‘Digital immigrants’ teaching ‘digital natives’
Students coming into universities today are “digital natives” and fundamentally different in their use of technology than the “digital immigrants” who teach them, according to John Palfrey, executive...
View ArticleAround the world in eighty (or fewer) clicks
Want to see where in the world Harvard is working? Beginning this week, it will take just the click of a mouse. On Tuesday (May 20), Harvard launched a Web site that for the first time brings together...
View ArticleUndergrads create ‘dirt-powered’ light for Africa
A team composed of Harvard students and alumni was among the winners of the World Bank’s Lighting Africa 2008 Development Marketplace competition, held in Accra, Ghana, from May 6 to 8, 2008. The...
View ArticlePresident’s office hours
President Drew Faust will hold office hours for students in her Massachusetts Hall office on the following dates: Monday, March 16, 2009, 4-5 p.m. Thursday, April 23, 2009, 4-5 p.m. Sign-up begins at...
View ArticleMany hands
More than 60 Harvard volunteers descended on the 80-year-old Cambridge Community Center Inc. (CCC) Saturday (Oct. 24) for a much-needed, daylong facelift. The Harvard contingent — including 20 staff...
View ArticleHarvard, Yale Back Students in Patent Stance That Aids Poor
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) — Harvard University, Yale University and three other schools are pledging to encourage companies to give poor countries better access to drugs and medical products based on...
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Commence wonderment
Ah, Harvard lore. It can be befuddling if you don’t know the history behind these age-old Commencement conventions. Salvete omnes! That’s “Hello, everyone!” in Latin, in case you didn’t know. And...
View ArticleAlumni rally behind public service
When Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) President Teresita Alvarez-Bjelland ’76, M.B.A. ’79, took office last year, she had a specific goal in mind: bring together the network of Harvard alumni worldwide...
View ArticleAsh Center welcomes new fellows
Today the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University announced its student and executive fellows to the 2010-2011 academic...
View ArticleStrong finish
More than 100 Harvard undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff ran in the annual Brian J. Honan 5K on Sept. 12. The race happens each year in concert with the Allston Day festivities,...
View ArticleBaby, you can drive my Zipcar
Harvard is pleased to offer several new transportation options for students, faculty, and staff. Don’t have a car but need one, or have a car and want to share a ride? For $25 per year,...
View Article2010-11 Student Sustainability Grants now available
It’s time to get those green creative juices flowing. The Harvard Office for Sustainability has announced the application timeline for this year’s round of 2010-11 Student Sustainability Grants,...
View ArticleGSD students unveil new design journal
Trays journal, a student publication at the Graduate School of Design (GSD), and GSD student group Social Change and Activism have collaborated to create the first annual compendium on sociocultural...
View ArticleMedical School’s Jocelyn Spragg, 70
Jocelyn Spragg, faculty director of diversity programs and special academic resources in the division of medical sciences at Harvard Medical School (HMS), as well as a research scientist, educator,...
View ArticleLaw firm honors deceased partner
Houston-based law firm Andrews Kurth LLP announced a new endowed fund at Harvard Law School (HLS). The Richard H. Caldwell Financial Aid Fund will be used to provide aid to deserving HLS students from...
View ArticleFellowship lands Harvard pair in Israel over break
Harvard students Beth Drucker ’13 and Daniel Brandt ’12, along with more than 100 other student leaders from more than 60 universities across the United States and Canada, traveled over the holiday...
View ArticleHGLC seeks applications for public service fellowship
The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus is seeking current full-time Harvard student applicants for its 2011 Public Service Fellowship. The fellowship is a one-time grant of $5,000 made to an individual...
View ArticleHarvard announces plans to mark 375th anniversary
Harvard University, the nation’s oldest institution of higher learning, will mark its 375th anniversary with a yearlong celebration highlighting its rich history and its dedication to teaching,...
View ArticleOFA awards 8 students for artistic excellence
The Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) and the Council on the Arts at Harvard, a standing committee of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, have announced the recipients of the annual undergraduate arts...
View ArticleDirector of Innovation Lab named
Gordon S. Jones has been named the inaugural director of the Harvard Innovation Lab, a new and innovative initiative set to launch in late 2011 that will foster team-based and entrepreneurial...
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