Campus & Community Stories
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May 21, 2013
Harvard's Recent Major Gifts
The generosity of Harvard donors was on full display this past month with the news of the Blavatnik MBA '89, Knafel ’52, MBA ’54, and Wyss MBA '65 gifts. Read More
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May 13, 2013
A Matter of Trust
"We wanted income from a trust to provide a measure of comfort in our lives, and we wanted someone to manage it who knows what they are doing. That’s Harvard.” Read More
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May 13, 2013
Experts Reflect on Personal Aspects of Philanthropic and Estate Planning
Rob Shapiro AB '72, JD '78 and Cameron Casey JD '03, partners at Ropes & Gray LLP discuss the personal process of charitable and estate planning. Read More
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May 13, 2013
Our Student-Athletes
Harvard's student-athletes represent excellence, on and off the field. Read More
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May 7, 2013
Radcliffe Alumna’s Lifelong Passion Inspires Annuity
For Connee Counts AB ’62, CAS ’81, EdD ’87, giving to Harvard is an extension of her life’s work. Read More
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Apr 11, 2013
Harvard Serves: Global Month of Service 2013
For the fifth year, Harvard alumni around the world are giving back to their local communities through the Harvard Alumni Association’s Global Month of Service. In 2012, more than 1,000 alumni in 52 cities participated in the initiative, spearheaded by the HAA’s Public Service Task Force. Read More
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Mar 26, 2013
The Social Media Story: Digital Harvard in Austin 2013
The social media story of Digital Harvard in Austin 2013 as told, tweeted and snapped by alumni attendees. Read More
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Mar 25, 2013
Astronaut Stephanie Wilson Named Harvard Chief Marshal
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) announced that Stephanie D. Wilson SB ’88, a NASA astronaut and engineer who flew three missions aboard the space shuttle Discovery, has been chosen by her classmates to serve as Harvard’s chief marshal for Commencement 2013. Read More
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Feb 26, 2013
I Choose Harvard: Michael Banks '77
For Michael Banks '77, making a bequest provision for Harvard was an easy decision. He wanted to reaffirm his lifelong commitment to the College. "What matters, at least to me, is knowing that we have a hand in Harvard's future." Read More
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Jan 29, 2013
‘Public Interested?’
“Public Interested?”, staged by the Office of Career Services, Center for Public Interest Careers, Institute of Politics, Phillips Brooks House Association, and Harvard Alumni Association (HAA), brought together undergraduates and alumni in public interest fields at workshops that covered human rights and public interest law; public and global health; education and youth work; social entrepreneurship and nonprofit management and consulting; politics, public policy, advocacy, and organizing; international development; philanthropy and socially responsible investing; and green careers. Read More
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Jan 28, 2013
After Katrina, residents rolled up sleeves
Tom Wooten ’08, author of “We Shall Not Be Moved: Rebuilding Home in the Wake of Katrina,” and a Ph.D. candidate in Harvard’s sociology department, discussed his book during a Wintersession lecture sponsored by the Harvard College dean’s office, the Harvard Undergraduate Council, and the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Read More
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Jan 2, 2013
I Choose Harvard: Gus ’87 and Anna Tai ’87, PhD ’94
Harvard was more than a place where Gus Tai '87 studied applied math and became a member of the Glee Club and the Harvard International Review. It was where he met his future wife Anna ’87, PhD ’94, who was also a resident of Lowell House. Read More
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Jan 2, 2013
I Choose Harvard: Alec Macmillan ’62
Where at Harvard did you meet your lifelong friends? On the athletic fields? In a study group? In the dining halls? Interestingly, Alec Macmillan ’62 and his classmate Parker Prindle first really connected at a Harvard phonathon and have been loyal friends ever since. Read More
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Jan 2, 2013
I Choose Harvard: Geraldine Acuna ’92
For Geraldine Acuna ’92, reconnecting with the University after two decades has been a great experience. “It was around my 20th reunion,” she says. “That is when I realized that I had become somewhat established in life—and that is when I started to think about all the good memories of college and focus more on what matters in life, like community. And Harvard was one of the best communities I have ever been a part of.” Read More
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Dec 18, 2012
Harvard's New Rhodes Scholars
Nine Harvard alumni and current students have been selected as Rhodes Scholars. Read More
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Dec 14, 2012
House Renewal Takes Shape
When Glenn Hutchins '77, JD/MBA '83 moved into Winthrop House—one of Harvard's seven original Houses and the former home to President Kennedy, Ben Bernanke, and other luminaries—he didn't realize his experience would be so enduring. Read More
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Dec 13, 2012
The Game: Harvard Yale 2012 Alumni Events
Alums all over the world gathered together to watch the 129th playing of The Game: Harvard-Yale. Here's a look at how the Harvard community cheered the Crimson from Cambridge to Charlotte and beyond. Read More
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Dec 13, 2012
Midyear graduates recognized
The 114 students, along with their families and friends, gathered in the Radcliffe Gymnasium on Dec. 6 to celebrate the 2012-13 Midyear Graduates Recognition Ceremony. The event recognized students who graduate in November or March, off the usual Commencement cycle. Read More
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Dec 11, 2012
The Game: Harvard-Yale 2012 Social Media
Here's how you told the story of The Game: Harvard-Yale 2012 through social media. Want to participate next year? Use #HarvardYale and tag your photos Harvard Alumni Association. Read More
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Dec 7, 2012
From Dean to Donor at HSPH
As dean of Harvard’s School of Public Health (HSPH) for over 10 years, Dr. Barry Bloom, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and Joan L. and Julius H. Jacobson Professor of Public Health, knows what a financial burden it can be for some students to come to the School. Read More
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