Tag: 2008

  • Nation & World

    Curbing carbon on campus

    Harvard University achieves ambitious climate goal set in 2008.

    14 minutes
    Skyline view of Boston and Cambridge
  • Nation & World

    Harvard University Year in Pictures: 2008-2009

    2008-09 was a year of unprecedented challenges and undaunted spirit. Members of the University welcomed the Dalai Lama and Al Gore, honored Ted Kennedy, advanced the arts, and worked to better the world, locally, nationally, and internationally.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Faust presents Kennedy with honorary degree

    President Drew G. Faust recalls decades of accomplishments in the life of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. In one of his final public appearances before his death in August 2009, Faust confers upon Kennedy the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Election 2008 excitement

    Harvard students came together and tuned in to the national media at Election Night 2008 gatherings that ranged from small and quiet to large and loud, ultimately spilling into Harvard’s Yard and Square.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Faust’s first year

    In her Commencement 2008 address, Drew Faust reflects on her first year as president of Harvard University.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    The magic of J.K. Rowling

    J.K. Rowling inspires the Class of 2008 with a heartfelt, fluent talk about the uses of failure and imagination.

    1 minute