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Tag: John Adams
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Nation & World
Reviving the Philosophy Chamber
A new exhibit at Harvard Art Museums re-creates the Philosophy Chamber, located in Harvard Hall in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
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Nation & World
A prize of a weekend
The 100th anniversary of the Pulitzer Prizes brought leading lights from journalism and the arts to Harvard to reflect on accountability and the abuse of power.
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Nation & World
A voice for creative leadership
Since August, Deborah Borda has been a Hauser Leader-in-Residence at the Center for Public Leadership at the Kennedy School, where she has been sharing her passion for the arts and imparting life lessons to leaders-in-training.
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Nation & World
A tuned-in savior
Harvard music professor Anne Shreffler and a trio of graduate students have developed an exhibit based on the extensive material related to contemporary music patron Paul Fromm. “Composing the Future: The Fromm Foundation and the Music of Our Time” is on view at the Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library through May 2.
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Nation & World
Eight receive honorary degrees
Journalist Fareed Zakari, who was chosen as the principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises, is among those to be presented an honoroary degree at Harvard’s 361st Commencement.
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Nation & World
Let there be music
As a liberal arts college, Harvard trains its students broadly so they can adapt nimbly to a rapidly changing world. Increasingly, appreciating and participating in music are integral parts of student life.
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Nation & World
Making ‘Nixon in China’
Three major players in contemporary music reconvened at Harvard, their alma mater, to discuss their groundbreaking opera “Nixon in China,” based on Nixon’s seminal visit in 1972.
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Nation & World
‘Nixon in China’ and at Harvard
Harvard President Drew Faust will host a panel discussion Nov. 15 with the alumni behind the groundbreaking opera “Nixon in China” as part of Harvard’s 375th anniversary celebration.
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Nation & World
A musical education
Harvard students are studying and performing the modern, eclectic works of composer John Adams.
