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Tag: President Drew Faust
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Campus & Community
‘In our common spaces lie uncommon opportunities’
Under President Drew Faust, the Committee on Common Spaces at Harvard has created new spaces across campus in order to generate greater discussion, collaboration, partnership, learning, and sense of belonging.
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Campus & Community
Harvard evolves and grows, but maintains core mission
Your Harvard series takes President Drew Faust to San Francisco.
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Campus & Community
Renovation of Smith Field marks many improvements
The $6.5 million renovation to William F. Smith Field in Allston makes numerous improvements.
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Campus & Community
A letter leads to Harvard
Michael Medaugh, who in seventh grade exchanged notes with Harvard President Drew Faust, worked hard and is now a College freshman.
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Campus & Community
Two advisory committees named
Harvard’s presidential search committee, comprising the 12 members of the University’s Corporation other than the president along with three members of the Board of Overseers, has announced the membership of the faculty and staff advisory committees for the search.
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Campus & Community
Turning College dreams into reality
Shaunte Butler ’14 studied neurobiology as an undergraduate and is now in her first year at Yale Medical School. For the Miami native whose single mother worked two jobs to raise her children, Harvard’s generous financial aid helped make her College dreams a reality.
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Campus & Community
13 Allston-Brighton nonprofits to receive grants
Thirteen local nonprofits were selected to receive Harvard Allston Partnership Fund grants totaling $100,000 to support programs in the Allston-Brighton community.
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Campus & Community
Finalists named in President’s Innovation Challenge
Harvard Innovation Labs announced the 15 finalists for this year’s President’s Innovation Challenge. The grand prize winner will be named May 9.
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Nation & World
Bok Center celebrates 40 years
The Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning celebrates its 40th anniversary with a conversation between President Drew Faust and President Emeritus Derek Bok and a symposium on educating.
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Campus & Community
President’s Challenge narrows field to 10 finalists
Ten teams have been selected as finalists for the 2016 President’s Challenge, President Drew Faust will award $100,000 to be shared among the grand prize winners on April 25.
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Arts & Culture
Slavery’s chilling shadow
Toni Morrison delivered the first of six Charles Eliot Norton Lectures to an adoring crowd at Sanders Theatre on Wednesday. Morrison is the 58th scholar given the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry.
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Arts & Culture
Morrison’s first Norton Lecture set for March 2
Toni Morrison will deliver the Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, which will be held throughout March and April at Sanders Theatre. Hosted by the Mahindra Humanities Center, Morrison is the 58th scholar to be given the arts and humanities honor, officially named the Charles Eliot Norton Professorship of Poetry.
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Nation & World
Faust: Step up on climate change
At a State Department forum, Harvard President Drew Faust says that universities have a responsibility to play a key role in developing solutions to climate-change issues.
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Campus & Community
James Rothenberg dies at 69
James F. Rothenberg, a member of the Harvard Corporation since 2004 and the University’s treasurer from 2004 to 2014, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was 69.
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Campus & Community
HAA’s Harvard Medal recipients announced
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) announced that Charles J. Egan Jr. ’54, Michael E.A. Gellert ’53, Thomas W. Lentz Jr., A.M. ’81, Ph.D. ’85, Sandra O. Moose, A.M. ’65, Ph.D. ’68, and Robert D. Reischauer ’63 will receive the 2015 Harvard Medal.
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Nation & World
After Nepal quake, Harvard responds
With Nepal struggling to grasp the enormous calamity caused by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck north of Kathmandu Saturday, Harvard is mobilizing to help with technical and medical assistance and reaching out to faculty, staff, and students visiting the region.
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Campus & Community
Target: Climate change
Harvard will convene a panel at Sanders Theatre on April 13 to discuss the wide-ranging concerns surrounding climate change.
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Nation & World
Why college matters
During a videotaped speech in Dallas, Harvard President Drew Faust explained why attending college remains so important for many after high school — and a group of seniors couldn’t agree more.
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Campus & Community
Harvard rolls out plan for the future
The Harvard Sustainability Plan, released today, sets a holistic vision and clear priorities for how the University will move toward an even healthier, more sustainable campus community. The five-year operational plan targets reductions in energy, water, and waste while also focusing on sustainable operations, culture change, and human health.
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Nation & World
Journey to Mexico
Harvard President Drew Faust, University administrators, and faculty members are in Mexico this week for a series of meetings, tours, and alumni events. During their visit to the nation with the largest number of Harvard degree recipients in Latin America, participants are posting items about what they do and see.
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Campus & Community
Challenges remain, but connections are key
Harvard Black Alumni Weekend 2014 (Oct. 10-12) was the fourth such gathering since 1999, and only the second time that it has been open to graduates of all Schools. In the past, events for black alumni were organized by the societies of one or several Schools at a time and focused on undergraduate students.
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Campus & Community
A student call to service
Ten Harvard Presidential Public Service Fellows who spent the summer scattered across the country working to help others. In an annual luncheon with President Drew Faust, the fellows shared their experiences.
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Campus & Community
Faust and Cohen mark new $12.5M fund for arts
President Drew Faust and Lizabeth Cohen, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, are celebrating a $12.5 million fund to enhance the creative arts at Harvard, it was announced today. As part of the fund, Maryellie Kulukundis Johnson ’57 and Rupert H. Johnson Jr. contributed a $10 million gift on behalf of their family.
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Campus & Community
Freshmen urged forward
The Class of 2018 gathered at Freshman Convocation to hear from University leaders on the challenges and opportunities ahead.
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Nation & World
Power suits
Harvard President Drew Faust convened a panel of top female leaders in media, business, and government to talk about the evolving role of women, and the challenges as well as opportunities facing women today.
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Campus & Community
Q&A with Steven E. Hyman
President Drew Faust recently announced the creation of a University-wide task force to recommend how the University can better prevent sexual misconduct involving students. The task force will include students, faculty, and staff from across Harvard and will consult widely within the Harvard community and beyond.
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Campus & Community
President meets with Graduate Student Council
President Drew Faust met with members of the Graduate Student Council. She thanked the council members for their contributions to Harvard and shared her thoughts on leadership.
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Campus & Community
Final touches
The Office for the Arts’ 15,010-square-foot ceramics studio was dedicated on Wednesday, with Harvard President Drew Faust addressing a large crowd at the Allston facility.
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Nation & World
The doings at Davos
Harvard experts convened to discuss the big issues and parties at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
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Campus & Community
Corporation transitions planned for 2014
William F. Lee, A.B. ’72, will become the Harvard Corporation’s senior fellow next summer, succeeding Robert D. Reischauer, A.B. ’63, the University announced today.
