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Campus & Community
Text of Justice David Souter’s speech
Harvard Commencement remarks, as delivered by Justice David H. Souter, May 27, 2010.
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Campus & Community
Korea Institute offers undergraduates Korean study opportunities
The Korea Institute at Harvard University promotes the study of Korea and brings together faculty, students, distinguished scholars, and visitors to create a leading Korean Studies community at Harvard.
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Campus & Community
HAA announces 2010 Board of Overseers election results
The president of the Harvard Alumni Association today (May 27) announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers.
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Campus & Community
‘You have to give back’
Graduating senior Portia Botchway enjoyed mentoring Boston-area students during her Harvard years. Now, she’ll become a teacher for them this fall.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Extension School to host general info session on June 15
The Harvard Extension School will host a general information session on Tuesday, June 15, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. in Memorial Hall and the Science Center. The session is designed for anyone interested in learning more about the School and its offerings, including more than 600 courses and liberal arts and professional degree programs.
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Campus & Community
Steinem to receive Radcliffe Medal
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has announced that Gloria Steinem, a pioneering feminist, award-winning journalist, and best-selling author, will be awarded the 2010 Radcliffe Institute Medal at the Radcliffe Day luncheon on May 28.
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Campus & Community
Parting words
We usually think of commencement as college’s end, but the word actually means the beginning, since everyday life is what follows. In this video, seven renowned Harvard instructors give their takeaway advice on how to thrive in the wider world, how to chart a fulfilling future, and how to give back along the way.
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Campus & Community
Asia Center to support travel for 66 students from Harvard
This summer, the Asia Center will support 66 students traveling to East, South, and Southeast Asia to conduct research, participate in internships, and pursue intensive language study.
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Campus & Community
Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies aids student research
The Fairbank Center collaborates with the Harvard University Asia Center to offer undergraduate and graduate student grants for Chinese language study and research travel.
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Campus & Community
Reischauer Institute funds Japanese research, travel
For the 2009-10 academic school year and summer of 2010, the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies has funded or facilitated the travel to Japan of 112 Harvard students, undergraduate and graduate, and has funded others for language study and research related to Japan, but conducted in other locations, from Cambridge to Moscow.
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Campus & Community
Harvard China Fund supports student efforts
Established in 2006 under the Office of the Provost, the Harvard China Fund (HCF) is a University-wide “academic venture fund” with three core objectives: partnerships, students, and presence.
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Campus & Community
David Rockefeller International Experience Grants Program
In the second year of the David Rockefeller International Experience Grants Program, more than 400 Harvard College students accepted funding for international internships, volunteer projects, study abroad programs, and research opportunities in 53 countries across the world.
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Campus & Community
CES awards travel grants for 2010-11
The Center for European Studies has awarded senior thesis travel grants to 34 undergraduates and 18 graduate students to fund summer research.
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Campus & Community
Marie-Ange Bunga of HKS starts Congo Initiative at Harvard
Outgoing Harvard Kennedy School student Marie-Ange Bunga started the Congo Initiative at Harvard, aiming to increase awareness about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and hopes her cause will live on in the next generation of concerned students.
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Campus & Community
Reimers appointed to U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
Fernando M. Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and director of the International Education Policy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to serve on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.
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Campus & Community
FAS names four full professors for 2010-11
The following faculty members have been named full professors with tenure in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences: David Charbonneau, Matthew Nock, James M. Snyder Jr., and Malika Zeghal.
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Campus & Community
Two HBS professors win prize for sustainability issues in curricula
HBS professors Forest L. Reinhardt and Michael W. Toffel share the 2009 D. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for sustainability issues in business curricula.
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Campus & Community
HEEP awards 2009-10 student prizes
The Harvard Environmental Economics Program recently awarded four prizes to Harvard University students for the best research papers addressing a topic in environmental, energy, or resource economics.
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Campus & Community
Eck speaker for 138th Berea College Commencement
Diana L. Eck, Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society and professor of comparative religion and Indian studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, was the speaker for Berea College’s 138th Commencement on May 23, and will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
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Campus & Community
Graduate School of Design appoints three to faculty
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) has named Michael Hooper, Rahul Mehrotra and Joyce Klein Rosenthal to the GSD faculty, effective July 2010.
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Campus & Community
HKS alumni honored
Three accomplished leaders have been named recipients of 2010 Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) alumni awards. The awards were presented during ceremonies at the School on Class Reunion Weekend (May 14-15).
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Campus & Community
Thomas T. Hoopes Prize awarded
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has recently awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize to 89 Harvard College seniors, in recognition of outstanding research or scholarly work.
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Campus & Community
Eight from Harvard elected to American Philosophical Society
The American Philosophical Society, the oldest learned society in the United States, recently elected eight new members from Harvard into this year’s class of scholars.
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Campus & Community
HBS professor named fellow
Harvard Business School professor Josh Lerner has been named a fellow of the European Corporate Governance Institute.
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Campus & Community
Degrees, certificates awarded at 359th Commencement
Today (May 27) the University awarded a total of 6,777 degrees and 81 certificates. A breakdown of the degrees by schools and programs follows. Harvard College granted a total of…
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Nation & World
Changing lives, including her own
A Harvard undergraduate travels to China to visit an orphanage she aided from afar, and sees the impact of her public service.
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Arts & Culture
What they’re reading
A survey of top Harvard faculty shows what books they’re reading and enjoying on summer’s edge.
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Arts & Culture
An explosion of creativity
The American Repertory Theater concludes its inventive first year under Diane Paulus with the premiere of the musical “Johnny Baseball.”
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Campus & Community
Extension School recognizes outstanding grads
Each Commencement, the Harvard Extension School recognizes the notable accomplishments of its top graduates and outstanding faculty with numerous awards and prizes