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Tag: Harvard Traditions
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Campus & Community
Hearty welcomes with a touch of rivalry
Every House is best: The Class of 2019 learns their housing fate.
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The sound of victory
A joyous peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge today. In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university — and of our earlier history when…
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Campus & Community
Commencement traditions and facts
Test your knowledge of Commencement facts and traditions.
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Campus & Community
Listen for the bells
In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university, a number of neighboring churches and institutions ring their bells at the conclusion of Harvard’s 363rd Commencement Exercises, for the 26th consecutive year.
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Visitas memories
A sophomore reflects on her Visitas experience, when Harvard welcomed her as an admitted freshman.
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Shopping around
The start of a new semester signals many things, one of which is “shopping week,” where undergraduates sit in on classes and check out syllabi before committing to a course.
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The sudsiest night of the year
The 11th annual Mather Lather brought excitement, and soap, to House life.
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Bell ringing marks Commencement
In celebration of the city of Cambridge and of the country’s oldest university, a number of neighboring churches and institutions ring their bells at the conclusion of Harvard’s 362nd Commencement Exercises, for the 25th consecutive year.
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Campus & Community
Inside Pforzheimer House: GreekFest
For the fourth consecutive year, the Pforzheimer House dining services staff helped students and staff celebrate GreekFest by creating a delicious feast.
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Collectively unique
The Dudley Co-op is a collective of individuals. “Each semester a new crop of students introduces different habits, preferences, and policies to the co-op,” explains Amelia Kaplan ’97.
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A look inside: Pforzheimer House
Pfoho Pfridays use the newly renovated Junior Common Room to celebrate the weekend’s arrival at 5 p.m.
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Physics and … basketball?
At first glance, physics and basketball seem worlds apart, but at Harvard they’re connected in more ways than one.
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Inside the Dudley House Co-op
The Dudley Co-op is Harvard’s sole on-campus alternative to the traditional House system. Thirty-two undergraduates live in a pair of Victorian houses nestled in a residential neighborhood just outside Harvard Square.
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Meet Kiefer, Man of the Year
The Hasty Pudding Theatricals of Harvard University has named Emmy Award-winning actor Kiefer Sutherland as its 2013 Man of the Year. He will be honored on Feb. 8.
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Marion Cotillard is Woman of the Year
Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has announced Marion Cotillard as the recipient of its 2013 Woman of the Year award.
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Last stretch for Community Gifts
As Harvard Community Gifts comes to a close on Jan. 15, Program Manager Mary Ann O’Brien hopes Harvard employees are inspired to start the New Year in the spirit of giving.
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A week in the life of Leverett House
Established in 1930, Leverett House is the largest residential House at Harvard. These photos explore a week in the life of Leverett House.
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In the swing of things
During the renovation of Old Quincy House, three swing spaces in Harvard Square have become residential extensions of the Quincy community: Ridgley Hall, Hampden Hall, and Fairfax Hall.
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In full regalia, and ready to regale
This year’s accomplished trio of Commencement orators draws inspiration from diverse sources, from the late Rev. Peter J. Gomes to Japanese haiku to the Latin inscription on Dexter Gate.
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A look inside: Cabot House
Cabot House is putting on a production of “The Wizard of Oz” on April 20-21 and 26-28.
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A look inside: Quincy House
Harvard’s Housing Day came full force to Quincy House, as students colorfully welcomed new residents.
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Order out of chaos
Freshmen, who spend their first year on campus in dormitories in Harvard Yard, were each sorted into one of Harvard’s 12 upperclass Houses today.
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A look inside: Lowell House
The Lowell House Speeches, initiated last year by resident tutor Sandy Alexander, are an opportunity for students to practice public discourse, while at the same time giving housemates a more personal glimpse into the lives of people they may recognize only in passing.
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Remembering the co-ed experiment
A search sheds light on the controversial turning point 40 years ago when men and women first shared housing in Pforzheimer and Winthrop.
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A look inside: Radcliffe Quad
Currier, Pforzheimer, and Cabot Houses border the Quad, but mostly it belongs to Cabot House, which has residences on three of the four sides.
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A look inside: Cabot House
In Cabot House, a new café quickly becomes a familiar gathering place.
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A look inside: Eliot House
Named in honor of Charles William Eliot, president of Harvard from 1869 to 1909, Eliot House was opened in 1931. It was one of the original seven Houses at the College following the plan by Eliot’s successor, Abbot Lawrence Lowell, to “revitalize education and revive egalitarianism at Harvard College.”
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Speaking for their class, to the world
Two Harvard College seniors and a Harvard Kennedy School student carry on the tradition of Commencement orations, given in English and in Latin.
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Tunnel vision
At Adams House, a tradition thrives as students annually paint art in the passageways.
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Bringing up the rear
Mike Lichten, FAS associate dean for physical resources and planning, has shepherded graduating seniors through Commencement exercises for a quarter century.
