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Harvard Allston Partnership Fund marks decade
The Harvard Allston Partnership Fund has provided more than $1 million in grants since its inception 10 years ago. The 10th anniversary was marked by a celebration at Allston’s Raymond V. Mellone Park when $100,000 in grants were recently announced.
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Faust tells Philadelphia high school girls: ‘You can do anything’
Faust joined students at Philadelphia High School for Girls last week to discuss the importance of higher education and to urge the young women to pursue their dreams.
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Forceful convocation message
In her final convocation address, Harvard President Drew Faust urged freshmen to challenge assumptions, connect with classmates, and embrace diversity.
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JFK speaks from his Harvard past
A new exhibit marking JFK’s centennial includes an audio file believed to be the earliest voice recording of the future president.
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Honoring the Crimson line
Harvard officials, staff, administrators, faculty, alumni, and students stood alongside alumni veterans and active servicemen and -women at a reception at Pusey Library for an evocative exhibition that traces the interwoven histories of two of the country’s oldest institutions: Harvard and the U.S. military.
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Faith in the counsel of history
At the opening Morning Prayers of the academic term, President Drew Faust outlined her hopes for the future by turning her eye to the past and calling on her listeners to do the same.
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Welcoming the Class of 2020
Harvard President Drew Faust welcomed the College’s new crop of undergraduates during Freshman Convocation on Tuesday, urging them to embrace Veritas, with an eye toward inclusion and diversity, a goal of discovery, an openness to change, and a readiness to question assumptions and take chances.
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President Faust’s climate initiative awards $1M in grants
The recipients of grants awarded by the Climate Change Solutions Fund, an initiative launched last year by President Drew Faust, were announced. The 10 winning projects are purposely diverse in focus, ranging from policy and law to science and health. Several use Harvard’s campus as a “living laboratory” — when possible — for testing and…
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Journey to Mexico
Harvard President Drew Faust, University administrators, and faculty members are in Mexico this week for a series of meetings, tours, and alumni events. During their visit to the nation with the largest number of Harvard degree recipients in Latin America, participants are posting items about what they do and see.
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A symphony of diversity
Harvard President Drew Faust delivered a brief address to open the daily ritual of Morning Prayers at Memorial Church, a brief service of prayers, an address, and music. Faust called the University’s diverse community a “Harvard symphony.”
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The Memorial Church community
Harvard’s Memorial Church has served the community for more than 80 years. More than a beautiful Georgian Revival building, it is a diverse community of students, staff, congregants, and friends.
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Joy by the Yard
Snapshots of Harvard’s 2013 Commencement, a day marked by sunshine and warmth as well as rituals, honors, and good wishes.
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Ready to serve
Four men and one woman from Harvard’s Class of 2013 received their military commissions during a ceremony Wednesday attended by Harvard President Drew Faust.
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President Drew Faust’s Address | Harvard Commencement 2013
Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust delivers her address during the the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s 362nd Commencement on May 30, 2013.
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Tommy Lee Jones receives Arts Medal
Actor John Lithgow ’67 hosted the annual Harvard Arts Medal ceremony, which recognizes a Harvard or Radcliffe graduate or faculty member who has achieved excellence in the arts and has made a contribution through the arts to education or the public good. The medal recipient was actor Tommy Lee Jones ’69.
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President of Brazil comes to Harvard
Harvard University today signed a five-year agreement with the government of Brazil to eliminate financial barriers for talented Brazilian science students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies at Harvard.
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Lady Gaga, Winfrey target bullying
Lady Gaga and her mother Cynthia Germanotta launched the Born This Way Foundation, a youth empowerment initiative, at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre on Feb. 29.
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Improving South African schooling
Groups of educators and administrators from South Africa took part in a series of Harvard-sponsored programs, aimed at transforming leadership in that nation’s public schools.
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Ready to make a difference
Ten students have been awarded the first grants from Harvard’s Presidential Public Service Fellowship. The program supports returning undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing public service work during the summer.
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Harvard welcomes back ROTC
Harvard University announced on Thursday (March 3) that it will formally welcome the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program back to campus, following the decision by Congress in December to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law regarding military service.
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Plain language, complex meanings
Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter said the simple interpretation of the U.S. Constitution is rarely so easy. He spoke during Afternoon Exercises on Commencement Day at Harvard.
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Souter to speak at Commencement
David H. Souter, a native New Englander and Harvard alumnus who served nearly two decades on the U.S. Supreme Court before stepping down in 2009, was tapped to be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s 359th Commencement.
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Q&A on Harvard’s Allston plan
In a letter to the Allston community sent earlier today, Harvard President Drew Faust outlined the University’s path forward for its presence in Allston. The Gazette sat down with Executive Vice President Katherine Lapp to learn more about what’s on the drawing boards.
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Faust installation, Oct. 12
Incoming President Drew G. Faust will be formally installed as Harvard’s 28th president on Oct. 12 at an outdoor ceremony in the Tercentenary Theatre. An academic procession, featuring representatives of universities from around the world, will begin at 2 p.m. The installation will begin at 2:30 p.m. The event will be open to all faculty,…
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The year in review
As Commencement crowns another year of Harvard history, here is a brief backward glance at some of the year’s highlights.