One of the worlds foremost constitutional scholars and a chemist whose groundbreaking work in nanotechnology has had far-reaching impact will become Harvards newest University Professors, President Lawrence H. Summers announced Monday (June 7).
Gomes receives five honorary degrees this spring The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes was awarded five honorary degrees this spring, including that of doctor of music from Westminster Choir College…
Summer orchestra to hold open auditions The Harvard Summer School Orchestra will hold open auditions June 28-July 1 from 5 to 9 p.m. in Lowell Hall (rooms B12 and B13).…
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending June 5. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
Security screening will be taking place at the entry points to Harvards Commencement today (June 10). All Harvard participants in the ceremony, including faculty, should bring their Harvard IDs. Both participants and guests are strongly advised not to bring bags as searches will delay entrance to the event.
I got the name Knowledge from my mother, says South African Knowledge Rajohane Raji Matshedisho. One reason was because it was a unique name, and the other is that she always wanted me to be one of those clever kids. Those are the two reasons she gave me.
As they wind down their doctoral studies at the Graduate School of Education (GSE), Susan Kardos, David Kauffman, Edward Liu, and Heather Peske leave an impressive body of work. Each has been lead author on an academic article and collaborator on a published book theyve delivered conference talks, conducted quantitative and qualitative research, written grant proposals, and extensively reviewed each others dissertations.
Shirley M. Tilghman, a world-renowned scientist and president of Princeton University, will receive the 2004 Radcliffe Institute Medal on Friday (June 11) at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard Universitys yearly Radcliffe Day luncheon.
Seven outstanding educators in the Boston and Cambridge community were honored by the Graduate School of Education (HGSE) on June 2 at the Faculty Club. The Conant Awards, which are given to support the professional growth of exemplary public school teachers and administrators, were awarded to Christine Colbath-Hess (Haggerty School), Robert Comeau (Another Course to College School), Folashade Cromwell (Young Achievers Science and Math Pilot School), Mary Skipper (TechBoston Academy), Christopher Stapel (Boston Community Leadership Academy), Emily Qailbash (Center for Leadership Development), and Gail Ranere-Nunes (Cambridgeport School).
Thomas E. Everhart 53, president emeritus of the California Institute of Technology, has been elected president of Harvards Board of Overseers for 2004-05. He will succeed C. Dixon Spangler Jr. M.B.A. 56, following Commencement.
The University Center for Ethics and the Professions has received a gift of $10 million from the Edmond J. Safra Philanthropic Foundation. The gift – initiated by Lily Safra, the widow of Edmond J. Safra – will support the core activities of the center, including faculty and graduate student fellowships, faculty and curricular development, and interfaculty collaboration. In recognition, the center will be renamed the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics.
Subhankar Banerjee insists that his 14-month photographic journey to the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge was unmotivated by politics. It was an artistic and spiritual quest, he says, that prompted him to quit his job as a scientist, take up photography – almost from scratch, and capture the landscape, nature, and culture that makes the remote Alaskan region unique.
Patricia OBrien, dean of the Simmons College School of Management, and co-master of Currier House, has been named deputy dean of Harvard College, a newly created position that will report to the dean of Harvard College. OBrien will begin her new role on Aug. 1.
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Dean Drew Gilpin Faust has announced the names of 46 men and women selected as 2004-05 Radcliffe fellows. While at Radcliffe, the fellows – among them eight creative artists, 14 humanists, 12 social scientists, and 11 scientists – will work individually and across disciplines on projects chosen for both quality and long-term impact. Together, the fellows distinguished academic, professional, and creative endeavors are the center of a scholarly community that was established when Radcliffe College merged with Harvard University to form the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Recent past fellows have included fiction writer Zadie Smith author and attorney Jennifer Harbury geophysicist Maria Zuber historian Darlene Clark Hine and anthropologist husband-and-wife team Jean and John L. Comaroff.
From Harvard A to Z, a new book written by former University Marshal Richard M. Hunt, former Harvard Magazine editor John T. Bethell, and former secretary of the Universitys governing boards the late Robert Shenton, comes an alphabetized amalgam of Harvard lore. A sampling of factoids appropriate to the commencing of graduates and the gathering of alumni follows:
Presiding over this years Commencement for the first time, new University Marshal Jackie ONeill has no reason to be surprised. She has, after all, attended 24 of the past 25 ceremonies, and the form of the event has hardly changed in that time.
The Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies has announced the recipients of its fellowships, prizes, dissertation completion grants, and research travel grants for 2004-05.
Ten Harvard College seniors swore to support and defend the U.S. Constitution Wednesday (June 9) as they were commissioned as officers in the U.S. armed forces during a ceremony in Harvards Tercentenary Theatre.
Think things through, Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers urged the Class of 2004, telling them to use throughout life the most valuable skill learned at Harvard: the ability to think deeply about problems that confront them.
British Prime Minister Tony Blairs dogged support for President Bushs Iraq war seems to many to reaffirm the special relationship that has existed between Britain and the United States ever since the two countries patched up their differences over the American Revolution.
Recipients of this years Elliot and Anne Richardson Fellowships in Public Service will be working in locales as distant as Africa and as close as Boston. Their efforts will assist children and adults on a wide variety of issues.
Sacha Baron Cohen, in the persona of bad boy rapper Ali G, amused Harvards Class of 2004 – and no doubt bemused their parents and older relations – with more awe than advice at Class Day ceremonies Wednesday afternoon (June 9) in Tercentenary Theatre.
Bachelor of ArtsCum laude in field of concentrationCum laude in general studiesMagna cum laude in field of concentrationMagna cum laude with highest honorsSumma cum laude in field of concentration Men1052192152253041Women421802122452632Total1473994274705673…
The following 92 seniors were recently elected to the Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. These students were formally inducted in a private ceremony before the Literary Exercises on June 8, joining 48 other seniors elected in November, and 24 juniors elected in the spring of 2004.
Last month, the Harvard Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa initiated 21 graduate students from the Graduate School of Education. Housed at the School, membership to the association is open to all who work in the educational field and related areas.
After seven tumultuous years traveling the world for Operation Smile, Ellen Agler took the past year at the Harvard School of Public Health not just to earn a masters degree in international health, but to reflect and plan her next steps.
Carolina Johnson knows just the job she wants after she graduates from Harvard College. She wants to represent the 25th District of Middlesex County in the Massachusetts legislature.
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