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Campus & Community
Paul Tillich Lecture speaker announced
Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall of the Supreme Judicial Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, will deliver the fall 2010 Paul Tillich Lecture on Nov. 16 at 5:30 p.m. in the Memorial Church. The title of the lecture is to be announced.
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Campus & Community
HAA announces 2011 class marshals
The Harvard Alumni Association announced the 2011 class marshals on Sept. 28.
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Campus & Community
Halberstam honored with square
A square at the intersection of Linden, Bow, and Mt. Auburn streets has been named in honor of the late David L. Halberstam ’55, a journalist who wrote for The Harvard Crimson as an undergraduate.
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Campus & Community
New endowed coaching position
A gift from Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 establishes the Gregory Lee ’87 and Russell Ball ’88 Endowed Coach for Squash. Newly appointed director of squash Mike Way will be the first coach to hold the position.
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Campus & Community
Fundraising holds steady
Against an ongoing backdrop of global economic uncertainty, Harvard University raised $596 million in cash through fundraising efforts in fiscal year 2010. These results represent a less than 1 percent decline from the $602 million in cash raised in fiscal year 2009.
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Nation & World
Colleagues recall Kagan’s years at Harvard
At Harvard, new Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is remembered as an insightful intellectual, a tough-minded basketball player, and a colleague who had grit, graciousness, and patience.
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Nation & World
Harvard’s historic mark
As Elena Kagan becomes the 112th Supreme Court justice, she adds to an impressive list of now 23 justices who have one thing in common: Not only have they shaped the law in influential and historical ways — they all hail from Harvard.
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Campus & Community
Jeremy Lin ’10 signs with Warriors
Former Crimson basketball co-captain Jeremy Lin ’10 has been signed as a point guard to the Golden State Warriors.
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Campus & Community
Here she is, Miss Massachusetts
Barely a month into the world as a new Harvard College graduate, Loren Galler Rabinowitz has already skyrocketed to success as the new Miss Massachusetts.
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Campus & Community
HKS alumni honored
Three accomplished leaders have been named recipients of 2010 Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) alumni awards. The awards were presented during ceremonies at the School on Class Reunion Weekend (May 14-15).
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Campus & Community
Benefiting society, scholarship
For more than two decades, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) has awarded its Centennial Medal to a select group of graduates who have made significant contributions to society and scholarship: David Bevington ’52, Ph.D. ’59, English; Stephen Fischer-Galati ’46, Ph.D. ’49, history; Eric Maskin ’72, Ph.D. ’76, applied mathematics; Martha Nussbaum, Ph.D.…
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Campus & Community
Alumni rally behind public service
Outgoing HAA President Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland says the group’s interest in public service is expanding by leaps and bounds. Incoming President Robert R. Bowie Jr. plans to continue strengthening the alumni community.
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Campus & Community
Return to Harvard Day
Beyond touring the campus, sampling public service programs, and attending courses and colloquiums, Return to Harvard Day was about reimmersion into the fabric of everyday life in the Harvard community for 250 alumni and alumnae.
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Nation & World
Beyond boundaries
As a global university, Harvard not only attracts students and faculty from around the world, it sends them out, to teach and work, extending Harvard’s influence far beyond its local boundaries.
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Arts & Culture
How the West was written
Western poet Katie Peterson, a Radcliffe Fellow, shares her sense of desert life on a vast canvas with startling intimacy.
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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: Harvard Business School
The Business School has named Nobuo Sato (MBA ‘82) executive director for its Japan Research Center in Tokyo.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Arts Medalist named
Composer, baritone saxophonist, and activist Fred Ho ’79 will be honored by Harvard University as the fall 2009 recipient of the Harvard Arts Medal on Nov. 13. He will perform in a tribute concert with the Harvard Jazz Bands on Nov. 14.
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Campus & Community
After 100+ years, a first: homecoming at Harvard
The nation’s oldest university, which has been handing out homework since 1636 and handing off footballs since 1874, will host its first homecoming this fall, a potential new tradition designed to attract alumni to campus in years that The Game is played at Yale.
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Science & Tech
Green reunions: Groundwork set
As of June 4, Harvard has celebrated 358 commencements. Add to that the simultaneous celebration of untold thousands of reunions.
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Science & Tech
‘Water guy’ John Briscoe stays in motion
For someone who deep-sixed his BlackBerry (instant e-mail was taking over his life) and traded the local newspaper for a good book (“What do I need to know about Celtics’ scores?”), John Briscoe ’76 is as worldly a person as you are ever likely to meet.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Board of Overseers election results
The president of the Harvard Alumni Association on June 4 announced the results of the annual election of new members of the Harvard Board of Overseers. The results were released at the annual meeting of the association following the University’s 358th Commencement. The six newly elected Overseers follow:
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Campus & Community
GSAS awards medal to four for service, scholarship
For 20 years now, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) has awarded its Centennial Medal to a select group of graduates who have made significant contributions to society and scholarship. This year’s recipients: an art historian who encouraged viewers to simply look; a historian who explored the worldwide impact of slavery; an economist…
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Campus & Community
Extension School recognizes outstanding work, presents awards
The Harvard Extension School has announced student prize and faculty award winners for 2009.
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Campus & Community
HAA President Morris hands off to Alvarez-Bjelland
Last spring, as Walter Morris ’73, M.B.A. ’75, prepared to become president of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), he was eagerly anticipating his 35th class reunion. For Morris, this reunion was another cherished opportunity to renew old friendships, and, in many instances, an occasion to build new ones. Class reunions are the HAA’s flagship alumni…
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Campus & Community
Grad housing that fosters community
Many Harvard College alumni cite their life in the Houses as one of the best aspects of their undergraduate years. Living with students from diverse backgrounds who hail from different parts of the country — and different parts of the globe — leads to broadened interests, a more capacious worldview, and lifelong friendships.
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Arts & Culture
Rubén Blades donates papers, recordings
He’s attained fame as an award-winning actor and musician, founded a political party and run for president of his native Panama and served as the Panamanian minister of tourism, but now Rubén Blades LL.M. ’85 will add another credit to his resume: Harvard College Library benefactor.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Magazine site revamped
The Web site for Harvard Magazine, Harvard’s alumni publication, has also been revamped to better reflect its glossy and colorful magazine format. The site now features entire issues online, flashing dynamic graphics, and audio and video clips that enhance articles. Alumni who browse the Web site are greeted with the latest-breaking news at Harvard, including…