Tag: 2008
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Nation & World
Curbing carbon on campus
Harvard University achieves ambitious climate goal set in 2008.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Nation & World
Faust’s first year
In her Commencement 2008 address, Drew Faust reflects on her first year as president of Harvard University.
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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.