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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.
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New masters for Pforzheimer House
Professor Anne Harrington and her husband, MIT Museum Director John Durant, have been appointed master and co-master of Pforzheimer House.
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Pop trailblazer PSY at Harvard
Korean pop trailblazer PSY will speak at Harvard on May 9. A live stream of the event will be available online at harvard.edu/live-stream.
Tags: Alex Zahlten, Campus & Community, Carter Eckert, On Campus, PSY, YouTube, “Gangnam Style”
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Discovering the path to Harvard
“In my first semester at Harvard, I worked with several other students to create a chapter of the national DREAM Program here. It was my first foray into working with youth, and I was excited to give Cambridge kids a taste of the campus that was so close to their homes,” says Harvard student Sara Providence ’14.
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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.
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$50M gift from the Blavatnik Family Foundation
The Blavatnik Family Foundation, headed by Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, has donated $50 million to Harvard University. The gift will launch a major initiative to expedite the development of basic science discoveries into new breakthrough therapies for patients and cures for disease. The gift underpins Harvard’s growing commitment to creating an entrepreneurial culture in the life sciences.
Tags: Biomedical Accelerator Fund, Blavatnik Biomedical Accelerator, Blavatnik Family Foundation, Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship Program, Campus & Community, Early-stage Research, Entrepreneurial culture, Harvard Business School, HBS’s Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Isaac T. Kohlberg, Len Blavatnik, Life Sciences, On Campus, Science
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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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What rocks can teach
The Harvard Museum of Natural History has opened its renovated Earth and Planetary Sciences gallery, linking the fantastic mineral displays to the story of the Earth and the work of faculty members who conduct research on geological processes.
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Radcliffe Gymnasium renamed
At a celebratory event on Wednesday, the Radcliffe Gymnasium was renamed the Knafel Center in honor of Sidney R. Knafel ’52, M.B.A. ’54, and in recognition of the center’s increasing role in promoting intellectual exchange across Harvard’s Schools and with the public.
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With Visitas canceled, Harvard improvises
As a region-wide lockdown closed Harvard, University officials struggled with the difficult decision to cancel Visitas, Harvard College’s program for newly admitted students. Members of the Harvard community used social media to reach out to those who had planned to attend the event.
Tags: Boston Marathon, Campus & Community, Colleen Walsh, Facebook, Harvard College, Logan Airport, Marathon Bombing, Massport, On Campus, Phillips Brooks House, Twitter, William R. Fitzsimmons
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