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Harvard news: Oprah Winfrey, Cass R. Sunstein, College costs, and more May-June 2013 Brevia Tables Turned Oprah Winfrey, who usually plays host on her talk show, will be the guest—and featured...

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Accelerating the Application of Biomedical Discoveries

Blavatnik $50 million gift Harvard life sciences boosts biomedical discoveries Blavatnik $50 million gift Harvard life sciencesThe Blavatnik Family Foundation, led by Len Blavatnik, M.B.A. ’89, has...

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Penny S. Pritzker ’81 Nominated as Commerce Secretary

Harvard alumna Penny Pritzker nominated commerce secretary Harvard alumna Pritzker nominated commerce secretaryPresident Barack Obama’s reported decision to nominate Penny S. Pritzker ’81 as U.S....

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Harvard Files Institutional Master Plan with Boston

Harvard files Institutional Master Plan for Allston with City of Boston Harvard Files Institutional Master Plan with Boston After more than two years of intensive planning and community discussions,...

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Harvard Files Institutional Master Plan in Allston

Harvard files Institutional Master Plan for Allston with City of BostonSeptember-October 2013 Harvard Files Institutional Master Plan in AllstonThe University’s new 10-year Institutional Master Plan...

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Liftoff

Harvard launches $6.5-billion capital campaignNovember-December 2013 LiftoffThe Harvard Campaign, officially launched on September 21 after the quietest of quiet phases, seeks $6.5 billion—the largest...

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“At Harvard...”

President Drew Faust Harvard capital campaign addressPresident Drew Faust’s campaign addressNovember-December 2013“At Harvard...”Just one month ago, nearly 300 men and women, from the Class of 1961 to...

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Harvard’s Allston Plan Approved by BRA

Harvard’s Allston Plan approved by Boston Redevelopment Authority Harvard’s Allston Plan Approved by BRAThe Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) voted unanimously on Thursday night to allow the...

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Harvard’s $2.5-Billion Arts and Sciences Campaign

Harvard launches $2.5-billion Faculty of Arts and Sciences campaign Harvard Arts and Sciences campaignSpeaking on the morning of October 26,Dean Michael D. Smith introduced the Faculty of Arts and...

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Barry’s Corner Breaks Ground

Barry’s Corner project breaks ground in Allston Barry’s Corner Breaks GroundOfficials from Harvard and the City of Boston as well as a few Allston residents braved the bitter cold to gather today at...

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Fiscal Portrait

Harvard's larger fiscal 2013 deficit January-February 2014 Fiscal portraitThe University’s annual financial report for fiscal year 2013 (ended last June 30), published in November (download PDF),...

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Harvard College Unveils Dunster Renovation Plans

Harvard College Dunster House renewal Harvard College Dunster House renewalThe College today released design details for the forthcoming renovation of Dunster House, scheduled to begin right after...

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The Long Game in Allston

An update on Harvard in AllstonMarch-April 2014 the long game in allstonFollowing approval of the University’s Institutional Master Plan (IMP) by the Boston Redevelopment Authority last October, the...

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Envisioning Science and Engineering in Allston

A Harvard faculty task force focuses on teaching spaces in Allston Envisioning Science and Engineering in AllstonEleven months after the surprise announcement that much of the School of Engineering and...

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Harvard and Arts and Sciences Campaigns Exceed 50 Percent of Goals

Smith details campaign goals as tally passes $3.7 billion Harvard campaign at $3.7 billionThe $6.5-billion Harvard Campaign, launched on September 21 with $2.8 billion of pledges and gifts in hand, has...

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Quiet Campaign

7 Ware StreetHarvard's fundraising details May-June 2014 Quiet CampaignBy the usual metrics—large gifts, lots of them, for the identified aims—The Harvard Campaign and its school components announced...

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New Harvard Corporation members, College tuition and admission, moreMay-June 2014 BreviaThe Corporation ReplenishedKenneth I. Chenault, J.D. ’76, and Karen Gordon Mills’75, M.B.A. ’77, have been...

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Harvard Business School’s $1-Billion Campaign

HBS Launches Billion-Dollar Campaign Harvard Business School CampaignIn the transformed Shad gymnasium, Harvard Business School (HBS) dean Nitin Nohria formally launched its $1-billion capital campaign...

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Capital-Campaign Compendium

Harvard’s Business, Dental, Divinity, and Government Schools raise fundsJuly-August 2014 Capital-Campaign CompendiumThe schools of business, dental medicine, divinity, and government announced their...

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Cherry Murray Steps Down as Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean

Cherry Murray, dean of engineering and applied sciences school, to step down Harvard engineering dean Cherry Murray steps downCherry A. Murray, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences...

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A Financial Surplus—and Some Surprises

2014 financial report on surplus, health-benefit costs, and financial aid 2014 Harvard financial reportThe University completed fiscal year 2014, ended last June 30, with a modest surplus, following...

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Ballmer Boosts Harvard Computer Science

Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer boosts Harvard computer science faculty Ballmer boosts Harvard computer science facultySteve Ballmer ’77, then president of Microsoft, and William H. (Bill) Gates III...

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Harry R. Lewis Named Interim Engineering Dean [Updated]

Harry R. Lewis appointed applied sciences interim dean at Harvard Harvard applied sciences interim dean Lewis appointedFaculty of Arts and Sciences dean Michael D. Smith today announced that Harry R....

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The Senior Fellow Takes Stock

Harvard's William F. Lee on campaign, strategy, more William F. Lee senior fellow on Harvard campaign, strategy, moreWilliam F. Lee ’72, senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation since last summer, is...

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Balanced Budget, Benefits Battle

Harvard's budget balances, benefits cuts divisive January-February 2015 Balanced Budget, Benefits BattleFollowing two years of modest deficits, Harvard closed its books on fiscal year 2014, which ended...

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A New Portal for Allston

Harvard-Allston Education Portal opens new building on Western AvenueStephanie Garlock harvard allston education portalAt the inauguration of the new building of the Harvard-Allston Education Portal...

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University News Briefs

Harvard climate change, divestment, honor code, and more May-June 2015 university news briefsClimate-change CurrentsThe Climate Change Solutions Fund—announced in April 2014 by President Drew Faust,...

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Thomas J. Hollister Appointed Harvard’s CFO

Harvard names Thomas J. Hollister CFOJohn S. Rosenberg Thomas J. Hollister new Harvard CFOThomas J. Hollister, a former banking executive, has been appointed chief financial officer and vice president...

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Harvard Engineering and Applied Sciences Receives $400-Million Endowment Gift

John Paulson endows Harvard engineering with $400 millionJohn S. Rosenberg John Paulson endows Harvard engineering $400 millionJohn A. Paulson, M.B.A. ’80, has given a $400-million endowment gift to...

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Harvard Kennedy School campus, Toni Morrison, venture capital originsJuly-August 2015 BreviaAll HandsThis was the roster on May 7 as the Harvard Kennedy School ceremonially broke ground on its campus...

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