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Tag: Commencement 2015
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Nation & World
Words as well as drawings
The Graduate School of Design’s Héctor Tarrido-Picart, who earned two degrees, is drawn to bustling cities, and to the literature that defines them.
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Nation & World
100 years of Widener
The massive library, which rose after the Titanic sank, remains a linchpin of learning and conservation at Harvard.
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Nation & World
Where football meets astrophysics
Michael Mancinelli ’15 found that at Harvard he could anchor an offensive line and immerse himself in electrical engineering at the same time.
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Nation & World
Commencement traditions and facts
Test your knowledge of Commencement facts and traditions.
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Nation & World
A onetime refugee aims high
When she graduates from the Kennedy School with her master’s, onetime refugee Fadumo Dayib plans to run for president of Somalia, her homeland.
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Nation & World
Photographs and memories
Every Commencement at Harvard, the Yard fills with graduates and their families celebrating. But look closely in the front row, and you’ll see another jovial gathering. Press photographers from all over the region flock to the Yard to immortalize the regalia and traditions in Tercentenary Theatre. For the Boston press corps, noted for its collegiality,…
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Nation & World
When your calling comes calling
Megan Diamond took a few years to decide on a path in public health. After working overseas investigating health in Africa, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health graduate is looking forward to continuing her work in global health.
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Nation & World
Ahead of her time
Saheela Ibraheem has always been ahead of her time and is graduating from Harvard College this spring at just 20, a neurobiology concentrator who is looking forward to pursuing a career in academia.
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Nation & World
Life under the lights and in the lab
Talented actress and singer Elizabeth Leimkuhler divided her time at Harvard between her love for the stage and her love for all creatures, great and small.
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Nation & World
At Medical School, a late bloomer
Afamefuna Nduaguba, a Nigerian immigrant, overcame early struggles at Roxbury Community College to gain a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, and now an M.D. from Harvard Medical School.
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Nation & World
Portman named Class Day speaker
Actress Natalie Portman ’03 has been selected as Class Day speaker for Harvard College. Portman will address the graduating class on May 27, the day before the 364th Commencement.
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Nation & World
Guidelines for Harvard’s 364th Commencement
A special notice regarding Harvard’s 364th Commencement Exercises, which will be held May 28.
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Nation & World
Justice Ginsburg to receive Radcliffe Medal
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, will receive this year’s Radcliffe Medal on May 29 during Radcliffe Day, an annual celebration of Radcliffe’s past, present, and future.
