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SC Seniors 2019

Congratulations Seniors!

May 29, 2019

We're delighted to welcome Nick, Zaria, and Matthew (who was off happily chasing storms so couldn't join us for the festivities) to the fellowship of educated men and women.

Congratulations to all, we can't wait to see what you'll do next!  

Rita Fireman with Jennifer Bergman

Jennifer Bergner is awarded the Edward J. Fireman Fellowship for best graduate dissertation in her work as an astrochemist observer and experimentalist.

May 29, 2019

Picture to the right is Jennifer with Rita Fireman, wife of Edward Fireman during the Honors Ceremony on May 29, 2019.  Pictured below are  members of the Fireman family who annually attend the awarding of this fellowship, along with Irwin Shapiro (left) who was the Director of the Center for Astrophysics when the Fellowship was first instituted.  Jennifer was advised by Karin Öberg.

 

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Abbie Modaff and Professor Elizabeth Hinton Awarded Phi Beta Kappa Prizes for Excellence in Teaching

May 29, 2019

Abbie Modaff and Professor Elizabeth Hinton were two of the three honorees selected for the Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prizes.

From Harvard Magazine:
Each year, the PBK students nominate, and their undergraduate marshals select, particularly distinguished teachers. Given that the nominators are among the academically most distinguished products of the College themselves, the award is particularly...

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GMAS Release 1_50

May 29, 2019

The May 2019 GMAS release will be available on May 31, 2019. The release includes enhancements to comments, fixes for financial deliverables, updates to external organizations, and much more.

Changes to comments

  • Added the ability to allow central users to delete comments
  • Added a new central reviewer proposal comments section to initials and competing renewals.

Changes to the Current and Pending support download

  • Proposed effort is now included for pending projects
  • Pending projects show...
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Harvard’s president to seniors: Live your lives to the fullest

Harvard’s president to seniors: Live your lives to the fullest

May 28, 2019

Harvard President Larry Bacow called on graduating seniors during their Baccalaureate Service on Tuesday to live their own lives to the fullest by defying master plans and other people’s expectations, and instead following their own passions and ideals.

“It’s important that you live your own life, not the life that others have planned for you,” Bacow told the Class of 2019 gathered in Memorial Church.

Bacow related how he quit his legal studies when, while working one summer, he found himself counting billable hours and suddenly decided to explore other career paths. They...

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