Tag: Class of 2011

  • Campus & Community

    Thoughtful leadership

    Marcel Moran ’11 of Eliot House and Annie Douglas ’12 of Adams House have been named this year’s David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholars.

  • Campus & Community

    Racing to find her passion

    Setbacks in her ski racing career set Marguerite Thorp on the path to serving her passion for global health and social justice.

  • Campus & Community

    Pianist on the rise

    Charlie Albright — “among the most gifted musicians of his generation,” according to The Washington Post — has excelled in Harvard’s joint program with the New England Conservatory and is on track to receive a master’s of music in piano performance next year.

  • Campus & Community

    ‘Finish your own sentences’

    Invoking the legacy of the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Harvard President Drew Faust’s Baccalaureate Address urged graduates to veer from scripts and write their own post-college endings.

  • Campus & Community

    Gram gives peace a chance

    In the face of acts of profound violence — including the murder of her brother — Danielle Gram ’11 has chosen to make peace her life’s work.

  • Campus & Community

    Making an art of science

    Graduating senior Kevin Shee threw himself into Harvard’s dance scene after arriving as a freshman, but he leaves after nourishing a second love — science — that will take him to a research career after graduation.

  • Campus & Community

    BSC presents Barrett Award to senior

    David Gootenberg ’11 was presented with the Joseph L. Barrett Award at a special ceremony May 2.

  • Campus & Community

    Poehler express

    Comedian Amy Poehler, star of “Parks and Recreation” and a former cast member of the late-night sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live,” has been selected as the 2011 Senior Class Day speaker.

  • Campus & Community

    HAA announces 2011 class marshals

    The Harvard Alumni Association announced the 2011 class marshals on Sept. 28.

  • Nation & World

    Harvard in Japan

    As President Drew Faust becomes the eighth Harvard president to visit Japan, faculty members are sending back dispatches about cultural and historical aspects of her visit.

  • Campus & Community

    Looking ahead

    On Junior Parents Weekend, students’ mothers and fathers began to ponder what life might be like after graduation from Harvard.

  • Campus & Community

    ‘We are all teachers and we are all learners’

    The threat of thunderstorms on Sunday (Sept. 9) persuaded planners of the Opening Exercises for the Class of 2011 to move the event from the tree-shaded lawns of Tercentenary Theatre to the varnished vaults of Sanders. The venerable auditorium, Harvard’s largest indoor venue, was filled to capacity by the crowd of freshmen and their parents.

  • Campus & Community

    Yield for the Class of 2011 nears 80 percent

    Nearly 80 percent of the students admitted to the Class of 2011 will enter Harvard in September, identical to last year’s Class of 2010. The yield may rise slightly once the final returns are in, including about 35 students who will be admitted from the waiting list over the coming weeks.