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Tag: Crimson Summer Academy
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Nation & World
Harvard’s Crimson Summer Academy marks a 20-year milestone
More than 200 current students, alumni, and staff celebrated the 20th anniversary of Harvard’s Crimson Summer Academy.
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Rising above a biased system he’s now determined to change
Growing up in Mattapan, Kwame Adams refused to be defined by low expectations. Now the Ed School grad aims to help Boston students of color avoid the same biases he faced.
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Harvard’s Crimson Summer Academy gives teens academic edge
The Crimson Summer Academy welcomes 30 new Crimson Scholars to attend its three-summer program. When fully completed, the nearly 100 students have experienced rigorous academic opportunities, with 85 percent later attending a four-year college.
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The costs of inequality: Across Harvard, efforts to improve lives
Harvard offers myriad programs to alleviate the inequality gap within the University, from neighboring communities to overseas.
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A Harvard education, without worry
Harvard is marking the 10th anniversary of a revolutionary financial aid program that eliminates the cost of the College for those in need, and reduces it for struggling middle-class families.
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A boost for city students
Alumni from the Crimson Summer Academy discussed the importance of the Harvard program in opening doors to confidence and college.
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Motivation through mentors
During a panel discussion, Crimson Summer Academy mentors, themselves graduates of the program, tell current students how they reached their academic goals.
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Discovering the path to Harvard
“In my first semester at Harvard, I worked with several other students to create a chapter of the national DREAM Program here. It was my first foray into working with youth, and I was excited to give Cambridge kids a taste of the campus that was so close to their homes,” says Harvard student Sara…
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No summer lull in learning
It was a busy summer of Harvard-supported learning on campus and in the neighboring communities.
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The poetry of achievement
Thirty high school students from the Boston area gathered for the Crimson Summer Academy’s annual poetry slam. The young scholars spend three consecutive summers on the Harvard campus, amid classes, projects, field trips, and cultural activities to achieve their dream: success at college.
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Their sails are set
About 100 current and former Crimson Summer Academy scholars gathered for a reunion barbecue, reveling in a rare chance to catch up with old friends, meet new ones, and reflect on how far they’ve come.
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‘You have to give back’
Graduating senior Portia Botchway enjoyed mentoring Boston-area students during her Harvard years. Now, she’ll become a teacher for them this fall.
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Faust shares research techniques with Crimson Summer Academy students
Budding young scholars met with one of the University’s top scholars to learn about the finer points of academic research, the field of history, and what it’s like to be the president of Harvard.
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Turning Crimson to gold
The Crimson Summer Academy provides yearlong mentoring to economically disadvantaged high school students in Boston and Cambridge.
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Crimson Summer Academy celebrates first graduating class at Commencement
Harvard students weren’t the only ones commencing in Harvard Yard on Commencement Day (June 7) 2007. It was all smiles and cheers, and a few tears, at the afternoon exercises for the Crimson Summer Academy’s inaugural graduating class. The 30 Crimson Scholars, joined by their families, enjoyed the festivities of Commencement with a graduation ceremony…