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Harvard endowment to go greenhouse gas-neutral by 2050
In an announcement Tuesday, Harvard signaled its expanding commitment to attacking climate change with a dramatic new pledge to drastically reduce emissions in its investment portfolio so Harvard’s endowment can achieve “net-zero” emissions by 2050.
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African and African American Studies at 50
Influential, groundbreaking African and African American Studies Department at Harvard turns 50.
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Taking corporate social responsibility seriously
Outgoing Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility chair Howell Jackson, the James S. Reid Jr. Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, says changing the panel’s focus to developing guidelines can help inform Harvard’s external investment managers, and other interested investors, as they vote on a broad array of shareholder resolutions.
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After the inauguration, the celebration
The installation of Larry Bacow was followed by a giant block party in the Old Yard, with the entire Harvard community invited.
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In praise of Henry Rosovsky at 90
Colleagues, friends honor longtime Harvard administrator Henry Rosovsky at 90.
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Remembering S. Allen Counter
S. Allen Counter, a neurophysiologist, educator, ethnographer, and founding director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations, died on July 12.
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Alan Dershowitz: ‘Never boring’
In his final semester teaching, Professor Alan M. Dershowitz and his colleagues look back on his 50 years at Harvard Law School.
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Shinagel’s legacy honored
Michael Shinagel was honored on May 14 for his accomplishments as dean of the Extension School, a position he has held since 1977. He will be retiring at the end of this academic year.
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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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Former College Dean Jewett dies at 75
L. Fred Jewett ’57, former dean of Harvard College and a longtime University administrator, died on Nov. 27. He was 75.
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A gala for Dudley at 20
Dudley House, thriving and lively at age 20, is the “Mother House” model for Ivy League grad school centers.
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A moving tribute
Friends and colleagues offered heartfelt remembrances during a memorial service for the Rev. Peter J. Gomes.
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How to get happy
Former Harvard President Derek Bok and his wife Sissela, a Harvard fellow, discussed their recent books on happiness in a discussion at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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The Politics of Happiness: What Government Can Learn from the New Research on Well-Being
Government and happiness? Not so strange bedfellows, says Derek Bok, former president of Harvard and professor at Harvard Law School, who investigates how happiness research could affect policy.
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HUSEC examines interdisciplinary and interSchool science efforts
When the Harvard University Science and Engineering Committee (HUSEC) gathered for its first meeting late last April, it was charged by not one, but two Harvard presidents. Then president-designate and now president Drew Faust told the 18 members of the new committee that theirs is both a unique and “historic” body, created to forge meaningful…
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Vibrant robing, moist procession lead to inaugural stage
A half-hour before the procession stepped off, faculty, delegates of other institutions, and other participants in the installation ceremony gathered in the courtyard between Boylston Hall, Memorial Church, and Weld…
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Remarks of President Derek Bok
I will have to go back to the history books. I’m not sure I’m the shortest [LAUGHTER] living president. Our first president, Master Eaton, had a rather short tenure. He…