Tag: Special Event
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Campus & Community
Remembering 9/11
Harvard plans services, vigils, panels to draw meaning from 10th anniversary of 9/11 tragedy.
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Nation & World
Harvard honors veterans
In what is believed to be the largest gathering of uniformed students at the University since Winston Churchill spoke on campus in 1943, more than 170 Harvard veterans from all the service branches gathered at Cambridge’s Sheraton Commander Hotel April 25 for a dinner honoring students who have served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Campus & Community
Harvard’s 360th Commencement
Ticketing and viewing information for alumni/ae, parents, and others regarding Harvard’s Commencement Exercises on May 26.
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Campus & Community
Get ready, think big
Ten of Harvard’s great minds gathered at Sanders Theatre on Thursday (Feb. 17) for the second annual Harvard Thinks Big, a student-organized discussion in which 10 speakers each took 10 minutes to explore a topic near and dear to their hearts.
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Nation & World
‘That was his dream’
A diverse Harvard community celebrated Interfaith Awareness Week during a moving ceremony at the Memorial Church on Monday (Feb. 7) evening, remembering the life and message of the late Martin Luther King Jr.
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Campus & Community
The Moore’s the merrier
It snowed on Julianne Moore’s parade, but the acclaimed actress and 2011 Woman of the Year didn’t let weather stop her from visiting Harvard for a tour, a roast, and the coveted Pudding Pot on Thursday (Jan. 27).
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Campus & Community
Expert etiquette
Robin Abrahams, a research associate at Harvard Business School and Boston Globe columnist, answered Harvard employees’ questions on workplace etiquette in a HARVie chat in January.
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Campus & Community
‘100 Reasons To Give’
The Harvard Community Gifts campaign, which kicked off in December with a new theme — “100 Reasons To Give” — is accepting donations via payroll deduction until Jan. 21.
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Campus & Community
Ceramics Program hosts holiday show and sale
The Ceramics Program of Harvard’s Office for the Arts will present its annual holiday show and sale Dec. 9-12 at 219 Western Ave. in Allston.
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Campus & Community
PBHA launches holiday gift drive
Phillips Brooks House has launched Harvard’s annual holiday gift drive — an effort to collect more than 1,000 gifts for children in Boston and Cambridge.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Shorts Film Festival seeks film submissions
The Harvard Shorts Film Festival is open for submissions until Feb. 4.
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Campus & Community
Partying like it’s 1985
Dozens of Harvard employees were honored at the 56th Annual 25-Year Recognition Ceremony at Sanders Theatre on Oct. 13.
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Campus & Community
Bringing faculty together
Provost-sponsored events seek to bring together faculty from across the University and spur cross-disciplinary ventures.
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Campus & Community
Edmond J. Safra graduate fellowships in ethics 2011-12
Applications are invited from graduate students who are writing dissertations or are engaged in major research on topics in practical ethics, especially ethical issues in architecture, business, education, government, law, medicine, public health, public policy, and religion.
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Campus & Community
Strong finish
More than 100 Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff ran in the annual Brian J. Honan 5K on Sept. 12.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Extension School to host general info session on June 15
The Harvard Extension School will host a general information session on Tuesday, June 15, from 5:30 to 9 p.m. in Memorial Hall and the Science Center. The session is designed for anyone interested in learning more about the School and its offerings, including more than 600 courses and liberal arts and professional degree programs.
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Arts & Culture
A complicated Lincoln
A collection of scholars painted a complex, complicated, and rich picture of the nation’s 16th president during a two-day symposium at Harvard April 24-25.
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Campus & Community
Bringing sexy back to Harvard
Looking dapper under the bright lights of New College Theatre, Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year Justin Timberlake took his roast like a man, like only a sexy man can: In pink heels and a platinum blonde wig.
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Campus & Community
In the footsteps of Du Bois
Eight receive W.E.B. Du Bois Medals for aiding African-American culture, including Charlayne Hunter-Gault, Hugh M. “Brother Blue” Hill, Vernon Jordan, Daniel and Joanna S. Rose, Shirley M. Tilghman, Bob Herbert, and Frank H. Pearl.
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Campus & Community
Levin to give Noble Lectures
Robert D. Levin, Dwight P. Robinson Jr. Professor of Music in the Department of Music at Harvard, will deliver the annual William Belden Noble Lectures at the Memorial Church on Dec. 1-3 at 8 p.m.
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Campus & Community
The college transition
Freshman Parents Weekend involves first-year students and family in sessions designed to smooth the transition to college.
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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: Radcliffe Institute
The guest list for the Radcliffe Institute’s 10th anniversary symposium was a motley mix of former fellows including journalist Susan Faludi ’81, RI ’09, who read from a story she wrote for the Harvard Crimson as a freshman.
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Campus & Community
Faculty and staff to be honored for 25 years of service
On Oct. 15, Harvard will hold the 55th annual 25 Year Recognition Ceremony in historic Sanders Theatre, honoring faculty and staff from across the University who have served Harvard for 25 years.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Arts Medalist named
Composer, baritone saxophonist, and activist Fred Ho ’79 will be honored by Harvard University as the fall 2009 recipient of the Harvard Arts Medal on Nov. 13. He will perform in a tribute concert with the Harvard Jazz Bands on Nov. 14.
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Campus & Community
Welcoming Gen Ed
In a celebratory forum in Lowell Lecture Hall Sept. 3, Harvard President Drew Faust and others explain and extol Harvard’s new General Education requirements, which take effect this year with the Class of 2013.
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Campus & Community
Around the Schools: Harvard University Extension School
The Harvard University Extension School will celebrate its centennial anniversary this fall. A private convocation will be held Sept. 25, and a public panel on the future of technology is slated for Nov. 18.