Tag: Adams House

  • Nation & World

    Not just hot air

    Efforts to make the University sustainable have played a critical role in changing everyday behavior, from recycling to composting to conserving energy. In the process, Harvard serves as a kind of experimental model.

    9 minutes
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    PBK inducts Class of 2012 members

    The Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, will induct 24 juniors at a formal ceremony at Leverett House on April 25.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A sort of homecoming

    On Harvard’s annual Housing Day, freshmen receive their housing assignments for the next three years.

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    Glimpses of screenwriting

    Harvard grad Roland Tec, a filmmaker, writer, director, producer, and Harvard graduate, explored the inner workings of his craft during a January arts intensive.

    4 minutes
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    Students go Dada over project

    A group of Harvard undergrads collaborated on period artworks that grace the Loeb’s lobby for the A.R.T.’s avant-garde musical “The Blue Flower.”

    4 minutes
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    48 seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa

    Forty-eight seniors were recently elected to the Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Iota of Massachusetts.

    2 minutes
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    A look inside: Adams House

    Drag Night in Adams House lets its residents really strut their stuff.

    2 minutes
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    A look inside: Adams House

    Bow and Arrow Press of Adams House hosts a weekly “Party in the Press,” where residents take part in the historic process of printing.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Poetry on ice, paper

    Loren Galler Rabinowitz ’10 used her creativity, intelligence, and drive to evolve from professional skating to Harvard, and soon to medical school.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Emily as art

    A Harvard artist and wordsmith takes a turn at reimaging the poems of Emily Dickinson.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Around the Schools: Faculty of Arts & Sciences

    Swimming after eating may be a dubious decision, but a film series about food in a pool? That’s another story.

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    Putt, putt, putting green to work

    Every day and all year round, Adams House dining hall general manager David A. Seley commutes to Harvard on a moped — a lesson in green transportation that he hopes engenders thought and promotes action.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Adams Pool Theatre

    From a baroque playground for the rich to a theater for the entertainment of all, here’s the curious chrinocle of the Adams House Pool Theatre.

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    Play space

    The Adams House Pool Theatre sits in the heart of Westmorly Court, one of the several “Gold Coast” dormitories that now make up Adams House. Originally built as a pool, the space has become home to unconventional, spirited productions and has gained a reputation as an alternative venue on campus.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    U.K. anti-poverty strategy working, almost

    In May 1997, Britain’s Labor Party won an election that ended nearly two decades of Conservative Party rule. The new liberal government, promising radical reform, took over a booming economy. But it also inherited an increase in poverty that had been rising steeply since the 1970s.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    In brief

    Money Mondays offer help; Harvard Real Estate Services plans home-buying seminar; Fontainebleau Schools info session in Adams House; Global health workshop, Dec. 3; Holiday gifts for those in need; A musical invitation

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  • Nation & World

    Newsmakers

    Klaber selected for summit J.D./M.B.A. student Andrew Klaber has been selected as one of 160 emerging leaders from 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific region who will gather at the Four Seasons Hotel in Tokyo for the Asia Society’s Third Annual Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit.

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