microbursts in learning

    The annual Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching conference forges path between engagement and distance.

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    A sense of direction

    President Drew Faust discussed challenges facing Harvard at the start of a new academic year in a conversation with journalist Nicholas Kristof at Sanders Theatre.

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    $350M gift to tackle public health challenges

    The Harvard School of Public Health announced its — and Harvard University’s — largest-ever gift, $350 million from The Morningside Foundation, which will rename the School and foster programs to improve health in several key areas.

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    Gaining traction

    One year into his tenure, Dean James Ryan of the Harvard Graduate School of Education is setting a course for the future.

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    Settling in

    The members of Harvard’s Class of 2018 arrive and move into their dorms, where they are welcomed by University leaders.

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    Dan Shore to step down

    Dan Shore, who has been Harvard’s chief financial officer and vice president for finance, will leave the University this fall.

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    Academic boot camp

    Harvard President Drew Faust welcomed to campus the Warrior-Scholar Project, an academic boot camp for veterans thinking of applying to college, while Professor Harvey C. Mansfield Jr. introduced the students to the two works he considers seminal to understanding American politics.

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    Energy research wins grant

    Harvard chemist Cynthia Friend has been awarded a major center grant from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Basic Energy Sciences’ Energy Frontier Research Centers program, which is designed “to accelerate the scientific breakthroughs needed to build the 21st-century energy economy.”

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    A new sexual assault policy

    Harvard University has unveiled a University-wide policy and set of procedures to prevent sexual harassment, including sexual violence related to gender, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

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    Harvard Management Company turns 40

    University and Harvard Management Company officials gathered Thursday to mark the anniversary of the latter’s founding, which made Harvard one of the first universities with a specialized organization to oversee its institutional investments.

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    Above and beyond

    Harvard Heroes ceremony celebrates 64 unsung staffers for their unusual and valuable contributions to University life.

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    Mendillo to step down

    After six years as the helm of Harvard Management Company, which oversees Harvard University’s endowment, President and Chief Executive Officer Jane Mendillo says she will step down at the end of the year.

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    Faust says women should press ahead

    Harvard President Drew Faust was honored with the Radcliffe Medal on Friday during Radcliffe Day, an annual Commencement week celebration that unites hundreds of fellows, alumnae and friends for a day of discussions, luncheon and medal ceremony. The day also marked the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study’s 15-year anniversary.

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    ‘There’s no easy time to say hard things’

    Delivering Harvard’s Commencement address, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called on the Class of 2014 to safeguard free speech and inquiry, rights that he said are under attack both in Washington, D.C., and on college campuses across the country.

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    Snapshots of a sun-splashed day

    A roundup of capsule stories and photos surrounding Harvard’s 363rd Commencement.

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    Harvard Campaign on track

    Donors have given $1 billion to The Harvard Campaign since its public launch in September, bringing the total raised to more than $3.8 billion.

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    A celebration of ideas

    The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is turning 15, with 900 of its closest friends in attendance. During the ceremonies, the institute will award the Radcliffe Medal to its former dean, Harvard President Drew Faust.

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    The import of ‘Breaking Good’

    Harvard President Drew Faust bid farewell to the graduating seniors of the Class of 2014 on Tuesday during the annual Baccalaureate Service in Harvard’s Memorial Church.

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