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Tag: Cambridge
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Discovering the path to Harvard
“In my first semester at Harvard, I worked with several other students to create a chapter of the national DREAM Program here. It was my first foray into working with youth, and I was excited to give Cambridge kids a taste of the campus that was so close to their homes,” says Harvard student Sara…
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Harvard-HRI preserve affordability at Putnam Square Apartments
Harvard University and Homeowner’s Rehab Inc. (HRI), a Cambridge-based nonprofit, have agreed to terms on a property transfer for the Putnam Square Apartments at 2 Mt. Auburn Streetthat will ensure the building remains affordable housing.
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Homing in on bones
Skulls and bones drew a class of Cambridge third0graders to Harvard’s Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. They visited the museum’s zooarchaeology lab to learn about different animals and how they relate to the study of human life.
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Teens learn and earn at Harvard
Despite a bleak forecast for summer jobs for teenagers, Harvard employed more than 150 teens from Boston and Cambridge to work throughout the University. According to the teens, the skills they acquired include some valuable life lessons.
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The poetry of achievement
Thirty high school students from the Boston area gathered for the Crimson Summer Academy’s annual poetry slam. The young scholars spend three consecutive summers on the Harvard campus, amid classes, projects, field trips, and cultural activities to achieve their dream: success at college.
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On bicycles built for 1,000
The popular Hubway regional bike-share program, up and running in Boston, is expanding into the nearby communities of Cambridge, Somerville, and Brookline, with Harvard playing a key role.
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Summer in the cities
Planning and executing an outdoor festival for 1,000 people isn’t your typical teenage summer job, but 100 Boston-area teenagers employed as junior counselors in the Phillips Brooks House Association’s summer camps pulled it off without a hitch.
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Feeding culinary curiosity
A summer program aims to teach local schoolchildren that the kitchen and the laboratory — both intimidating places to newcomers — are a great place to explore their natural curiosity, and to learn lifelong healthy habits, too.
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House renewal supports local economy
Harvard University today announced plans to undertake a wide-ranging construction program that will result in the creation of nearly 3,600 local construction jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in new local economic activity while ultimately funneling approximately $10 million into Cambridge city coffers in permitting fees alone.
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Fairy tales for all
Professor Maria Tatar offered her insight into the enduring cultural appeal of fairy tales in an installment of the John Harvard Book Celebration series.
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Harvard launches city lecture series
Harvard is launching a lecture and program series in the Boston and Cambridge public libraries. President Drew Faust will give the inaugural address of the new John Harvard Book Celebration on Jan. 10.
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Harvard encourages ‘shop local’
Harvard University is encouraging staff, faculty, and students to “shop local” this holiday season and support locally owned, small businesses near work and in their home communities.
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A summer of achievement
Harvard’s Phillips Brooks House Association, which helps to run 11 free summer camps in Boston and Cambridge, received the National Summer Learning Association’s 2011 Excellence in Summer Learning Award.
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They Ride by Dawn
They are an eclectic group of Harvard students, staff, faculty, and community members. They range in age from their late teens to 50-something. They can be freshmen or CEOs, but they move fast, and under their own power. They ride by bike.
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Bells mark Commencement
For 23 years, they have rung out across Cambridge in Harvard’s honor, marking the conclusion of Morning Exercises.
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Reflecting other worlds
Documentary photographer Susan Meiselas, Ed.M. ’71, receives the 2011 Harvard Arts Medal as part of the annual Arts First Festival.
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At college, but almost home
When freshman Anna Kelsey realizes she needs something from home, she just walks seven minutes to get it.
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Making a difference
Across the University, public service programs are thriving, reinforcing Harvard’s founding mission of providing assistance to others.
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Project success
Project Success, a program operated by the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity and Community Partnership, targets Boston and Cambridge high school students to participate in mentored summer research internships with Harvard researchers.
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HUPD Chief Riley discusses crime on campus
HUPD Chief Francis Riley sits down with the Gazette to discuss crime and its prevention on campus.
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HRES establishes 2011-12 rents for Harvard University housing
In accordance with the University’s fair market rent policy, Harvard Real Estate Services has announced the proposed rent for Harvard University Housing for 2011-12.
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Something to shoot for
A number of girls and boys from Cambridge and Allston-Brighton who, along with their families, cheered the Crimson to an 83-70 win over UMass. The game capped a series of three Community Days sponsored by the Harvard men’s and women’s basketball teams that offered free admission to Cambridge and Allston-Brighton residents over the winter break.
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‘100 Reasons To Give’
The Harvard Community Gifts campaign, which kicked off in December with a new theme — “100 Reasons To Give” — is accepting donations via payroll deduction until Jan. 21.
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New facilities for Wyss Institute
Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering officially opens new, expansive facilities in Boston and Cambridge to host its fast-growing enterprise.
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PBHA launches holiday gift drive
Phillips Brooks House has launched Harvard’s annual holiday gift drive — an effort to collect more than 1,000 gifts for children in Boston and Cambridge.
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Harvard’s 20/20/2000 affordable housing initiative helped build, renovate 4,350 units in Boston and Cambridge
Seventeen percent of affordable housing projects built or renovated in Cambridge and Boston over the past decade are the result of Harvard’s 20/20/2000 affordable housing initiative.
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Minds in the making
The Harvard Achievement Support Initiative is arming teachers, parents, and community partners with techniques and resources that boost student achievement.
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A river runs through it
Harvard has developed a simmering romance with the Charles River and has a growing interest in it as a living laboratory, after centuries of the waterway serving as the University’s humble back door.
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Family Football Day scores
Every year Harvard invites Cambridge and Allston-Brighton residents to Community Football Days to cheer the Crimson and feast on free fare. These two events are among the many sponsored by the University.
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A picnic in the Yard
Harvard hosts hundreds of senior elderly residents from Cambridge at the 35th Annual Senior Picnic at Tercentenary Theatre.
