Tag: Alumni

  • Campus & Community

    HAA announces Harvard Medalists

    The Harvard Alumni Association will award the Harvard Medal to Albert Carnesale ’78 (hon.), Frances Fergusson ’66, Ph.D. ’73, and Peter Malkin ’55, J.D. ’58, on May 26.

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  • Arts & Culture

    Reflecting other worlds

    Documentary photographer Susan Meiselas, Ed.M. ’71, receives the 2011 Harvard Arts Medal as part of the annual Arts First Festival.

    3–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Director of Innovation Lab named

    Gordon S. Jones has been named the inaugural director of the Harvard Innovation Lab, a new and innovative initiative set to launch in late 2011 that will foster team-based and entrepreneurial activities, and provide a forum, both physically and virtually, for interactions among students, faculty, alumni, and the surrounding community.

    1–2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Harvard announces plans to mark 375th anniversary

    Harvard University, the nation’s oldest institution of higher learning, will mark its 375th anniversary with a yearlong celebration highlighting its rich history and its dedication to teaching, learning, innovation, and research.

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  • Campus & Community

    HKS announces endowed professorship

    The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) has announced the establishment of the James R. Schlesinger Professorship of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy, an endowed professorship honoring one of the most accomplished public servants of our time.

    1–2 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Photographer to receive Arts Medal

    Photographer Susan Meiselas, Ed.M. ’71, will receive the 2011 Harvard Arts Medal, as part of Harvard’s annual Arts First weekend, which runs April 28-May 1.

    2–3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    A moving tribute

    Friends and colleagues offered heartfelt remembrances during a memorial service for the Rev. Peter J. Gomes.

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  • Nation & World

    Spotlight on Harvard in Brazil

    President Drew Faust is traveling this week to highlight Harvard’s engagement with Latin America. In Brazil, she is reconnecting with alumni, exchanging ideas with the leaders of local universities, and meeting with Brazilian students who have studied alongside Harvard students or with Harvard faculty in Brazil.

    11–17 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Harvard’s 360th Commencement

    Ticketing and viewing information for alumni/ae, parents, and others regarding Harvard’s Commencement Exercises on May 26.

    1–2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The road to Chile, Brazil

    On her South American trip, Harvard President Drew Faust meets with government and academic leaders, reconnects with Harvard alumni, and views the tangible benefits of the University’s research.

    5–7 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Hooray for Harvardwood

    As a liberal arts college, Harvard doesn’t train its students for jobs in Hollywood. But student clubs, a liaison network, and individual drive prompt some toward entertainment careers, a fact reflected in this year’s Oscar nominees.

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  • Campus & Community

    Rev. Peter J. Gomes dies at 68

    The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church at Harvard University, died from complications arising from a stroke on Feb. 28. He was 68 years old.

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  • Campus & Community

    New York Times columnist wins Goldsmith

    New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Rich will receive the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism as part of the annual Goldsmith Awards Ceremony.

    2–3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Julia Budenz, poet and Harvard staffer, 76

    Poet and Harvard staff member Julia Budenz died in Cambridge on Dec. 11 at the age of 76.

    1–2 minutes
  • Arts & Culture

    Art by degrees

    Three Harvard graduates, now practicing artists, bring home lessons learned, along with a quirky exhibit.

    3–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Walter H. Abelmann, professor of medicine, emeritus, 89

    Walter H. Abelmann, professor of medicine emeritus at Harvard Medical School and member of the faculty of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences Technology, died on Jan. 6. He was 89.

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  • Campus & Community

    HKS establishes Kenneth I. Juster Fellowship Fund

    The Harvard Kennedy School of Government is establishing the Kenneth I. Juster Fellowship Fund to support the research of outstanding Master in Public Policy students specializing in international and global affairs.

    2–3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Elections open for Overseers and HAA directors

    This spring, Harvard University alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association board.

    2–3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Native American honored

    The Harvard Foundation on Dec. 16 proudly unveiled the portrait of Caleb Cheeshahteamuck, a member of the Wampanoag tribe, and the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College, in 1665.

    2–3 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Executive director of Harvard Center Shanghai named

    Jeffrey R. Williams was named the inaugural executive director of the Harvard Center Shanghai on Nov. 22.

    2–4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Medical School’s Jocelyn Spragg, 70

    Jocelyn Spragg, faculty director of diversity programs and special academic resources in the division of medical sciences at Harvard Medical School (HMS), as well as a research scientist, educator, mentor, and tireless promoter of educational opportunities for underrepresented students, died Nov. 2.

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  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Foundation unveils new portrait

    A portrait of Chester Middlebrook Pierce ’48, M.D. ’52, was the latest to be unveiled in the Harvard Foundation’s Portraiture Project.

    1–2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Radcliffe appoints director of communications

    The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has named Alison Franklin director of communications.

    1–2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    No ceilings

    In 2004, Harvard announced an initiative to make the University more accessible to low-income families by expanding recruitment and eliminating parental contributions for eligible students. Since then, 1,900 students have taken advantage of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative. Here’s how the program changed the lives of some of its first alumni.

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  • Campus & Community

    Alums receive Hiram Hunn Award

    The Harvard Admissions Office has awarded the Hiram Hunn Award to eight alumni for their outstanding schools committee work.

    1–2 minutes
  • 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.

    1–2 minutes
  • 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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