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Tag: President Derek Bok
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Nation & World
Honorary degree recipients and citations, 2007
Three women and six men received honorary degrees at Harvard’s 356th Commencement. President Derek Bok read the citations.
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Nation & World
South African Fellowship Program certificates awarded
Professor Felton Earls, director of the Harvard South African Fellowship Program, recently awarded special certificates signed by interim President Derek Bok.
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Nation & World
Be careful what you work for
Harvard interim President Derek Bok bid the Harvard College Class of 2007 farewell Tuesday (June 5), urging graduating seniors to consider the true roots of happiness in life, and cautioning that while society values wealth, for most people money does not equal satisfaction.
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Nation & World
Amartya Sen talks about the importance of ethics in academe
In 1976, in the education journal Change, President Derek Bok famously asked, “Can ethics be taught?” At the time, few universities and even fewer faculty specialized in ethics; philosophers rarely applied their moral insights to real-world problems; and doctors, lawyers, businesspersons, and policymakers usually had little or no ethics training, even as the world was…
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Nation & World
President seeks input
In a May 2 letter to the Harvard community, interim President Derek Bok is soliciting input on the issue of calendar reform. The letter also provides an update on developments around this issue. To view the letter, go to http://www.harvard.edu or visit the President’s site at http://www.president.harvard.edu/.
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Nation & World
Statement by Harvard Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility (CCSR) Regarding Stock in PetroChina Company Limited
We are announcing today (April 4, 2005) the Harvard Corporation’s decision to direct Harvard Management Company (HMC) to divest itself of stock held by HMC in PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina).