Sen. Edward Kennedy to receive honorary degree at December convocation
Sen. Edward Kennedy will receive an honorary degree from Harvard on Dec. 1 in a special convocation at Sanders Theatre. The honor is in recognition of Kennedy’s lifelong commitment to public service...
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Political dignitaries, family members, current and former colleagues, faculty, students, old friends, and admirers were all part of the capacity crowd that filled Harvard’s Sanders Theatre Dec. 1 to...
View ArticleRemarks of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
Harvard University (As prepared for delivery) Now I have something in common with George Washington – other than being born on Feb. 22. It is not, as I had once hoped, being president. It is instead...
View ArticleRemarks of Stephen Breyer
Harvard University (As prepared for delivery) It’s a special honor to be here today; and I’m very grateful to President Faust for the invitation to participate in this extraordinary occasion. I speak...
View ArticleClass of 2013 experiences first convocation
In what organizers hope will be an annual tradition at the University, an official convocation for the Class of 2013 was held in Harvard’s Tercentenary Theatre on Tuesday (Sept. 1). Replacing the...
View ArticleTurning a chipper 100
Late last week (Sept. 25), the Harvard University Extension School launched what will be a yearlong celebration of its centenary. Hundreds streamed into the Northwest Science Building for a gala...
View ArticleWelcome, Class of ’14
Harvard’s leaders welcomed the Class of 2014 Tuesday (Aug. 31), in a convocation ceremony filled with pomp and circumstance. They urged the new students to use their College years as a time to...
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University leaders welcome freshmen
Harvard College’s newest students got a taste of University ritual on Tuesday during the annual Freshman Convocation in Harvard Yard. The event — which features remarks from University leaders as well...
View ArticleA portrait of change
Perched high on the wall in the Braun Room at Harvard Divinity School’s (HDS) Andover Hall is the newest member of an esteemed club that is diversifying Harvard with each passing year. Just above the...
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Lessons that lead toward peace
At the Harvard Divinity School’s (HDS) convocation Thursday, new Dean David Hempton drew on the memory of violence he has witnessed to offer hopeful visions for the future. During a moving keynote...
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A warm welcome, and a challenge
With the hustle and bustle of move-in day behind them, Harvard College freshmen looked more settled into their new surroundings as they filed in for the University’s annual convocation on Tuesday. But...
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Faust presents Kennedy with honorary degree
President Drew G. Faust recalls decades of accomplishments in the life of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. In one of his final public appearances before his death in August 2009, Faust confers upon Kennedy...
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Doctor of Laws
In one of the his last public speeches before succumbing to brain cancer in August 2009, Senator Ted Kennedy accepted an honorary Doctor or Laws degree from Harvard. President Drew Faust conferred the...
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Class of 2014 Convocation
Harvard’s leaders welcomed the Class of 2014 Tuesday (Aug. 31), in a convocation ceremony filled with pomp and circumstance. They urged the new students to use their College years as a time to...
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Welcoming the Class of ’17
Before they began their academic lives at Harvard, the members of the Class of 2017 already experienced a taste of adversity, and demonstrated resiliency. In April, the manhunt for the second...
View ArticleSen. Edward Kennedy to receive honorary degree at December convocation
Sen. Edward Kennedy will receive an honorary degree from Harvard on Dec. 1 in a special convocation at Sanders Theatre. The honor is in recognition of Kennedy’s lifelong commitment to public service...
View ArticleHarvard awards Sen. Kennedy honorary degree
Political dignitaries, family members, current and former colleagues, faculty, students, old friends, and admirers were all part of the capacity crowd that filled Harvard’s Sanders Theatre Dec. 1 to...
View ArticleRemarks of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
Harvard University (As prepared for delivery) Now I have something in common with George Washington – other than being born on Feb. 22. It is not, as I had once hoped, being president. It is instead...
View ArticleRemarks of Stephen Breyer
Harvard University (As prepared for delivery) It’s a special honor to be here today; and I’m very grateful to President Faust for the invitation to participate in this extraordinary occasion. I speak...
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Faust presents Kennedy with honorary degree
President Drew G. Faust recalls decades of accomplishments in the life of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. In one of his final public appearances before his death in August 2009, Faust confers upon Kennedy...
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