When Radcliffe Medalist Margaret Atwood A.M. 62 studied at Radcliffe, pantyhose and birth control pills were future innovations and women were famously barred from Lamont Library.
The selection of three graduating students to deliver Commencement orations is one of the oldest customs of Harvards tradition-rich Commencement Ceremonies. Its origins hearken back the medieval university, when students publicly defended their academic work before their tutors.
Nine men and two women will receive honorary degrees in Harvards 352nd Commencement Exercises this morning, including Ernesto Zedillo, who will speak at the Commencement Afternoon Exercises.
The past year at Harvard was a year of accomplishment and discovery, a year of growth and exploration, a year of beginnings and endings. The students of the Class of 2003 went through their senior year rituals. They wrapped up their studies and handed off leadership of organizations, groups, and teams to next years seniors. They sat by the banks of the Charles and wondered what the world will hold for them next.
Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: Degree…
In order to gain admittance to Harvard Yard on Commencement morning, June 5, guests must have Commencement tickets, which they will be required to show at our gates.
June 1890 – Thirty-one-year-old Clement Garnett Morgan, Class of 1890, makes national headlines as the first black person chosen to deliver a Harvard senior class oration. Three years later, Morgan…
The Harvard University Portrait Collection has acquired two new portraits. Portraits of the late Arthur Lehman, A.B. 1894, and Adele Lewisohn Lehman were unveiled at a ceremony on May 15 at Lehman Hall. The portraits were the gift of the Lehmans grandson, Ambassador John L. Loeb Jr. 52, M.B.A. 1954. Located in the southwest corner of the Old Yard, Lehman Hall was built in 1924 as an administrative building through the generosity of Arthur Lehman.
Following are some of the incidents reported to the Harvard University Police Department (HUPD) for the week ending May 31. The official log is located at 1033 Massachusetts Ave., sixth floor.
Twenty-five years ago, when she was just 18 years old, Cindy Huff had a stroke that paralyzed her right side and left her unable to talk, read, or write. Feisty and focused, Huff, a server in Adams House for Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS), re-learned speech and literacy skills, then added driving, sewing, playing pool, and skiing to her curriculum.
For the most part the photos illuminating the dark theater are indistinguishable from one another. This is the building before… and this is the building after.
Margaret Atwood 62, Canadian novelist, poet, and critic, will receive the 2003 Radcliffe Medal on Friday, June 6, at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at the yearly Radcliffe Association luncheon.
At first glance, it is hard to see a campus on the 110 undeveloped acres that Harvard owns in North Allston. The parking lots, warehouses, and industrial sites are evidence that there is much groundwork to be done. Officials say it could take years, if not decades, before a new campus can be fully realized. Still, there has been an enormous amount of activity in the last year centered around planning and analyzing data and opinion from across the University. Through these efforts the University hopes to inform a decision on how to design and build an Allston campus.
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study is pleased to announce the names of the women and men selected as 2003-04 Radcliffe Fellows. While at Radcliffe, this years fellows will work individually and across disciplines on projects chosen for their quality and long-term impact. Together, the fellows distinguished endeavors are the focus of the institutes scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work in any of the academic disciplines, professions, or creative arts. Within that broad purpose, the institute sustains a continuing commitment to the study of women, gender, and society.
Celebrating the excellence and diversity of research by Harvard College seniors, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study awarded its 2003 Fay Prize to three students whose theses explored mangroves, motors, and the mind.
Albert W. 43 and Katharine E. Merck, enthusiastic advocates for excellence in public and private education, have given $15 million to Harvard to strengthen teacher training and instructional technology. With gifts to the Graduate School of Education (GSE) and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the Mercks will enable the University to share its pedagogical research with teachers of students of all ages around the world, and help improve the quality of undergraduate instruction in Harvard College.
Achievement at the Business School (HBS) takes many forms, both inside and outside the classroom. Each year the Deans Award recognizes individuals whose daily lives and actions embody and further define the Schools most important ideals. Five members of the Class of 2003 were honored by Dean Kim B. Clark for their outstanding contributions to the HBS community over the past two years they include the Rev. Thomas P. Doyle, C.S.C., Moon K. Lee, Brandt B. Pyles, Douglas K. Schillinger, and Matthew J. Turner.
One hundred seventy-one people were honored on Thursday (May 29) for reaching a milestone this year: 25 years of service to the University. The 49th annual 25 Year Recognition Ceremony – a unique event in that it recognizes both faculty and staff from across the entire University – was held at the Ropes-Gray Room, Pound Hall, Harvard Law School.
An art educator, a political philosopher, a bioethicist, and a Washington journalist received the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Centennial Medal on Wednesday, June 4, at the Harvard Faculty Club.
Harvards Class of 2003 reaped sage advice and congratulatory wishes from not one but two Class Day speakers yesterday (June 4): Saturday Night Live comedian and actor Will Ferrell and President George W. Bush, impersonated with hilarious accuracy by Ferrell.
Two extraordinary women contributed their inspiring presence to this years Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Literary Exercises. Ruth Simmons, president of Brown University, presented the oration, and Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, read the Phi Beta Kappa poem.
At Harvard College, no one has to live on campus after freshman year, yet an astonishing 97 percent of students continue to do so until graduation – and whether they know it or not, they have their house masters to thank.
As a part of its new program in Berlin, the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES) will be sending three Harvard College students to Berlin, where they will serve as interns at important German institutions of learning and research.
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