Tag: Drew Faust
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Committee to review request to dename Winthrop House
Inquiry led by Professor Sean Kelly will report findings to Gay, Hoekstra
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‘Living witness’ to a country’s turbulent progress
Memoir details Drew Gilpin Faust’s coming-of-age amid the transformations of mid-century America.
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Saying their names
Scholars involved in Legacy of Slavery Initiative discuss findings, remind that each of enslaved was “real person … with dreams, with pain.”
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Not just what was said, but who got to say it
Taught by Harvard President emerita Drew Faust, the course offers a close look at key addresses in American history.
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Where were you when it happened?
Faculty and staff from across the University recall where they were on September 11, 2001, and how they think about the attacks 20 years later.
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A poem for Venus
In her poem “The Story of Venus,” Suzannah Omonuk imagines what life may have been like for the young enslaved woman living on campus in the 18th century.
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Renaming committee seeks input from Harvard community
Harvard’s Committee to Articulate Principles on Renaming will begin soliciting input next week from members of the University through a series of open meetings, small group virtual conversations, online suggestion boxes, and more to help guide efforts to outline the process for when and how to replace contentious names of “buildings, spaces, programs, professorships, or…
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Marking the passing of a grim pandemic milestone for the nation
Harvard scholars reflect on the death toll from the novel coronavirus.
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A look at Radcliffe past and present
Radcliffe Day included a discussion between current dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Tomiko Brown-Nagin and former dean Drew Faust, who addressed the history and future of the institute.
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Major outpouring of support for University in legal battle over admissions approach
Hundreds of social scientists, business executives, Nobel laureates, state attorneys general, colleges rebut group appealing judgment in favor of Harvard admissions policies.
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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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So what have you been up to?
The Gazette reached out to members of the Harvard community as they entered their second month of social isolation to find out what they are reading, watching, doing, and listening to in the age of coronavirus.
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Nohria to remain Business School dean until December
As the University responds to the coronavirus pandemic, including shifting to virtual learning for the rest of the academic year, Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria will stay on the job until the end of the year, Harvard President Larry Bacow today announced.
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Melinda Gates to receive Radcliffe Medal
Melinda Gates, co-chair of the world’s largest philanthropic organization, will be presented the Radcliffe Medal on May 29.
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The turkeys of Harvard
Like many communities around the state, Harvard has a burgeoning wild turkey population.
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Breaking artistic boundaries
Located on North Harvard Street, the ArtLab is the University’s latest Allston laboratory devoted to creative inquiry, research, and experimentation. Focused on interdisciplinary artistic collaboration, investigation, and connection, the ArtLab will be open to members of the University and the public this week.
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Harvard awards nine honorary degrees
Harvard University will award nine honorary degrees at its 368th Commencement on May 30.
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Al Gore named Class Day speaker
Al Gore has been chosen to speak on Class Day, the day before Harvard’s 368th Commencement. The former vice president, a Nobel Prize laureate and Harvard alumnus, has had a long career in public service and since leaving office has devoted his life to raising awareness of the threat of climate change.
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‘The work of culture alters our perceptions’
The two-day “Vision & Justice” conference at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study brought together a wide range of scholars and artists for performances and discussions considering the role of the arts in understanding the nexus of art, race, and justice.
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Tackling climate change through study
Harvard’s Climate Change Solutions Fund, now in its fifth year, is awarding seven research projects $1 million in grants.
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Final arguments in admissions suit
Harvard defended its admissions policies in U.S. District Court in Boston in a final hearing as part of a lawsuit that could change the landscape for higher education.
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Faust named University Professor
Celebrated historian Drew Faust, president emerita and Lincoln Professor of History, has been named a University Professor, Harvard’s highest faculty honor.
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A fond faculty farewell
Harvard President Bacow, former leader Faust headline a faculty sendoff for former Dean Michael Smith of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
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Admissions lawsuit enters second week
Harvard officials continue to take the stand in the second week of a trial in U.S. Federal District Court. The case challenges the University’s admissions process and the right to consider race as one factor among many when considering applicants for admission as discriminatory to Asian American applicants.
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Harvard admissions trial begins today
As Harvard prepares to defend its admissions policies in U.S. District Court in Boston Oct. 15, the University’s new president delivered an unambiguous message: “The College’s admissions process does not discriminate against anybody.”
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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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Larry Bacow’s listening tour
New Harvard President Larry Bacow has been on a listening tour in advance of his inauguration Oct. 5.
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An update on Harvard’s diversity, inclusion efforts
In a Q&A session, presidential adviser and strategist John Silvanus Wilson discusses progress implementing the recommendations of the Presidential Task Force on Inclusion and Belonging.