Tag: Evelynn M. Hammonds

  • Campus & Community

    Not black and white

    During a trip to the Museum of Science, Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and students from her freshman seminar revisited many of the issues they explored in her fall class.

  • Campus & Community

    Shape of things to come

    The renewal of Old Quincy, the neo-Georgian section of that student House, will re-create the space as more comfortable, modern, and better able to host academic and social activities. The project will begin next May and wrap up in the summer of 2013.

  • Campus & Community

    High yield for Class of ’15

    Nearly 77 percent of students admitted to Harvard opt to attend the College, up from last year’s 75.5 percent.

  • Nation & World

    Expanding student learning abroad

    Harvard President Drew Faust announced grants to six faculty members who are designing new international experiences for undergraduates, from new summer school programs in Kenya to studies in global health to other programs in Italy, Argentina, and Germany.

  • Campus & Community

    A director of BGLTQ student life

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds will appoint a new director to coordinate resources and develop programming to support bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer undergraduates.

  • Campus & Community

    Honors among women

    Tina Tchen ’78, chief of staff to first lady Michelle Obama, encouraged young women to be part of a “vanguard of change,” and Harvard College senior Madeleine Ballard touted everyday leadership during the 14th Annual Women’s Leadership Awards.

  • Arts & Culture

    Objects of instruction

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and some of Harvard’s leading faculty convened at Harvard Hall on Friday (April 1) to participate in “Teaching with Collections,” a discussion of the University’s treasures and their use in the classroom.

  • Campus & Community

    An unprecedented admissions year

    Almost 35,000 students applied to Harvard College for admission to the Class of 2015. Letters of admission and email notifications were sent to 2,158 students, 6.2 percent of the record pool of 34,950. More than 60 percent of the admitted students will receive need-based scholarships averaging more than $40,000.

  • Campus & Community

    A sort of homecoming

    On Harvard’s annual Housing Day, freshmen receive their housing assignments for the next three years.

  • Campus & Community

    Peering into their futures

    Three Harvard College seniors and a first-year Harvard Medical School student are among the 32 American men and women named as 2011 Rhodes Scholars.

  • Campus & Community

    No ceilings

    In 2004, Harvard announced an initiative to make the University more accessible to low-income families by expanding recruitment and eliminating parental contributions for eligible students. Since then, 1,900 students have taken advantage of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative. Here’s how the program changed the lives of some of its first alumni.

  • Campus & Community

    Support for student life

    Harvard’s undergraduates will compete and perform across the country and enjoy the rituals of residential life on campus again this year, thanks to renewed support from Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds’ Student Life Fund.

  • Campus & Community

    House masters appointed

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds, announced the appointment of three House masters: Douglas Melton, Christie McDonald, and Rakesh Khurana.

  • Arts & Culture

    The many beats of Cultural Rhythms

    Performers from Harvard University’s ethnically diverse student groups gather each year at Sanders Theatre to participate in the annual Cultural Rhythms showcase.

  • Campus & Community

    Office hours for Dean Hammonds

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds welcomes students to share their thoughts and concerns about undergraduate life during her office hours.

  • Nation & World

    The Haitian apocalypse

    A Harvard panel looks at the Haitian crisis through the lens of both history and medicine.

  • Campus & Community

    New Office of Student Life established, Suzy Nelson named dean of OSL

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds announced July 9 the appointment of Associate Dean Suzy Nelson as dean of the newly established Office of Student Life (OSL), which will be created by the merger of the current Office of Residential Life (ORL) and Office of Student Life and Activities (OSLA). In her new role, Nelson…

  • Nation & World

    Public service

    PUBLIC SERVICE: Evelynn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies