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A look inside: Lowell House
With the holidays nigh, Lowell House residents celebrated with the Yule Dinner, where they observed some pagan traditions such as “bringing greens into homes at midwinter, kindling lights and fires at the darkest time of year, and feasting at table with loved ones,” according to House Master Diana Eck.
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A look inside: Lowell House
Lowell House is full of history, and at a recent High Table dinner, former residents of the House mingled with current residents for a night of eat, drink, and entertainment.
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375th party under the umbrellas
Harvard writers and photographers ventured to all corners of the campus and captured the University’s 375th anniversary celebration.
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Mourning 10, and 3,000
On the 10th anniversary of the attacks, Harvard students, faculty, and staff joined in remembering that tragic day. At the start of the day was an early-morning memorial run; at the end of the day were candlelight vigils that lit up the dark. In between came music, dance, and centering discussion.
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Moments that make Commencement
After weeks of rain and cold, Harvard ended the 2010-11 year on a postcard-perfect day of azure skies and warming breezes. Most of the focus was on the speeches and rituals of Tercentenary Theatre, of course. But all across Harvard Yard, where graduating students, faculty, families, and friends gathered, there were thousands of magical moments…
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Bells mark Commencement
For 23 years, they have rung out across Cambridge in Harvard’s honor, marking the conclusion of Morning Exercises.
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PBK inducts Class of 2012 members
The Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Iota of Massachusetts, will induct 24 juniors at a formal ceremony at Leverett House on April 25.
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Two named Marshall Scholars
Harvard seniors Kenzie Bok and Jonathan Warsh have received prestigious Marshall Scholarships, which will allow them to pursue two years of graduate study in the United Kingdom at the universities of their choice.
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48 seniors elected to Phi Beta Kappa
Forty-eight seniors were recently elected to the Harvard College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Iota of Massachusetts.
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Harvard Foundation unveils new portrait
A portrait of Chester Middlebrook Pierce ’48, M.D. ’52, was the latest to be unveiled in the Harvard Foundation’s Portraiture Project.
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Angeliki E. Laiou
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 11, 2010, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Angeliki E. Laiou, Dumbarton Oaks Professor of Byzantine History, was placed upon the records. Laiou was known for her path-breaking research in Mediterranean economic and women’s history.
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James Houghton: ‘I had the best time in the world’
James Houghton, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation, is stepping down from his post at the end of June. He reflected on his long Harvard association during an interview.
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Lessons from the Earth
The new Harvard Community Garden, dedicated Sunday, is expected to inspire lessons in sustainability, community, and academic collaboration.
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Lowell House Opera
For almost three-quarters of a century, the Lowell House Opera has given the Harvard community, and the community at large, something to sing about.
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Zeph Stewart
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on November 18, 2008, the Minute honoring the life and service of the late Zeph Stewart, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus, was placed upon the records. Stewart was an effective and beloved teacher.
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HAA selects Aloian Memorial Scholars
This past May, the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) selected two rising seniors to receive the David and Mimi Aloian Memorial Scholarships for their senior year (2008-09). The criteria for the awards reflect the traits valued and embodied by the late David and Mimi Aloian — thoughtful leadership that makes the College an exciting place in…
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Lowell House bells to make debut in courtyard concert
On Sunday (Aug. 24), anyone near Harvard Square will hear the new bells in Lowell House ring out in concert for the first time.
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Rescued Russian bells leave Harvard for home
In a succession of brief ceremonies outside Lowell House this week (July 8), Harvard University officially returned to authorities of the Russian Orthodox Church the last of a set of monastery bells saved from a Stalinist-era scrap heap.
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Classicist, Loeb Library trustee Stewart dies at 86
Distinguished American classicist Zeph Stewart, who was the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at Harvard University, passed away at his home in Watertown, Mass., on Dec. 1 at 86.
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Galbreth ’08 named Marshall Scholar
Megan Galbreth, a senior in Lowell House, has been named a 2008 Marshall Scholar. The award entitles Galbreth to two years of study at Oxford University, where she will pursue an M.Phil. in English Language and Literature.
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Danilov Monastery bells to ring in Russia once more
Nearly 80 years after they were rescued by plumbing magnate Charles R. Crane, the Lowell House bells are returning to their original home in the Danilov Monastery in Moscow.
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Phillips Brooks House Assoc. celebrates public service and honors seniors with awards
The Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) held its sixth annual Public Service Celebration on May 7 in the masters’ residence of Lowell House. A capacity crowd of 240, including PBHA public service leaders and volunteers, Harvard faculty and staff, and invited guests, attended the ceremony. The keynote address — traditionally comprising the reflections of three…
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Mason Hammond
Mason Hammond was born in Boston on February 14, 1903, the son of Samuel Hammond, Class of 1881, and Grace Learoyd, and died in Cambridge on October 13, 2002, four months short of his one hundredth birthday.
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Franklin L. Ford
Franklin L. Ford served as a major participant in this Faculty’s business throughout his career, as Assistant and Associate Professor, Allston Burr Senior Tutor of Lowell House, McLean Professor of Ancient and Modern History, and as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from fall l962 through spring 1970.