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Tag: Houses
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Nation & World
Art for justice’s sake
Students activate, donate in movement to fight inequity, promote police reform.
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When a House is a bountiful home
Harvard roommates from varied backgrounds say that, in the College’s House system, their differences draw them together.
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Get sorted
It’s Housing Day 2017 at Harvard, first with dorm assignments, and then with revelry.
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House renewal benefits from Hutchins Family Challenge
In 2012, the Hutchins Family Foundation created a fundraising challenge for House renewal. The challenge has been completed with more than $50 million from 40 generous gifts.
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Day of destiny
Despite the lingering snow in the Yard, Housing Day was in full effect on Thursday as freshmen learned where among the 12 undergraduate House communities they will live, study, and form friendships over the next three years.
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McKinlock Hall, rejuvenated
Leverett House’s McKinlock Hall re-opened to students at the beginning of the academic year after 15 months of reconstruction. McKinlock is the second completed project in the House renewal initiative, which is one of the largest and most ambitious capital improvement campaigns in Harvard College history and a major campaign priority.
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Accolade for Stone Hall
Revitalized Stone Hall wins platinum level LEED certification. The project was also honored by the Cambridge Historical Commission as part of its annual Preservation Awards Program for the extraordinary efforts undertaken to conserve and protect Cambridge’s historic architecture.
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House renewal and rebirth
House renewal is one of the largest and most ambitious capital improvement campaigns in Harvard College history, aiming to transform the student experience by ensuring that each House can strongly support the learning and living needs of the modern undergraduate.
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House renewal in ‘full swing’
The renovation of Dunster House, which will be the first full House to undergo renewal, is to begin immediately after Commencement and last 15 months. The Dunster community will be relocated for the next academic year to “swing” facilities, with its temporary hub at the former Inn at Harvard, which is undergoing a complete renovation.…
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Dunster reimagined
Newly revealed plans for the renewal of Dunster House show significantly expanded social and program spaces and new horizontal corridors that will complement the traditional vertical entryways.
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‘Levolution’: Life amid renewal
A gathering of the Leverett clan, amid House renewal, includes students living elsewhere temporarily.
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A 21st-century campus
Supporting the development of a robust campus, one that enhances Harvard’s mission of innovative teaching and learning, while simultaneously fostering connections across the University and the broader community will be an important goal of The Harvard Campaign.
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Dialogue with the deans
Harvard College interim Dean Donald Pfister and Dean of Student Life Stephen Lassonde made themselves available to field questions from students in a “meet the deans” forum.
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Updated Quincy a happy home
After 15 months of construction and renovation, Old Quincy, the first test project in the House Renewal initiative, began welcoming students this week.
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My House | From My House to Our Harvard
Houses are at the heart of a Harvard College education. From My House to Our Harvard | 2012 FAS Film
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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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New masters for Pforzheimer House
Professor Anne Harrington and her husband, MIT Museum Director John Durant, have been appointed master and co-master of Pforzheimer House.
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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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New life for Old Quincy
The first House renewal test project, Old Quincy, is nearly halfway through its 15-month renovation.
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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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House renewal supports local economy
Harvard University today announced plans to undertake a wide-ranging construction program that will result in the creation of nearly 3,600 local construction jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in new local economic activity while ultimately funneling approximately $10 million into Cambridge city coffers in permitting fees alone.
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Houses Today
House Masters and former students discuss learning outside the classroom and how the housing system enriches life and community at Harvard.
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Coming Home to Cabot House: Krystal Tung ’13
Find out why Cabot House resident Krystal Tung ’13 says that the place where she lives is also the place where she explores, creates, connects, and, above all, learns.
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A look inside: Eliot House
At Eliot House, the river House named for Harvard’s longest-serving president, crew is king.
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Housing Day at Harvard
We take a fresh look at Housing Day, one of the many hallowed traditions at Harvard University.
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Eliot House
Milling about the “Great Court” at Eliot House, students greeted old friends from last semester and new sophomores with enthusiasm. Games such as Frisbee broke out, and a few brave souls, including sophomore Kris Liu and junior Leah Reis-Dennis, sang or performed for their housemates.
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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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A look inside: Currier House
Security guard Yohannes Tewolde does his job with flair at Currier House.
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FAS Dean Smith looks ahead
As it emerges from the worst of the global financial crisis, Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is renewing its focus on priorities ranging from House Renewal to innovative pedagogy. With the release of the 2010 FAS annual report, Dean Michael D. Smith, John H. Finley Jr. Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences, spoke…
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A look inside: Winthrop House
This year, Winthrop House hopes to again claim victory by winning the Straus Cup, Harvard’s House intramural sports championship.
