Tag: Harvard College

  • Campus & Community

    Making the big move

    Families arrive at Harvard to move their students into dorms for the start of the fall semester.

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  • Nation & World

    Harvard’s historic mark

    As Elena Kagan becomes the 112th Supreme Court justice, she adds to an impressive list of now 23 justices who have one thing in common: Not only have they shaped the law in influential and historical ways — they all hail from Harvard.

    5 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Conflict of interest policy adopted

    The Harvard Corporation has adopted a University-wide conflict of interest policy, the first time such a policy has been crafted to cover faculty members across the entire campus.

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  • Campus & Community

    Korea Institute offers undergraduates Korean study opportunities

    The Korea Institute at Harvard University promotes the study of Korea and brings together faculty, students, distinguished scholars, and visitors to create a leading Korean Studies community at Harvard.

    1 minute
  • Campus & Community

    David Rockefeller International Experience Grants Program

    In the second year of the David Rockefeller International Experience Grants Program, more than 400 Harvard College students accepted funding for international internships, volunteer projects, study abroad programs, and research opportunities in 53 countries across the world.

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  • Campus & Community

    CES awards travel grants for 2010-11

    The Center for European Studies has awarded senior thesis travel grants to 34 undergraduates and 18 graduate students to fund summer research.

    1 minute
  • Campus & Community

    Thomas T. Hoopes Prize awarded

    The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has recently awarded the Thomas T. Hoopes Prize to 89 Harvard College seniors, in recognition of outstanding research or scholarly work.

    1 minute
  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Rituals: Class Day

    CNN international correspondent Christiane Amanpour addresses graduating seniors during Class Day ceremonies the day before Commencement.

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  • Campus & Community

    Two receive V.M. Setchkarev Memorial Prizes

    The Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures recently awarded two V.M. Setchkarev Memorial Prizes of $500 at its spring reception this month (May).

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  • Campus & Community

    From Ivy to military

    ROTC commissioning ceremony honors students for their “honor, courage, respect, and selfless service.”

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Phi Beta Kappa elects 99

    Ninety-nine seniors from the Class of 2010 were recently elected to the Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, in the senior final election on May 11.

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  • Campus & Community

    Radcliffe Institute awards Captain Jonathan Fay Prize to Diana C. Wise

    The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study has awarded its 2010 Captain Jonathan Fay Prize to Diana C. Wise, a Harvard senior concentrating in history and literature.

    4 minutes
  • Science & Tech

    Faust calls global health one of her main priorities

    Declaring the University’s efforts to improve the state of global health knowledge, education, and capacity building to be one of her “very highest priorities” as president of Harvard, Drew Faust today (May 18) announced the appointment of Sue J. Goldie, Roger Irving Lee Professor of Public Health and director of the Center for Health Decision…

    8 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Foundation recognizes students, faculty, race relations

    Forty-five students, two race relations tutors, and a distinguished faculty member were honored by the Harvard Foundation for exceptional contributions to improving intercultural and race relations at Harvard College on April 30, as part of the annual Harvard Foundation Student/Faculty Awards Ceremony and Aloian Memorial Dinner, held in Quincy House.

    2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Sit a spell, and pass the sweet tea

    A Southern student reflects on what his expectations were, and how the reality differed, when he moved to Cambridge from Arkansas to attend Harvard.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Dean Hammonds appointed to HBCU advisory board by President Obama

    Evelynn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College and Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies, was appointed by President Barack Obama to the Board of Advisors on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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  • Campus & Community

    Weissmans support 50 interns abroad

    Thanks to the generosity of Paul ’52 and Harriet Weissman, 50 Harvard College students will travel around the globe to explore their career interests and experience new cultures.

    1 minute
  • Campus & Community

    Five awarded College Professorships

    Dean Michael D. Smith announced May 11 that five professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences have been awarded Harvard College Professorships in recognition of their outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching, advising, and mentoring.

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  • Campus & Community

    Faculty Council meeting held May 5

    At its 13th and final meeting of the year on May 5, the Faculty Council approved next year’s Handbook for Students and Courses of Instruction for the College and the courses for the University Extension School. The council also heard a proposal regarding the administration of final examinations.

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  • Campus & Community

    Harvard Black Men’s Forum presents annual awards

    The Harvard Black Men’s Forum (BMF), which pays tribute to the contributions that black women have made to Harvard and to society at large, recognized former Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons, among others, at its Celebration of Black Women event on April 29.

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  • Nation & World

    Sumner M. Redstone donates $1M

    Harvard University today (April 23) announced that Sumner M. Redstone has contributed $1 million to be used by Harvard College and Harvard Law School. This contribution by Redstone, a graduate of both Schools, will establish scholarships for 20 Redstone Scholars to attend Harvard College for the 2010–11 academic year.

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  • Campus & Community

    Deadline approaches for John T. Dunlop Undergraduate Thesis Prize

    The Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government (M-RCBG) at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) is accepting papers for a thesis prize for a graduating Harvard College senior.

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  • Campus & Community

    Sumner Redstone donates $1 million to Harvard University

    Harvard University today announced that Sumner M. Redstone has contributed $1 million to be used by Harvard College and Harvard Law School. This contribution by Mr. Redstone, a graduate of both schools, will establish scholarships for 20 Redstone Scholars to attend Harvard College for the 2010–2011 academic year.

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  • Campus & Community

    Faculty Council meeting held April 14

    At its 12th meeting of the year on April 14, the Faculty Council continued its discussion of the College’s academic dishonesty policy and discussed the voting status of senior lecturers. In addition, the council reviewed reports on the Ph.D. programs in systems Biology and social policy.

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  • Health

    From lab trash to treasure

    Surplus and waste laboratory equipment from Harvard is finding new life in labs overseas through two student groups and a nonprofit started by a former Harvard graduate student.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Stalking the ‘big idea’

    One of the organizers of the first “Harvard Thinks Big” session reflects on why the program that had 10 professors speak for 10 minutes about their one big idea proved so successful.

    4 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    PBK inducts Class of 2011 members

    The Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (PBK), Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, elected 24 juniors at a private ceremony at Leverett House on April 13.

    2 minutes
  • Campus & Community

    Seeing Harvard from all sides

    Bill Lee, who is the newest member of the Harvard Corporation, has seen Harvard from many vantage points: He attended the College, has taught at the Law School, served as an Overseer and has been a proud Harvard parent – twice. As he prepared to join the Corporation, Lee sat down with the Gazette to…

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  • Campus & Community

    Reflecting on a young life

    A freshman reflects on an eye-opening seminar session, designed to prompt Harvard undergrads to step back from the striving and ponder what life means to them, and what they value.

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