Washington comes to Norway
S. Allen Counter has again successfully nominated the host of the Nobel Peace Prize Concert and Ceremonies. It was announced Sept. 30 that Denzel Washington was selected to host this prestigious event...
View ArticleHarvard Foundation unveils new portrait
A portrait of Chester Middlebrook Pierce ’48, M.D. ’52, was the latest to be unveiled in the Harvard Foundation’s Portraiture Project. In a Nov. 5 event, co-sponsored by the Harvard Black Men’s Forum,...
View ArticleHarvard Foundation honors Jagland
The Harvard Foundation presented its annual Humanitarian Award to Thorbjørn Jagland, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee and secretary-general of the Council of Europe. The award, which bears...
View ArticleNative American honored
The Harvard Foundation on Dec. 16 proudly unveiled the portrait of Caleb Cheeshahteaumuck, a member of the Wampanoag tribe, and the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College, in 1665. The...
View ArticleHarvard honors MLK
A celebration of the life and mission of Martin Luther King Jr. will be held on Monday (Feb. 7), from 7 to 8 p.m., in the Memorial Church in Harvard Yard. In connection with Harvard Interfaith...
View Article‘That was his dream’
According to S. Allen Counter, it was a scene that would have made civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. proud. The pews at the Memorial Church were crammed with members of the Harvard community...
View ArticleLearning to listen
Ekene Agu ’13 got a bit of a shock during her freshman year at Harvard College. Agu, who grew up both in Nigeria and in the United States, was startled to read an article in the Harvard Salient — an...
View ArticleShakira named Artist of the Year
Renowned Colombian singer, songwriter, and philanthropist Shakira has been named the 2011 Artist of the Year by the Harvard Foundation. The Grammy Award-winning musician will be awarded the...
View ArticleShakira takes the stage
Some 1,200 people jammed into Sanders Theatre to cheer renowned Colombian-born singer, songwriter, and philanthropist Shakira, who received the Harvard Foundation’s 2011 Artist of the Year award on...
View Article‘Truly inspirational’
The Harvard Foundation has named Maggie Werner-Washburne the 2011 Scientist of the Year. Werner-Washburne was presented with the Harvard Foundation Medal for Science at a luncheon on April 8 to kick...
View ArticleHarvard Foundation sends 1,000 blankets to Japan
The Harvard Foundation recently sent more than 1,000 new wool blankets and other relief items to the victims of the catastrophic March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Foundation Director S. Allen...
View ArticleHarvard Foundation honors Kleinman, students
The Harvard Foundation honored Arthur Kleinman, Esther and Sidney Rabb Professor of Anthropology in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and professor of medical anthropology and psychiatry at Harvard...
View ArticleA portrait of change
Perched high on the wall in the Braun Room at Harvard Divinity School’s (HDS) Andover Hall is the newest member of an esteemed club that is diversifying Harvard with each passing year. Just above the...
View ArticleHello, Lionel Richie!
Distinguished singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer Lionel Richie will receive the 2011 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award from the Harvard Foundation on Dec. 5 at Kirkland House. Richie is...
View ArticleSoap opera creator visits Dec. 6
Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer Agnes Nixon will visit Harvard on Dec. 6 as the Harvard Foundation’s artist in residence. The artist in residence program is sponsored by the Harvard...
View ArticleEasy like Lionel Richie
On a rare balmy December night, a superstar swept through Harvard. He was tall and handsome, and came with a legendary musical repertoire that even your parents knew. One doesn’t immediately associate...
View ArticleJohn Legend is Artist of the Year
Recording artist, concert performer, and philanthropist John Legend has been named Harvard University’s 2012 Artist of the Year. A nine-time Grammy award winner, Legend was named one of Time...
View ArticleMatthews, Silverman are Scientists of the Year
The Harvard Foundation will present the 2012 Scientist of the Year Award to Jessica O. Matthews ’10 and Julia Silverman ’10, co-founders of Uncharted Play Inc. and inventors of SOCCKET, at this year’s...
View ArticleHans Rosling to receive Humanitarian Award
Renowned international public health scientist and medical statistician Hans Rosling will be awarded the Harvard Foundation’s Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at Winthrop House on Oct. 24 at 6 p.m....
View ArticleCrossing the river of myths
A few minutes before a recent lecture at Paine Hall, global health statistician Hans Rosling stood onstage, head down, and ran through his PowerPoint images. One showed the bespectacled Swede...
View ArticleNicole Scherzinger Artist of the Year
The talented independent recording artist, television personality, and philanthropist Nicole Scherzinger has been named the Harvard Foundation’s 2013 Artist of the Year. The former lead singer of the...
View ArticleScherzinger honored for advocacy
Nicole Scherzinger, an advocate for people with special needs and breast cancer research, a classically trained opera singer, and the former lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls, was awarded the Harvard...
View ArticleMalala Yousafzai is Harvard Humanitarian of the year
Malala Yousafzai, the 16 year-old Pakistani girl who was shot on Oct. 9, 2012, in an assassination attempt for expressing her philosophy of gender equality in education and who famously said, “I want...
View ArticleA strong, new voice
A little less than a year ago, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai lay in a Pakistan hospital struggling to survive after being shot in the head by Taliban insurgents — simply for trying to get an education....
View ArticleHarvard loves LL Cool J
LL Cool J, recording artist, actor, author, and philanthropist, has been named the 2014 Harvard University Artist of the Year. The two-time Grammy Award winner will be awarded the Harvard Foundation’s...
View Article‘Orange Is the New Black’ star to share her story
Laverne Cox, the celebrated actress who has turned heads playing Sophia Burset, the imprisoned African-American, transgender woman in the critically acclaimed Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,”...
