Tag: Rakesh Khurana

  • Nation & World

    Engage, enjoy, get centered

    As freshmen move into dorms in and around the Yard, fellow students, faculty, and administrators offer tips on how best to adjust to the Harvard experience, from maintaining basic wellness to exploring the vast resources Harvard has to offer.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The community builders

    When the leadership of Harvard College changes hands later this summer from interim Dean Donald Pfister to incoming Dean Rakesh Khurana, undergraduates will find that while the life experiences and research backgrounds of the two couldn’t be more different, their focus on the job of dean is the same.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Going forward, a look back

    The Harvard Campaign, milestones in the arts, and scientific breakthroughs marked 2013-14 at Harvard.

    20 minutes
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    Lean in, speak out

    At Class Day ceremonies, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg urged graduates to confront hard truths and address wrongs they find in the world.

    5 minutes
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    Research to lose sleep over

    Will Clerx ’14 studied how going without sleep for long periods affects undergraduates.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Get up, it’s Housing Day

    Freshmen, who spend their first year living in and around the Yard, are sorted into one of Harvard’s 12 upperclass Houses on Housing Day.

    5 minutes
  • 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.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Q&A with Rakesh Khurana

    Rakesh Khurana, the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School and co-master of Cabot House, will become dean of Harvard College on July 1. In a question-and-answer session, he discussed how his career and tenure as House co-master helped prepare him for the tasks ahead.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    New Harvard College dean

    Rakesh Khurana, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School and co-master of Cabot House, has been named the new dean of Harvard College.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Outlining academic integrity

    A panel of faculty led a discussion about academic integrity with an audience of undergraduates, staffers, administrators, and other faculty members. This session was the first in a series of community-wide discussions on the topic.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Architecture of experience

    Harvard’s distinctive House system, a baker’s dozen of smaller communities, nurtures undergrads to find their passions, and themselves.

    17 minutes
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    Junior achievement

    Families of third-year undergraduates flocked to campus March 2-3 for the College’s Junior Parents Weekend. The annual program, which features tours, lectures, student performances, and advice on life after Harvard, drew nearly 600 students and more than 1,500 of their guests to Cambridge this year.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A look inside: Cabot House

    In Cabot House, a new café quickly becomes a familiar gathering place.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A moving experience

    As Hurricane Irene moved up the East Coast, residents of Currier House raced to move in before the storm arrived.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    College welcomes junior parents

    Harvard faculty, experts, and President Drew Faust welcomed the families of third-year undergraduates to campus and gave the Class of 2012 advice on preparing for life after college during the Junior Parents Weekend (JPW) program, March 4-5. More than 560 students and nearly 1,200 of their guests attended the annual event.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    House masters appointed

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds, announced the appointment of three House masters: Douglas Melton, Christie McDonald, and Rakesh Khurana.

    5 minutes