In his Baccalaureate address, Lawrence H. Summers spoke to the graduating seniors less as Harvards president and more as an honorary member of the Class of 2005, which, in a manner of speaking, he is.
Former CIA Director John M. Deutch, institute professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), said that the United States is not making progress toward key objectives in Iraq and called for American troops to pull out as soon as possible during a speech Tuesday (June 7) at Harvards Sanders Theatre.
Seven Harvard College seniors began their service to the nation yesterday (June 8) at the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) commissioning ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre. Smaller but no less traditional than todays Commencement Exercises, the commissioning ceremony featured remarks by President Lawrence H. Summers and reflections from Harvard alumni on their lives as scholars and soldiers.
Saying that each generation has a chance to be the greatest generation, NBC News Washington bureau chief and Meet the Press moderator Tim Russert urged members of Harvards Class of 2005 Wednesday (June 8) to seize their opportunity to make the world a better place.
Joshua Reyes 05 of Leverett House and Navin Kumar 06 of Kirkland House have been named this years David Aloian Memorial Scholars. The two will be honored at the Harvard Alumni Associations (HAA) fall dinner in October.
A joyous peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge today (June 9). In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the countrys oldest university – and of our earlier history when bells of varying tones summoned us from sleep to prayer, work, or study – this ancient yet new sound will fill Harvard Square and the surrounding area with music when a number of neighboring churches and institutions ring out at the conclusion of Harvards 354th Commencement Exercises.
Harvard quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick 05 takes on the game of life much the same way he approaches football: with a quick wit, keen instincts, and a talent for adapting to his surroundings. Beginning with his days as an Arizona All-Star with Highland High School in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, to his four seasons of rewriting the Harvard record books, to his most recent coup – garnering the 250th pick in Aprils NFL Draft – Fitzpatrick has always made the most of second-chance opportunities, dusting his opponents and naysayers along the way.
While still a graduate student, Wendy Winckler took part in a major discovery about the nature of the human genome. She worked in the laboratory of David Altshuler, an associate professor of genetics at the Medical School, on recombination, the process by which a father and mothers DNA gets reshuffled to create new variations of genes in their children. Although this is one of lifes most basic processes, surprisingly little is known about how it happens and how it can be used to study the risk of genetic diseases.
For Erika de Lone, todays graduation was a long time coming. So long, in fact, that classmates with whom she began her Harvard journey are going to be back on campus – for their 10th reunion.
Since 1994, Tucker McCravy has made Sri Lanka his second home, first as a Peace Corps volunteer and then as the catalyst for several educational ventures there. So when areas of the nation were devastated by the December tsunami, McCravy knew just what children in refugee camps needed.
Mathematicians have a reputation for being a bit detached from the concerns of ordinary mortals. Living in a realm of abstract ideas, of seductive puzzles and tantalizing conundrums, they tend to regard the ordinary physical world as so much clutter, annoyances to be perfunctorily dealt with before returning to their equations and proofs.
Nathaniel Fogg, graduating from Harvard Business School this year, is something not often found on an Ivy League campus in this age of an all-voluntary military: a veteran of the United States Navy.
The Harvard Committee on African Studies has awarded 11 research grants for undergraduate and graduate students to travel to sub-Saharan Africa during the summer of 2005.
The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) recently presented five outstanding educators in the Boston and Cambridge public school systems with James Bryant Conant Fellowships. The awards, which were given…
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies has announced the recipients of its 2005-06 fellowships, prizes, research travel grants, and internships. A total of eight postdoctoral and senior fellowships have…
The committee of the Howard T. Fisher Prize in Geographical Information Science (GIS) at Harvard has announced the recipients of the award for the 2004-05 academic year.
Today the University awarded a total of 6,580 degrees and 224 certificates. A breakdown of the degrees by schools and programs follows. Harvard College granted a total of 1,590 degrees.
This year, the Harvard University Extension Schools Commencement Speaker Award will go to Monica Antoinette Brooker A.L.B., cum laude. Brooker will speak on the topic Commencement as Perfection this afternoon (June 9).
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department for the week ending June 6. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor, and is available online at http://www.hupd.harvard.edu/.
Mary Ellen Avery Doctor of Science Mary Ellen Avery, recipient of an honorary doctor of science degree, received the National Medal of Science in 1991 for her discovery of the…
Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark announced Monday (June 6) that he will step down on July 31, in order to accept the role of president of Brigham Young University, Idaho, shortly thereafter. Clark was named dean of Harvard Business School (HBS) in 1995 he is the eighth dean in the Schools 97-year history.
PBHA and Class of ’55 fete 100 years of service More than 100 members from the Class of 1955 kicked off their 50th reunion at a June 5 dinner reception…
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