Drew Faust
Hansjörg Wyss doubles his gift
Founding donor Hansjörg Wyss doubled his gift to Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering from $125 million to $250 million to the University to further advance the institute’s pioneering work.
Tags: Alan M. Garber, AO Foundation, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Beyeler Foundation, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston University, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Campus & Community, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Don Ingber, Drew Faust, Hansjӧrg Wyss, Harvard’s Longwood Medical Campus, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts University Medical Center, On Campus, PeaceNexus, Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Tufts University, Wyss Foundation
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Cambridge, Harvard, and MIT sign compact
The city of Cambridge, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have signed a “Community Compact for a Sustainable Future,” aimed at leveraging the intellectual and entrepreneurial capacity of the public-private sectors in Cambridge to build a healthy, livable, and sustainable future.
Tags: Akamai Technologies, Campus & Community, Christoph Reinhart, City Manager Robert Healy, city of cambridge, Community Compact for a Sustainable Future, Drew Faust, Energy, Environments & Sustainability, Harvard, Harvard Graduate School of Design, In the Community, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mayor Henrietta Davis, MIT, MIT President L. Rafael Reif, Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research, Record temperatures, sea level, Sustainability, Sustainable future, Whole Foods
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Oh, the humanities!
Humanities programs are in trouble in universities across the world — but hope prevails.
Tags: Arts & Culture, Corydon Ireland, Diana Sorensen, Drew Faust, History, Language & Culture, Homi K. Bhabha, Howard Gardner, Lawrence S. Bacow, Lynn A. Hunt, Mahindra Humanities Center, Office of the President, Sheldon I. Pollock, Stefan Collini
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In plaza, ‘remembrance walls’ rise
In the wake of tragedy, people gather to support each other, and to give thanks for family, friends, and community. After the Boston Marathon bombings and the area shutdown during the search for suspects, the Harvard community has been doing just that.
Tags: bombing, Boston Marathon, Campus & Community, Common Spaces, Drew Faust, Lauren Marshall, On Campus, Remembrance walls, Science Center plaza, Sean Collier, UC, Undergraduate Council
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View from the Porch
Harvard officials dedicated a new common space, called the Porch, in the Yard on Wednesday, and welcomed the reopening of the science plaza after a reconstruction project.
Tags: Campus & Community, Common Spaces, Drew Faust, Jennifer Doody, Jonathan Walton, Lisa Hogarty, Memorial Church, On Campus, Plaza, The Porch
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Matt Damon, on his craft
Actors Matt Damon and John Lithgow met at Sanders Theatre on Thursday for a spirited conversation that kicked off Harvard’s annual Arts First celebration.
Tags: Arts & Culture, Arts First, Ben Affleck, Carpenter Center, Charles River Ensemble, Colleen Walsh, Department of Visual and Environmental Studies, Deval Patrick, Drew Faust, Dudley House Choir, Dudley House Orchestra, Farkas Hall, Greg Mankiw, Harvard Arts Medal, Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Hasty Pudding Theatricals, John Lithgow, LivePlanet, Lowell House, Ludwig van Beethoven, Martin Scorsese, Matt Damon, Office for the Arts, The One Fund Boston, Theater, Film & Dance, Thomas M. Menino, Water.org
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To protect, serve, mourn
The Harvard University Police Department joined thousands of colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Wednesday to pay tribute to Sean Collier, the officer slain in aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings.
Tags: Andrew Collier, Bombings, Boston Marathon, Campus & Community, Drew Faust, Elizabeth Warren, Harvard University Police Department, In the Community, James Taylor, John DiFava, Joseph Biden, Katie Koch, L. Rafael Reif, Law enforcement, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Policing, Sean Collier
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Strength in numbers
For Harvard’s unusually tight-knit group of faculty, student, and staff runners, the Boston Marathon was meant to be the culmination of months of teamwork and training. After Monday’s bombings, the running community pulled together for a different reason.
Tags: Alan Garber, bombing, Bombings, Boston Marathon, Campus & Community, Craig Rodgers, Daniel Lieberman, Drew Faust, In the Community, Katie Koch, Lowell House, Sarah Siskind
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