Tag: Loeb House

  • Nation & World

    A day of Hillary at Harvard

    Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Harvard Friday for several private sessions with students and faculty to discuss some of the challenges she faced as the nation’s top foreign policy representative from 2009-13.

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  • Nation & World

    Checkup for finance ministers

    Nine finance ministers from developing countries gathered at Loeb House to discuss the importance of health to a nation’s economic performance and explore ways for health and finance ministers to work together.

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  • Nation & World

    Air Force ROTC returns to Harvard

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James and Harvard President Drew Faust signed an agreement Friday to bring the Air Force ROTC program officially to campus.

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  • Nation & World

    A powerful convergence

    Harvard faculty members from several disciplines gathered to share thoughts about their work at the 2013 Kumbh Mela religious festival in India.

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  • Nation & World

    The threat to Burma’s minorities

    Harvard faculty and scholars gathered with Burmese refugees to discuss the ongoing mistreatment of that country’s Rohingya minority, which speakers called a “slow-burning genocide.” A Harvard Law School report said the country’s Karen minority also are under siege.

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  • Nation & World

    For good policy, forget party

    Collaboration and inclusion, even of political opponents, is critical to forging successful health policy, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis told a group of health ministers from around the world gathered at Harvard.

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    Loeb House garden: Colorful blooms of Elizabeth Gray

    Elizabeth Gray, senior associate secretary to the University, has tended the Loeb House garden in Harvard Yard since 1985.

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  • Nation & World

    President of Brazil comes to Harvard

    Harvard University today signed a five-year agreement with the government of Brazil to eliminate financial barriers for talented Brazilian science students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies at Harvard.

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  • Nation & World

    Signing ceremony welcomes ROTC

    After a 40-year hiatus, Harvard University will again host a Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program on campus, according to an agreement signed Friday (March 4) by President Drew Faust and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, J.D. ’76.

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  • Nation & World

    Harvard welcomes back ROTC

    Harvard President Drew Faust and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus today (March 4) signed an agreement that will re-establish the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) formal presence on campus for the first time in nearly 40 years.

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  • Nation & World

    Harvard welcomes back ROTC

    Harvard University announced on Thursday (March 3) that it will formally welcome the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program back to campus, following the decision by Congress in December to repeal the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law regarding military service.

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  • Nation & World

    Gates Scholars gather at Loeb

    Inside the fanciful rooms of Loeb House, people swarmed around a select cadre of students — most were dressed casually, with tired end-of-semester eyes, but all sharing one unique bond: They are Gates Millennium Scholars (GMS).

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  • Nation & World

    Memorial services

    Houthakker memorial today The University community is invited to attend a memorial service at the Memorial Church for Henry Lee Professor of Economics Emeritus Hendrik Houthakker today (Sept. 25). A reception at Loeb House will follow the 2 p.m. service.

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    Memorial services

    MAYBURY-LEWIS MEMORIAL MARCH 24 BYSE MEMORIAL SET FOR APRIL 4

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