Tag: J.K. Rowling

  • Nation & World

    The quote machine

    Powered by Harvard conversations, an ever-expanding collection of arguments, insights, reactions, and reflections.

    23 minutes
    Toni Morrison, Amanda Gorman, Paul Farmer, Jill Lepore, Henry Louis "Skip" Gates Jr., Annette Gordon Reed, Drew Faust, Gish Jen.
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    Break down walls. Vanquish villains. Stand up and speak out. Facts and truth matter.

    Ahead of Commencement ceremonies this week, we revisit inspiring messages from past speakers.

    62 minutes
    Commencement stage.
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    Graceful exit

    Grace Scheibner, the first director of Harvard’s Commencement office, is stepping down after 24 years in the role.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Women in the law

    Hundreds of women convened at Harvard Law School for a weekend event celebrating 60 years of women at the institution.

    4 minutes
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    Voices from the trees

    To celebrate the University’s 375th anniversary, excerpts of famous speeches will play on loop from trees in Harvard Yard.

    4 minutes
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    Mapping out Harry Potter’s world

    The Harvard Museum of Natural History celebrates the world of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter in a gallery scavenger hunt that has proven to be a popular and educational experience.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Parting words

    We usually think of commencement as college’s end, but the word actually means the beginning, since everyday life is what follows. In this video, seven renowned Harvard instructors give their takeaway advice on how to thrive in the wider world, how to chart a fulfilling future, and how to give back along the way.

    1 minute
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    U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s address at Harvard’s Afternoon Exercises

    United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s commencement speech at Harvard’s Afternoon Exercises on June 4, 2009.

    14 minutes
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    Sights, sounds, stories of Commencement 2008

    From the beginning of Commencement Day, when graduates and their professors commenced sprouting out of the morning mist in full regalia, ’til the end of Afternoon Exercises, when all and sundry fell under the spell of J.K. Rowling’s verbal wizardry, four curious, stealthy, and alert writers from the Gazette prowled around the Yard and its…

    17 minutes
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    Honorary degrees awarded at Commencement

    Harvard University today (June 5) conferred honorary doctoral degrees on 10 individuals in recognition of their outstanding achievements in a broad range of fields. The degrees were awarded at this morning’s 357th Commencement Exercises. In addition, the University announced its intention to confer an honorary degree on Sen. Edward M. Kennedy on an appropriate future…

    17 minutes
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    Text of J.K. Rowling’s speech

    ‘The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination’

    15 minutes
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    The magic of J.K. Rowling

    J.K. Rowling inspires the Class of 2008 with a heartfelt, fluent talk about the uses of failure and imagination.

    1 minute
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    Yes, it was a magical talk

    Call it magic, but the rain held off while Harry Potter creator J.K. Rowling delivered the keynote address this afternoon (June 5) at Harvard University’s annual meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Faust bids farewell to Class of 2008

    Amidst humid temperatures and slightly overcast skies, the Class of 2008 gathered Tuesday (June 3) in a steamy Memorial Church for one of the first in a series of Commencement…

    4 minutes
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    J.K. Rowling to speak at Commencement

    J.K. Rowling, author of the world-renowned “Harry Potter” novels, will be the principal speaker during the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard University’s 357th Commencement on June 5, 2008.

    2 minutes