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From all over
This year, Harvard Summer School’s size and span — 6,000 students; the 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and American Samoa, and more than 100 countries; an age range of 14 to 81 — demonstrate anew the University’s commitment to diversity.
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Turkle talks technology, intimacy
“Technology proposes itself an architect of our intimacies,” explained Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor Sherry Turkle to an engrossed audience May 14 at the Harvard University Extension School.
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Renaissance man
A veteran Italian-American chef, Rosario Del Nero rediscovers the joys of learning at the Extension School, and wins an academic prize.
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Sherry Turkle to give centennial year Lowell Lecture May 14
Sherry Turkle, founder and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Initiative on Technology and Self, will give this centennial year’s Lowell Lecture, titled “The Tethered Life: Technology Reshapes Intimacy and Solitude,” on May 14 (8 p.m., Lowell Lecture Hall), hosted by the Harvard University Extension School.
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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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Shinagel receives service citation
Michael Shinagel, Harvard dean of Continuing Education and University Extension, is the recipient of the 2010 Walton S. Bittner Service Citation from the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA).
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Shinagel wins Frandson Award for ‘The Gates Unbarred’
Michael Shinagel, dean of the Harvard University Extension School, has won the 2009 Frandson Award for Literature, given annually by the University Continuing Education Association (UCEA), for his book “The Gates Unbarred: A History of University Extension at Harvard, 1910-2009.”
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Archives and electrons
In a discussion titled “Writing History Now,” sponsored by the Harvard University Extension School, a panel of historians examines the shifting landscape of recording history, as the Internet changes the ways that data is saved and valued.
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Around the Schools: Harvard Extension School
To help celebrate the final semester of the Harvard University Extension School’s centennial, the Harvard Extension Student Association (HESA) invited young, successful CEOs to participate in a panel discussion called “Young Millionaire CEOs: Emerging Leaders” on Feb. 12.
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Two landmark events
In recognition of his exceptional commitment to fostering broad appreciation for classical music, Boston Landmarks Orchestra conductor Charles Ansbacher was presented with the centennial medallion by Harvard Extension School Dean Michael Shinagel.
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Learning’s online fate
Panel says higher education is freshened, expanded, and challenged in a networked age.
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A century of everyday learning
Since 1910, Harvard Extension School has opened the gates of learning to half a million students.
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Q&A with Dean Michael Shinagel
An interview with Harvard Extension School Dean Michael Shinagel in honor of the School’s 100th anniversary.
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Harvard helps fight hunger
Volunteers from across the University are lending a hand to the Greater Boston Food Bank from November through May.
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Uribe pushes for improved relations
Álvaro Uribe, president of the Republic of Colombia, expounded on his administration’s accomplishments in a speech at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on Sept. 25.
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Turning a chipper 100
Harvard University Extension School, turning 100 next year, launched its multi-event centennial celebration with a Sept. 25 convocation.
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Faculty Council meeting held Sept.16
At its second meeting of the year on Sept. 16, the Faculty Council considered candidates for Parliamentarian for 2009-2010 and reviewed a draft of the Dean’s Annual Letter to the Faculty.
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Around the Schools: Harvard University Extension School
The Harvard University Extension School will celebrate its centennial anniversary this fall. A private convocation will be held Sept. 25, and a public panel on the future of technology is slated for Nov. 18.
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In brief
@HARVARDRESEARCH debuts on Twitter; Live Webcast information for Commencement and HAA Meeting; Harvard Extension School to host information session
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Extension School recognizes outstanding work, presents awards
The Harvard Extension School has announced student prize and faculty award winners for 2009.
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Janitor’s granddaughter fulfills Harvard dream
Harvard is in my blood, though not in the traditional sense. I was born and brought up in Cambridge, Mass., as were my mother and her siblings. My grandparents struggled to raise seven children during tough financial times, and a college education was not an option.
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New A.L.M. concentrations announced for 2009-10
The Harvard Extension School has announced four new concentrations in its Master of Liberal Arts (A.L.M.) Program beginning with the 2009-10 academic year. The new concentrations are international relations, legal studies, visual arts, and clinical psychology. The concentrations were selected upon careful consideration of Extension School course offerings, the number of Harvard instructors teaching these…
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Expedition: Blue Planet 2009 explores water
When environmental advocate Alexandra Cousteau left in February on a nonstop, 100-day expedition to critical water sites across five continents, she brought with her a writer, a photographer, an editor, and a support team of more than 60 researchers, all Harvard Extension School students. But the students needed no airline tickets. From their desktops in…
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Nicolae Iliescu
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on December 9, 2008, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Nicolae Iliescu, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Iliescu’s scholarly work includes a study of the influence of Saint Augustine on the Canzoniere of Petrarch.
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In brief
HARVARD-AFFILIATED MEEI NAMED ONE OF AMERICA’S BEST HOSPITALS; HUDS AND CRIMSON CATERING RECOGNIZED WITH AWARDS; DOCENTS SOUGHT FOR SEMITIC MUSEUM; AGREEMENT TO DOUBLE NUMBER OF SCHOLARSHIPS FOR COLOMBIAN STUDENTS; HU PRESS PUBLISHING MODERN GREEK STUDIES SERIES; HABITAT FOR HUMANITY SALE SET FOR AUGUST; HARVARD POPS BAND TO HOLD SUMMER CONCERTS; EXTENSION SCHOOL PROVIDES OVERVIEW OF…
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Newsmakers
CLC honors Shinagel, Haynes; Dumbarton Oaks Library announces new director of studies; Department of Commerce honors Michael E. Porter; Sohigan, Yeghiayan attend Energy Globe Awards; Raiffa named recipient of Schelling Award; Woolhandler to present at council on Bioethics
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Extension School awards student, faculty prizes
The Harvard Extension School has announced the following student prize and faculty award winners for 2008.
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Taking distance education to the next level
A major advance in distance education was initiated this fall in a specially equipped classroom at the Harvard Extension School. Classes held there give online students the ability to view on-campus lectures in real-time and actually take part in classroom discussions. The facility also serves as an experimental locus to test distance education teaching methods…
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Former staff, prestigious artist Crite dies at 97
Allan Rohan Crite, a renowned painter and Harvard Extension School alumnus, passed away on Sept. 6. He was 97.