Tag: graduate

  • Nation & World

    The 74-year-old College graduate

    Robin Batteau wondered if he was up to the challenge, 50 years after family financial trouble disrupted his education. Come May, he’ll hold the proof in his hands.

    4 minutes
    Robin Batteau.
  • Nation & World

    Unhidden figures

    LaNell Williams wants to encourage more women of color to pursue doctorate degrees in fields such as physics. To help make that happen, she founded the Women+ of Color Project, which last week hosted a three-day workshop that invited 20 African American, Latinx, and Native American women interested in pursuing a career in a STEM…

    7 minutes
    Vinothan Manoharan and Lanell Williams
  • Nation & World

    Dancer moves from stage to the study of religion

    Dancer, actor, photographer Benjamin Grimm ’18 widened his focus to the comparative study of religion with a secondary degree in German and Scandinavian studies.

    5 minutes
    Benjamin Grimm
  • Nation & World

    To graduate from Harvard | Harvard Commencement

    This video captures the tradition and emotion, the pomp and circumstance of Commencement Day at Harvard — through the eyes of a graduating student.

    1 minute
  • Nation & World

    In brief

    The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies of Harvard University is currently accepting submissions for its 2008 Noma-Reischauer Prizes in Japanese Studies, given to the undergraduate and graduate student with the best essays on Japan-related topics. The undergraduate award is $2,000 and the graduate award is $3,000. The deadline for submission is Monday, June…

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Mother/daughter graduate from Extension School

    They’re not exactly a “mother-daughter team,” but Rosemary Dowling, 79, of Dorchester, and her daughter, Rosemary McCarthy, 55, of Duxbury, graduated in tandem from the Harvard Extension School with their Bachelor of Liberal Arts (A.L.B.) degrees on June 7. Both Rosemarys worked on their degrees over the past 10 years, commuting together, and enrolling in…

    1 minute