Tag: Class of 2012

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    An enterprising mind

    Fresh off his own failed venture, Andrew Rosenthal still wanted to build things. At Harvard Business School, he helped to build a bridge between startup-minded students and the broader community.

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    Organizing for health care

    Pedrag Stojicic, who is graduating from the Harvard School of Public Health, plans to apply his passion for organizing to problems in his Serbian homeland, including HIV/AIDS and physician corruption.

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    Driving toward the future

    In four years at Harvard College, hard work and determination have propelled Patrick Staropoli to a 3.94 grade point average and earned him a place in Phi Beta Kappa. But when folks in Staropoli’s home state of Florida talk about his drive, they’re usually referring to the fact that he races super late-model series stock…

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    Bridging the doctor-patient divide

    Graduating Harvard Medical School student Katherine Johnson hopes to bridge barriers between doctors and patients by using her skills in the community as she begins her residency.

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    Family values, in an orphanage

    Sonya Soni always felt called to serve the Indian orphanage that her family has run for four generations. Two years at Harvard Divinity School challenged her to rethink what the struggling community needs most.

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    Daring to be a doer

    Clara Long, who has worked many jobs in many lands, plans to use her new Harvard Law Degree to help ensure the rights of others.

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    Building community, one note at a time

    Now 59, Gregg Moore is set to receive a master’s from the Graduate School of Education, which he plans to use to foster community arts programs, with an emphasis on music education, as a way to bring disparate groups together. It’s an idea inspired by his career as a professional tubist in Europe, where he…

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    Another degree, and a passion realized

    Catherine Musinsky, an Extension School graduate, used a serious illness to inspire her artistry, creating a documentary and moving on to study movement.

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    Clowning around, with purpose

    Laura Ricci, who is receiving a master’s degree from the Graduate School of Education, has a long background as a professional therapeutic clown in a children’s hospital.

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    You’re all right, lefty

    On the baseball diamond, senior Brent Suter serves up pitches, and off the field he pitches service.

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    Harvard student, Mexican politician

    When Lilia Aguilar earns her Kennedy School degree, she’ll return to her homeland to ramp up her campaign for a seat in congress.

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    A maestro and a wordsmith

    Senior Matt Aucoin immersed himself in Harvard’s rich worlds of poetry and music, with a degree in English, a passion for writing and composing, and a future destined for The New Yorker, or the conductor’s chair, or both.

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    The right place, the Wright time

    Keith Wright calls his decision to come to Harvard “the best in my life.” Crimson basketball fans would agree. The forward and his teammates have made history since he arrived in 2008, transforming a losing program into one of the Ivy League’s most successful.

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    Class Day speakers cover comedy, politics

    The Class of 2012 will hear from one of popular culture’s rising stars and get a window into the way Washington works when “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) cast member Andy Samberg and Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank speak on Senior Class Day, May 23, in Tercentenary Theatre.

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    PBK inducts Class of 2012 members

    The Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, will induct 24 juniors at a formal ceremony at Leverett House on April 25.