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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Stuck between two lives
Alfredo Garcia, an undocumented student at Harvard Divinity School, is pursuing a master’s in theological studies. He also works to help undocumented youths pursue higher education, and advocates for immigration reform.
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Embracing varieties of religious experience
An interview with Dean David Hempton to mark the bicentennial of Harvard Divinity School.
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Danielle Allen named University Professor
Danielle Allen has been named a University Professor. The political theorist and classicist has been recognized for her scholarly work on justice and citizenship.
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The career afterlife
Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative fellows find new ways to explore life after one career ends and they move into the social sector.
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Diversifying the arts
Harvard alumni, faculty describe efforts on and off campus to diversify the arts.
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Siyani Chambers: Back on point
Siyani Chambers was looking forward to finishing his senior year as starting point guard for the men’s basketball team until an injury took him off the court and off campus for a year. Now he’s back.
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Harvard ROTC: Soldiers and Scholars
Photos from Harvard ROTC’s 100th birthday show the intersection of service and academics through time.
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Life Lab builds on cross-disciplinary approach
The opening of the Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab in Allston marks the newest addition to the Innovations Labs cluster, which fosters the cross-disciplinary approach to entrepreneurship.
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Lessons of self-care, while caring for others
Cheryl A. Giles, the Francis Greenwood Peabody Senior Lecturer on Pastoral Care and Counseling, has been counseling and educating young people for more than 30 years.
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Election Day at Harvard
After a bruising election, voters at Harvard cast their ballots and settled in to watch the results.
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Harvard women, front and center
First Harvard Women’s Weekend focuses on what’s been gained, and what’s still to achieve.
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Harvard Foundation names Scientist of the Year
Nobel laureate Takaaki Kajita will be honored as the 2016 Scientist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations.
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Nobel winner, times two
Just days after Oliver Hart, the Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, received the Nobel Prize in economics, the Harvard Gazette sat down with him and Adams University Professor Eric Maskin, who won the prize in 2007, to look back on their distinguished careers.
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Professor has Ed Portal audience vote on legalization of marijuana
A Harvard professor asked an Ed Portal audience to vote on Question 4, which would legalize and create a commission to regulate marijuana in Massachusetts, after they reviewed three very different viewpoints on the topic.
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Student election upcoming
Harvard students in teaching and research positions will vote Nov. 16, 17 on whether to have a union represent them.
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Mark A. Kishlansky, 66
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 1, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records.
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Alex Dalgarno, 87
At a Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Nov. 1, 2016, the following Minute was placed upon the records.
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A budget surplus, but a cautious outlook
Harvard had a budget surplus in the 2016 fiscal year, but forecasts are for tight revenues in the years ahead from endowment, tuition, and federal funding sources, Harvard’s chief financial officer said.
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Autumn arrives in Harvard Yard
The incandescent foliage of New England is on full display across the Harvard campuses on both sides of the Charles River.
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From one dreamer to another
Monica Tesoriero and Kalan Chang are products of the Harvard Bridge Program, which connects workers with citizenship and career-development services.
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Gift from Jeremy Lin ’10 funds financial aid and Lavietes Pavilion renovation
A $1 million gift from Brooklyn Nets guard Jeremy Lin ’10 will go towards supporting the Harvard Financial Aid initiative and improvements to the Lavietes Pavilion.
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Steven Hyman awarded 2016 Sarnat Prize
The National Institute of Mental Health has awarded Professor Steven Hyman ’80 the 2016 Sarnat Prize for his work on treating and understanding psychiatric disorders as biological diseases.
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Faculty Council meeting held Oct. 19
On October 19 the Faculty Council heard a review of the Biomedical Engineering concentration and a proposal on course scheduling. They also met with Provost Garber to ask and answer…
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At Carpenter Center, an explosion of creativity
The Carpenter Center, designed by renowned architect Le Corbusier, is intended for creative activity within its spaces.
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Community Football Day perfect, Crimson too
More than 1,000 residents of Allston-Brighton and Cambridge enjoyed a tailgate before watching the Crimson football team continue their perfect streak, all compliments of Harvard University.
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Some advice for freshmen
A Harvard College sophomore tells freshmen what he knows, and ponders what he’s learned in the last year.
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A student-driven performance space
Two undergraduates turned their idea for a new musical and performance space into reality at the Penthouse Café in the Radcliffe Quadrangle.
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Kimmel steps up for Scholars at Risk
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel will be joined by sports analyst Bill Simmons at a Boston fundraiser to support Harvard’s Scholars at Risk program.
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Harvard’s Oliver Hart wins Nobel in economics
Harvard Professor Oliver Hart was awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his work on contracts theory.
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Pharr honored by Japan Foundation
Susan J. Pharr has been given the Japan Foundation Award for her contribution to the study of the island nation and its international ties.