Tag: 367th Commencement
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Campus & Community
The myriad moments of Commencement
The weeklong buildup to Commencement Day’s ancient and scripted rites is a feast for the eyes, the ears, the palate, but mostly the heart.
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Campus & Community
Facing the future, Lewis and Faust see reason for hope
Harvard Commencement Speaker John Lewis exhorts graduates to get to work in the fight for justice.
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Campus & Community
Harvard awards 8,042 degrees and certificates
Harvard University awarded a total of 8,042 degrees and certificates over the 2017–18 academic year.
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Campus & Community
Orators speak to inspire at Commencement
Three student orators — Pete Davis, Christopher Egi, and Phoebe Lakin — will deliver speeches in both English and Latin during Morning Exercises in Tercentenary Theatre.
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Campus & Community
Adichie: ‘Protect and value the truth’
Nigerian novelist Ngozi Adichie, Harvard’s Class Day speaker, urges graduating seniors to ‘protect and value the truth’ in their own lives.
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Campus & Community
GSAS recognizes four with its highest honor
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences presented the Centennial Medal to four distinguished alumni who have made fundamental and lasting contributions to knowledge, to their disciplines, to their colleagues, and to society.
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Campus & Community
Finding a link to the human in algorithms setting justice
Priscilla Guo ’18 found 49 of the 50 states use predictive algorithms in bail, pretrial, and sentencing hearings. Her thesis uncovers their flaws.
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Health
Leveling the medical playing field
Harvard Medical School graduate Mary Tate wants to reduce the inequities that exist in Americans’ health by reaching out to disadvantaged communities and working to improve their patient care.
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Campus & Community
A plan to pay it forward, each step of the way
Harvard Law School grad Raj Salhotra launched a program to provide mentors to help others find path to college.
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Arts & Culture
From playing a DA on TV to running for Congress
Former model and “Law & Order: SVU” actress Diane Neal is using what she learned at Harvard to fuel a run for office.
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Nation & World
The right footprints
Gabrielle Scrimshaw ’18 is a Gleitsman Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School. The first in her family to attend college, she plans to start an investment firm for tribal businesses and indigenous entrepreneurs.
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Nation & World
Paramedic to Prague to Harvard
Oren Varnai, graduating from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s mid-career master of public health program, is a Foreign Service officer in Prague.
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Campus & Community
Alumni presented with Harvard Medal on Commencement
At the annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association on Commencement Day, President Drew Faust will present the 2018 Harvard Medal to Robert Coles ’50, Robert N. Shapiro ’72, J.D. ’78, and Alice “Acey” Welch ’53 in recognition of their service to the University.
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Campus & Community
From heart-sick and road-weary to Harvard
After James Venable graduates in May with his bachelor’s degree, he heads to Yale Divinity School to work on a master’s degree in divinity, with plans to return to Harvard for a master’s in theological studies, and go on to Princeton for a doctorate in African-American religion.
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Campus & Community
Engaging alumni globally and personally
As Susan Morris Novick ’85 concludes her tenure as Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) president, she is optimistic about the future of the HAA as she prepares to hand the reins to her successor, Margaret Wang ’09.
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Health
A master’s degree that’s more than something to sing about
Already the master of 10 instruments and four languages, Jeniris González-Alverio, 29, wanted to earn a degree from the Graduate School of Education that she could use to help children and adults recover from injuries and overcome disabilities.
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Nation & World
The doctor gets a doctorate
Neither Wirun Limsawart’s knowledge as a doctor nor his work as a hospital manager could help him solve Thailand’s national crisis over health care malpractice.
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Nation & World
Time off from Harvard helped her thrive
Jee always knew she would take time off from her studies. What she didn’t know was how her time away from Cambridge would help her “fall back in love with Harvard,” and define her future path.
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Campus & Community
A revolution, 50 years in the making
The return of members of the Harvard and Radcliffe Class of 1968 for the 50th anniversary of their graduation proves cause to revisit an era of sweeping change.
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Arts & Culture
An opportunist looking to learn
Occasionem discere a quovis — “every moment a learning opportunity” — is what Theodore Delwiche ’18 discovered through the Radcliffe Institute Research Partnership Program.
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Nation & World
Her app for a socio-medical goal: Anthropology without borders
Margot Mai ’18 came to Harvard to pursue biology and pre-med, only to discover anthropology and change her concentration in her sophomore year.
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Campus & Community
Working with low-income children rewrites her story
After an internship with the Children’s Defense Fund Freedom Schools changed her life, Nicole Powell changed her trajectory and headed for Harvard Divinity School.
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Campus & Community
Exploring religion, building a life of service
Using her head and her hands, Haley Curtin ’18 has built the foundation of a meaningful life. Meaningful first of all to her.
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Arts & Culture
Dancer moves from stage to the study of religion
Dancer, actor, photographer Benjamin Grimm ’18 widened his focus to the comparative study of religion with a secondary degree in German and Scandinavian studies.
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Health
Uncertain chapter in dental student’s life
Lindsay D’Amato took a circuitous route from Missouri to the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, via graduate school in California, a two-year Peace Corps stint in Panama — and a detour for brain surgery.
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Arts & Culture
Changing his script to embrace the moments
Obstacles turned into stepping stones before Casey Khang Moore ’18 found new roles to explore at Harvard.
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Health
Through the lens of black health
Tania Fabo’s ambition is to bridge the gap between biomedical research in the laboratory and public health efforts to reduce health inequalities among minorities.
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Campus & Community
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie named Class Day speaker
Nigerian-born writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was selected to be Harvard College’s Class Day speaker as part of the University’s 367th Commencement Week celebration. The May 23 event will be streamed live online.
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Arts & Culture
A museum guide who hopes the group — and the art — talk back
Marshall Scholar Elizabeth Keto ’18 is looking forward to a career as a curator, with a focus on inclusivity.