Dear Colleagues and Friends, As you know, Kathy McCartney will be concluding her service as dean of the Graduate School of Education at the end of the spring term, having been named to become president of Smith College next July. Kathy has led the Ed School with extraordinary energy and effectiveness since 2005. It will…
Statement on the Report on the Study of Religion at Harvard
Dear Members of the Harvard Community, As many of you know, last fall I asked a group of distinguished scholars to offer me their advice on how we might strengthen the study of religion at Harvard. Today, I write to share a report of their observations and suggested approaches. The report, which is grounded in…
Death and the Civil War
Corydon Ireland Harvard Staff Writer In a rare on-campus film premiere Tuesday, Harvard screened “Death and the Civil War,” a documentary by Ric Burns, co-producer of the acclaimed 1990 PBS series “The Civil War.” Burns said the new film was inspired by Harvard President Drew Faust’s book “This Republic of Suffering.” The two-hour screening before…
Harvard’s Drew Faust Gives Her Best Career Advice to Students
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History is where the future begins
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The President’s Challenge for Social Entrepreneurship Recognizes Four Student Ventures
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Year-End Message from President Faust
On the Web: Harvard University—The Year in Pictures, 2011-2012 Dear Members of the Harvard Community: Spirits and surroundings were in harmony as we gathered under blue skies for Commencement, marking the close of Harvard’s 375th anniversary with poetry and song. It was a fitting end to a celebration that began in October with a boisterous,…
Harvard University: The Year in Pictures 2011-2012
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