View ArticleCool with a capital C
Fresh off his January stint as host of the Grammy Awards, hip-hop star and actor LL Cool J came to Harvard over the weekend, pulling double duty as host of the Cultural Rhythms festival and the...
View ArticleA transformative TV role
“There’s a lot to Laverne Cox,” said the actress Monday afternoon when asked to describe her upbringing. In an interview with Brianna Suslovic ’16 and Maddie Studt ’16, Cox, one of the breakout stars...
View ArticleU.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon honored
The Harvard Foundation has named U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon the 2014 Humanitarian of the Year. The award will be presented to Ban at a ceremony on Dec. 2. “The faculty and students of the...
View ArticleEva Longoria named Artist of the Year
Eva Longoria — acclaimed American actress, producer, director, activist, businesswoman, and philanthropist ― has been named the 2015 Harvard University Artist of the Year. The popular actress will be...
View ArticleNobel laureate honored with Humanitarian of the Year award
Addressing what he called the “world’s current and future top thought leaders, researchers and entrepreneurs,” Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi urged Harvard students to take action in defense of...
View ArticlePedro, a pitcher with ‘no space to fail’
On the mound, he was a wily wizard ferociously staring down hulking batters as his pitches mercilessly blew past them. But off the field, he radiated pure joy, a playful prankster with the soul of a...
View ArticleLucy Liu applauds students for honoring cultural diversity
It all started with a wink from Lucy Liu. In a darkened Sanders Theatre on Saturday, dance music pulsed and images of the actress flashed across a large screen suspended over the stage. But it was...
View ArticleThe fears of American Muslims
American Muslims and others concerned about intolerance face a daunting challenge countering the growing negative sentiments toward Islam in the country, according to a roundtable at Harvard on...
View ArticleA way with other words
Sexism, racism, and even neglect can stand in the way of a great writer receiving a Nobel Prize. But of all the barriers, it is language that remains the most significant, Per Wästberg, the chairman...
View ArticlePainting of College’s first African-American graduate unveiled in Annenberg Hall
The walls of Annenberg Hall are lined with Harvard luminaries: University alumni, professors, and benefactors depicted in paintings and sculptures. On Thursday, a new portrait joined the array, that...
View ArticleNobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi honored at Harvard
Aung San Suu Kyi, state counselor of the Republic of Myanmar, will receive the Harvard Foundation’s 2016 Harvard Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. At the 5 p.m. awards ceremony on Saturday, she will...
View ArticleAn opponent who prevailed
On Saturday night a slight woman of enormous international stature let a Harvard audience in on a perk of her position: When she is asked to give a speech, the leader of Myanmar said, her staff...
View ArticleActress Viola Davis named Harvard Artist of the Year
Viola Davis, the popular actress, producer, director, activist, businesswoman, and philanthropist, has been named the 2017 Artist of the Year. She will be awarded the Harvard Foundation’s arts medal at...
View ArticleA voice for others
Heads of state, Nobel laureates, titans of business. Sure, lots of famous and interesting people visit Harvard’s campus all the time. But none of them generate quite the sensation — or the declarations...
View ArticleFresh off Oscar win, another honor for Davis
Viola Davis, the acclaimed actress, producer, director, activist, businesswoman, and philanthropist, was awarded the Harvard Foundation’s 2017 Artist of the Year medal at a March 4 ceremony during the...
View ArticleRemembering S. Allen Counter
S. Allen Counter, the founding director of the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations and a noted neurophysiologist, educator, and ethnographer, died on July 12. “Harvard has lost a...
View ArticleElton John named Harvard Humanitarian of the Year
Sir Elton John, AIDS activist and Grammy, Tony, and Academy Award-winning musician, has been named recipient of the Harvard Foundation’s Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award. John will deliver the Peter...
View ArticleAt Harvard, Elton John receives Humanitarian Award
His musical genius has earned him millions of fans, five Grammy Awards, and an Oscar. His fashion sense has inspired countless runways and pop singer imitators. But on Monday it was Sir Elton John’s...
View ArticleSolange Knowles is Harvard Foundation Artist of Year
The Harvard Foundation has named Grammy Award-winning recording artist, songwriter, and visual artist Solange Knowles as its Artist of the Year. She will be recognized at the annual award ceremony on...
View ArticleSolange visits as Harvard Foundation’s artist of year
Hundreds of members of the Harvard community — students, faculty, staff, and others — packed Sanders Theatre on Saturday to see Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Solange Knowles accept the Harvard...
View ArticleJanet Mock to receive Harvard University Artist of the Year award
Janet Mock, the acclaimed transgender activist, writer, producer, advocate, and director, has been named the 2019 Harvard University Artist of the Year. She will receive the Harvard Foundation’s arts...
View ArticlePortrait project adds diversity to Harvard’s hallowed walls
For 15 years, painter Stephen Coit (’71, M.B.A. ’77) has been quietly helping to change the walls of campus by adding dozens of portraits that better reflect Harvard’s diversity. In a recent interview,...
View ArticleLady Gaga honored as Artist of the Year at 36th Annual Cultural Rhythms
If the Mother Monster hadn’t already done it on her own, a star could be born this way: being honored at Harvard’s 36th Annual Cultural Rhythms. The festival, which celebrates Harvard’s diversity,...
View ArticleIssa Rae honored as Artist of Year at Cultural Rhythms festival
The voice of spoken word performer Remka Nwana rang out at Harvard’s 37th annual Cultural Rhythms festival Saturday as she declared, “This is our block,” an allusion to the hit HBO comedy “Insecure”...
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