The year in review
As Commencement crowns another year of Harvard history, here is a brief backward glance at some of the year’s highlights. Summer 2006 President Emeritus Derek Bok returns to Massachusetts Hall to...
View ArticleFaust installation, Oct. 12
Incoming President Drew G. Faust will be formally installed as Harvard’s 28th president on Oct. 12 at an outdoor ceremony in the Tercentenary Theatre. An academic procession, featuring representatives...
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Q&A on Harvard’s Allston plan
In a letter to the Allston community sent earlier today, Harvard President Drew Faust outlined the University’s path forward for its presence in Allston. Harvard will, as has been anticipated, pause...
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Souter to speak at Commencement
David H. Souter, a native New Englander and Harvard alumnus who served nearly two decades on the U.S. Supreme Court before stepping down in 2009, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon...
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Plain language, complex meanings
In a Commencement Day speech to Harvard’s graduates, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter said Thursday (May 27) that judges have no choice but to interpret the U.S. Constitution beyond its...
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Harvard welcomes back ROTC
Harvard University announced on Thursday (March 3) that it will formally welcome the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) program back to campus, following the decision by Congress in...
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Ready to make a difference
Harvard honored the first group of students awarded grants from the University’s new Presidential Public Service Fellowship Program during a luncheon at the Harvard Faculty Club on April 20. Created...
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Improving South African schooling
When South African Al Witten was a doctoral candidate at the Harvard Gradate School of Education (HGSE), he dreamed of connecting Harvard scholars with educators in his homeland. Slowly, that dream is...
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Lady Gaga, Winfrey target bullying
She has the most renowned wardrobe on the planet, a legion of fans she calls “Little Monsters,” and multiple Grammy Awards. Now, she has collaborators at Harvard, too. Pop sensation Lady Gaga launched...
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President of Brazil comes to Harvard
Harvard University today signed a five-year agreement with the government of Brazil to eliminate financial barriers for talented Brazilian science students pursuing undergraduate and graduate studies...
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Tommy Lee Jones receives Arts Medal
Tommy Lee Jones ’69 received the Harvard Arts Medal Thursday at Sanders Theatre in a ceremony hosted by fellow actor John Lithgow ’67. The medal recognizes a Harvard or Radcliffe graduate or faculty...
View ArticlePresident Drew Faust’s Address | Harvard Commencement 2013
Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust delivers her address during the the Afternoon Exercises of Harvard’s 362nd Commencement on May 30, 2013.
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Ready to serve
Steady rain forced one of Commencement week’s usual outdoor events inside on Wednesday. But the wet weather did nothing to detract from the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) celebration that...
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Joy by the Yard
Enemy of disease The presentation of honorary degrees includes short biographies read by Provost Alan Garber. Brief as they are, these often contain interesting notes about the recipients. During...
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The Memorial Church community
For more than 80 years, Harvard’s Memorial Church — its dizzying white spire rising above Tercentenary Theatre — has been an important campus landmark, and a spiritual home for the community. Created...
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A symphony of diversity
Summer was still in full swing this morning as Harvard President Drew Faust delivered the first Morning Prayers of the fall semester in the Memorial Church’s vaulted Appleton Chapel. The faculty,...
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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...
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President Faust’s climate initiative awards $1M in grants
Ten research projects driven by faculty collaborators across six Harvard Schools will share over $1 million in the second round of grants awarded by the Climate Change Solutions Fund, an initiative...
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Welcoming the Class of 2020
Harvard President Drew Faust welcomed the College’s new crop of undergraduates during Freshman Convocation on Tuesday, urging them to embrace Veritas, with an eye toward inclusion and diversity, a goal...
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Faith in the counsel of history
During the first Morning Prayers of the new academic term, Harvard President Drew Faust outlined her hopes for the future by turning her eye to the past and calling on her listeners to do the same. “A...
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Honoring the Crimson line
University officials, staff, administrators, faculty, alumni, and students stood alongside alumni veterans and active servicemen and -women on Thursday evening at a Pusey Library reception for an...
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Earliest recording of JFK found in Harvard Archives
What did John F. Kennedy sound like as a vivacious 20-year-old, a young man who liked to balance his Harvard studies with ample amounts of sports and socializing, and whose first run for office was...
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President Faust urges freshmen to connect with classmates, embrace diversity
In a time of uncertainty, challenge, and change, Harvard’s dedication to the pursuit of knowledge and truth and its unwavering devotion to inclusion can inspire a better, more tolerant world, Drew...
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Faust tells Philadelphia high school girls: ‘You can do anything’
PHILADELPHIA — Harvard President Drew Faust joined students at Philadelphia High School for Girls last week to discuss the importance of higher education and to urge the young women to pursue their...
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Harvard Allston Partnership Fund marks 10th year and $1M in grants
Despite a chilly and torrential rain, the mood was warm and celebratory at the 10th annual Harvard Allston Partnership Fund (HAPF) grant awards ceremony at Raymond V. Mellone Park in Allston on April...
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