Tag: Harvard History
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Arts & Culture
Marking 100 years of Norton Lectures
Panelists reflect on ‘incredible value’ of annual series as ‘megaphone’ for artists and scholars
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Campus & Community
A homecoming for Adams House alums
Tours, talks, tributes to history and community mark celebration of six-year project to refresh space
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Nation & World
Sardis named a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Designation comes as Harvard’s decadeslong archaeological dig uncovers new secrets from remains of ancient Turkish city
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Arts & Culture
Her Cambridge iconography made her a local icon
Before New Yorker covers, Barbara Westman created colorful visions of campus as Gazette’s first staff artist
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Campus & Community
Why institutions thrive on disagreement
Garber points to value of argument in sustaining communities at first Morning Prayers of school year
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Campus & Community
‘We mark your belonging here’
Garber urges Class of 2029 to teach, learn from one another, reject viewing world in simple binaries
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Nation & World
Why Malcolm X matters even more 60 years after his killing
New book by Mark Whitaker examines growth of artistic, political, cultural influence of controversial Civil Rights icon
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Science & Tech
‘Turning information into something physical’
Houghton exhibit looks at how punched cards — invented 300 years ago to streamline weaving — led to modern computing
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Campus & Community
Slavery researchers seek more detailed picture of pre-Civil War Harvard
Careful effort to identify leaders, faculty, and staff is key to descendants probe: ‘This work takes time to do well’
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Campus & Community
Committee recommends maintaining name of Winthrop House, adding historical context
Garber, Hoekstra accept review panel’s proposal
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Campus & Community
Finding common humanity, modern lessons in antiquity, a path forward
Yurong ‘Luanna’ Jiang, Aidan Scully, Thor Reimann to deliver orations
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Campus & Community
‘There are secrets to unlock’
Harvard’s practice of preservation plays key role in future research
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Arts & Culture
Harvard archivists’ favorite finds
Library staff pick objects that tell story of both University, America for ‘Inside Out’ exhibit
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Campus & Community
The House that will be home
Housing Day — one of Harvard’s most beloved traditions — marks a milestone for first-years
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Campus & Community
House pride from A to Z
Housing Day is more than a tradition, as first-years soon learn
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Health
Did a socially awkward scientist set back airborne disease control?
In talk on new book, Carl Zimmer theorizes key researcher’s discoveries were undercut by his personality
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Arts & Culture
An archaeological record that doubles as art
Painter captured ancient Egyptian tomb’s secrets in vivid brushstrokes
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Arts & Culture
Why are so many novels set at Harvard?
Beth Blum notes campus is beautiful, romantic setting that lends itself to exploring collision of ideals, reality
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Campus & Community
Reckoning with past, striving for better future
Street at Arnold Arboretum renamed Flora Way to honor enslaved woman
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Campus & Community
Celebrating 25th anniversary of Radcliffe Institute
Three Harvard presidents, two Nobel laureates gather to mark ‘unique legacy and remarkable impact’
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Campus & Community
Scruggs describes ‘super surreal moment’ when she made Olympics history
Harvard fencer reflects on path to silver and gold — including facing a childhood idol — and what keeps her balanced, focused
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Campus & Community
Her gift launched four centuries of Harvard financial aid
As a woman, Anne Radcliffe wouldn’t have been able to attend the University when she donated its first scholarship in 1643
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Arts & Culture
Where sights and sounds of modern poetry are
Woodberry Poetry Room embarks on online preservation project
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Nation & World
‘We have the most motivated people, the best athletes. How far can we take this?’
Six members of Team USA train at Newell Boat House for 2024 Paralympics in Paris
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Campus & Community
Six receive honorary degrees
Harvard recognizes educator, conductor, theoretical physicist, advocate for elderly, writer, and Nobel laureate
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Campus & Community
Ready to serve
New officers ‘join a long crimson line that goes back to the very founding of this country.’
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Campus & Community
Jeff Lichtman named dean of science
Neuroscientist inspired by ‘great challenge’ of leading life, physical sciences division in era of rapidly growing knowledge
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Campus & Community
Jeremy M. Weinstein named dean of Harvard Kennedy School
Political scientist, who also served as academic leader and in various roles in Obama administration, to assume post July 1