Tag: church

  • Nation & World

    Giving Harvard a little more groove

    Harvard’s newest assistant professor of music brings years of experience as a composer, pianist, choir director, and minister.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Finding biological barcodes

    Two recent studies have shown that cells early in development can be marked with a genetic barcode that later can be used to reconstruct their lineage.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Religion is changing, fellowship too

    Two Harvard Divinity School students uncover a new sense of community for millennials who choose a different way to “worship.”

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    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.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Knowles memorial set for May 30

    A memorial service for former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles will be held May 30 at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Church. The Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Knowles died April 3.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Memorial Church

    The Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes talks about the Memorial Church, a place for “trouble, sorrow and celebration.”

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    Traditional tintinnabulation

    A peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge next week, on June 7. For the 19th consecutive year, a number of neighboring churches and institutions will ring their bells in celebration of the city of Cambridge and of Harvard’s 356th Commencement Exercises.

    1 minute