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Three to receive HAA medals

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced the recipients of the 2007 Harvard Medal: Phyllis Keller B.F. ’70, Carl H. Pforzheimer III A.B. ’58, M.B.A. ’63, and Richard Menschel M.B.A. ’59....

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Knowles memorial set for May 30

A memorial service for former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Jeremy R. Knowles will be held May 30 at 11 a.m. at the Memorial Church. The Amory Houghton Professor of Chemistry and...

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Harvard: Leadership through service

Harvard fosters a culture of community service that embraces those who study, teach and work here. An essential component of today’s Harvard education is the call to serve the greater community, both...

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Andover’s Rousmaniere teaches soccer in Africa

For Andover’s Adam Rousmaniere, life simply has a different meaning now. “When I got home, everything seemed different,” he said. “It was difficult to readapt. You look at things here and you think,...

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The Lost Student

I met him the year before I left the Mississippi Delta — my second year as a Teach for America member in Phillips County, Ark., one of the poorest counties in the country. Patrick had flunked eighth...

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Around the Schools: Harvard Law School

Hundreds of Harvard Law School (HLS) students, faculty, and staff gathered in the School’s Pound Hall for a “Thanksgiving for the Troops” event on Nov. 18 to raise money and collect items for soldiers...

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A church rises again

HAYNEVILLE, Ala. — One afternoon this week, George Thampy ’10, a chemistry concentrator, joined four other Harvard undergraduates on a low scaffold at a nearly completed church in this small...

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A key player on the field and off

Ask Melissa Schellberg ’10 why she is so passionate about community service, and she won’t give you a calculated plan or vision for change. She’ll keep it simple. “I’ve always liked helping people,...

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Teach for America taps talent

More than three dozen Harvard graduates will join the ranks of Teach for America this fall, making the University among the nation’s top contributors to the national nonprofit education program....

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Slowing down to see more

During my time at Harvard, I have heard many conversations about learning.  Most recently, I listened to professors at the Harvard Initiative for Learning and Teaching symposium swap ideas on methods...

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Family values, in an orphanage

This is one in a series of profiles showcasing some of Harvard’s stellar graduates. Sonya Soni, her Hindi relatives have long maintained, just might be her great-grandmother reincarnated. It’s not...

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Donovan receives Coles Award

“We celebrate public service and its importance to this University,” Harvard President Drew Faust told an audience of 200 students, faculty, staff, and alumni, at the Memorial Church on Friday....

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Harvard’s graduates, aiding others

“It is a fundamental purpose of the modern research university to develop talent in service of a better world. This commitment is at the heart of all we do,” said Harvard President Drew Faust during...

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Finding HARMONY

Walking through a labyrinth of orange hallways to a practice room in Paine Hall, saxophonist Mariah Goldsmith, a ninth-grader at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, fine-tunes the details of her...

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HAA honors 3 alumni with Harvard Medal for service to the University

The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) has announced that Robert Coles ’50, Robert N. Shapiro ’72, J.D. ’78, and Alice “Acey” Welch ’53 will receive the 2018 Harvard Medal. First awarded in 1981, the...

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After two gap years, Harvard student aims to build a life in service

Kevin Ballen didn’t plan on taking two gap years. But he did intend to live a life less constrained by society’s expectations. “In high school, my goal was to shift civic engagement from transactional...

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Breaktime Café prepares, delivers meals amid pandemic

Connor Schoen and Tony Shu were just weeks away from opening Breaktime Cafe, their job-training initiative for youth experiencing homelessness, when the pandemic hit. They knew they had to do something...

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