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Tag: Commencement 2012
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Nation & World
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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HAA announces Harvard Medalists
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has named Charles W. Collier, Ellen R. and Melvin J. Gordon, Harry L. Parker, and Susan S. Wallach the recipients of the 2012 Harvard Medal.
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Nation & World
GSAS honors its leading alumni
The Centennial Medal is the highest honor awarded by the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, given annually during Commencement week to celebrate the achievements of a select group of Harvard University’s most accomplished alumni.
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Eight receive honorary degrees
Journalist Fareed Zakari, who was chosen as the principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises, is among those to be presented an honoroary degree at Harvard’s 361st Commencement.
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Nation & World
O, hear the bells
A joyous peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge today. In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university — and of our earlier history when bells of varying tones summoned us from sleep to prayer, work or study — this ancient yet new sound will fill Harvard Square and the…
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Nation & World
A Class Day doubleheader
At Class Day, U.S. Rep. Barney Frank ’61, J.D. ’77, and comedian Andy Samberg offered words of wisdom and wit to Harvard’s graduating Class of 2012.
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In full regalia, and ready to regale
This year’s accomplished trio of Commencement orators draws inspiration from diverse sources, from the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes to Japanese haiku to the Latin inscription on Dexter Gate.
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Finnegan elected to Corporation
Paul J. Finnegan, A.B. ’75, M.B.A. ’82, a widely admired member of the University’s Board of Overseers, past president of the Harvard Alumni Association, and co-CEO of a leading Chicago-based investment firm, has been elected to become the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, the University announced May 23.
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Stepping up
A day before graduating, four Harvard seniors receive their military commissions.
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Lessons for the lucky few
In her Baccalaureate Address, President Drew Faust urged graduates of the Class of 2012 to be mindful of their good fortune — and to embrace the responsibilities a privileged education bestows on them.
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Sharp messages
Poet Kay Ryan and former Harvard President Derek Bok blended wit and wisdom in addressing top-ranked seniors at the 222nd Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises on May 22.
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Commencements, from 1642 onward
In its earliest years, the struggling College was chronically short of money and sometimes even graduates.
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Four from HBS win Dean’s Award
Four members of the Harvard Business School M.B.A. Class of 2012 have been named winners of the School’s prestigious Dean’s Award.
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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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Harvard’s 361st Commencement
Important information for Harvard’s 361st Commencement, to be held on May 24.
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Raphael Bostic named chief marshal
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) announced that Raphael W. Bostic ’87 has been chosen by his classmates to serve as chief marshal for Commencement 2012 as the University concludes its yearlong 375th anniversary celebration.
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Harvard’s 361st Commencement
An informational note regarding Harvard’s 361st Commencement, to be held May 24, 2012.