Campus & Community
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5 things we learned this week
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Donald Lee Fanger, 94
Memorial Minute — Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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Atul Gawande named featured speaker for Harvard Alumni Day
Acclaimed surgeon, writer, and public health leader will take the stage at Harvard’s global alumni celebration on June 6
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Sense of isolation, loss amid Gaza war sparks quest to make all feel welcome
Nim Ravid works to end polarization on campus, across multicultural democracies
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4 things we learned this week
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Abraham Verghese, physician and bestselling author, named Commencement speaker
Stanford professor whose novels include ‘Covenant of Water’ to deliver principal address May 29
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A call to do justice
A graduate of West Point, David E. White Jr., J.D. ’17, came to Harvard Law School after a tour in Afghanistan as a lieutenant and platoon leader. At the Law School, he honed his passions for leadership, public service, and justice.
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Challenge to meet future needs accomplished
Three student ventures have been recognized with 2017 President’s Innovation Challenge awards, and three runners-up also won awards.
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Misty Copeland, offstage
Misty Copeland, the American Ballet Theatre’s first black principal dancer, shares her life story with students.
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Harvard yield highest since 1960s
Nearly 84 percent of students admitted to the Class of 2021 have chosen to matriculate at Harvard College. The last time the yield reached this level was in 1969.
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‘There were just so many things that I was curious about’
Interview with Professor Joseph Nye as part of the Experience series.
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Being ‘smart’ about her education
Amanda Rich found the Harvard Extension School a perfect landing spot for her third degree.
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Business School Professor David A. Garvin dies at 64
David A. Garvin, Harvard Business School’s C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, died at his home in Lexington, Mass., on Sunday, April 30, after a long battle with cancer. He was 64 years old.
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Paving the way to entrepreneurship
Harvard-based program exposes high school students to the excitement and challenges of entrepreneurship.
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Abell and Palandjian to lead Overseers
Scott A. Abell ’72 has been elected president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers for the academic year 2017-18. Tracy P. Palandjian ’93, M.B.A. ’97, will serve as vice chair of the Overseers executive committee for 2017-18.
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Harvard faculty named to National Academy of Sciences
Eight Harvard faculty elected as members of the National Academy of Sciences.
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5 awarded Harvard College Professorships
The five faculty members named Harvard College Professors this month all share a talent for making their respective subjects come alive in the classroom.
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Lowell House on May Day
In an annual ritual, Lowell House residents rise early to greet May Day by the river.
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Paul C. Martin, 85
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on May 2, 2017, the following Minute was placed upon the records.
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Two are Abramson winners
David Cox and Lorgia García Peña are winners of the 2017 Roslyn Abramson Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching.
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Carpenter Center appoints new director
Dan Byers has been named as the John R. and Barbara Robinson Family Director of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, effective June 1.
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He set the stage for change
David Coletti is a peer adviser, a PBHA volunteer, and international traveler who says conversations have broken down barriers and fostered connections key to his time at Harvard.
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‘You can’t let your emotions overtake you so much that you can’t do the work’
Interview with Professor Annette Gordon-Reed of Harvard Law School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as part of the Experience series.
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Instagram takeover: Students highlight the arts on Harvard’s account
Undergrads Samuel Fisch and Lance Oppenheim take over Harvard’s Instagram account to highlight Arts First and the student experience of the arts at Harvard.
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An active role for the Divinity School
A panel at Harvard Divinity School included the deans of the Law School, Business School, and Ed School. The focus was how the Divinity School could be of assistance.
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Facing future with hands-on empathy for others
Surgeries transformed Elaine Dong’s face and her future, freeing her to mix visual arts with the art of medicine.
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Making sense of climate costs
Ph.D. graduate Jisung Park focuses on the natural environment’s effects on society—a boyhood interest that grew first in Kansas, then sharpened in Seoul.
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Harvard professor recognized with portrait
Professor Orlando Patterson is the 17th honoree of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations’ Portraiture Project.
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The mystery of the brain examined
“Toward an Artificial Brain” brought the results of a Harvard-led effort to Allston with an Ed Portal discussion.
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Behind the art
Organized by an all-volunteer group of students, community members, and trained artists, the opera offers undergrads the opportunity to learn on the job while rubbing shoulders with seasoned professionals.
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Faculty Council meeting held April 26
On April 26 the members of the Faculty Council approved preliminary versions of the University Extension School courses for 2017–2018 and of “Courses of Instruction” for 2017–2018.
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Albert Henrichs, professor of Greek literature, dies at 74
Albert Henrichs, longtime Harvard scholar and Eliot Professor of Greek Literature, dies at 74.
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Progress in diversifying faculty
At Harvard, the percentages of women and minorities on the faculty have reached new highs, study says.
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New faculty deans appointed
Sean Kelly and Cheryl Chen named faculty deans of Dunster House, while L. “Maha” and Amala Mahadevan will oversee Mather House.
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John Lithgow: An actor’s journey
John Lithgow sat down with the Gazette to talk about how he got his start in acting, his formative years in theater on campus, and his deep affection for Harvard.
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Grad Council opens floor to global leaders
The eighth annual Harvard Graduate Council’s Leadership Conference brought industry leaders from around the globe to share their experience.