Year: 2004

Design School graduate Mollica Manandhars petite stature and soft voice give little indication of the determination and singleness of purpose that have guided her life since adolescence. Growing up in the city of Kathmandu in Nepal, Manandhar knew from an early age that she wanted to be an architect. Ask her why, and she answers…

Maribel Hernándezs parents moved their three children to Houston, Texas, from Mexico City when she was 13. They intended to learn English and then move back to Mexico being bilingual would open more doors in Mexico, and help them to get better jobs and earn more money. This was not to be.

To the extent that there is an average Harvard student, Berenika Zakrzewski 04 is no average Harvard student.

After Mark Jennings receives his M.Div. from Harvard Divinity School (HDS) today, hell end up right where he started: on the mean streets of one of the nations toughest cities. But now, as the executive director of the Los Angeles Ten Point Coalition, hell be ministering to youth who are at risk for losing their…

In the past three years, Daniel E. Ho has had three homes: one in Cambridge, Massachusetts, one in New Haven, Connecticut, and a virtual third on the road. Weve come to call this the Amtrak Degree, says Hos dissertation advisor, Gary King, the David Florence Professor of Government. Hes in a joint political science and…

Stephanie Saldana, who graduates with a master of theological studies (M.T.S.) degree from Harvard Divinity School today, recently heard that she was chosen to be a Fulbright scholar next year in Damascus, Syria, where she will research the Muslim Jesus both historically and in the current moment, focusing on how the figure of Jesus has…

When Sonny Chheng receives his diploma from Harvard Business School (HBS) this June, it will be a moment he will treasure for the rest of his life.

On a recent Friday between getting back from a training weekend in Pennsylvania and getting ready to head to Greenwich for the United States Squash Team trials, Louisa Hall 04 spent a few hours at the Science Center taking her final exam in English 17: American Literature. The delicate balancing act of academics, training, and…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

Theyll speak of things past, and of things yet to come. Theyll offer the knowing humor of one who has been there. And one will do it in Latin.

A joyous peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge today (June 10).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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…

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.

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…

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.