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...Berryville, Va. While all the students were Christian, it would be their first Mass at a Catholic monastery. The trip marked the end of a 10-week series of visits to different churches--from Baptist to Quaker--sponsored by Shenandoah's spiritual-life team, which oversees religious activities on campus, to help students find a good religious match. "In terms of looking at churches," says the group's co-leader, the Rev. Don VanDyke Colby, "it's speed-dating...
...their faith in an informed way. Each Sunday the students get a brief presentation by a representative of that week's church and sit in on a service, taking notes and joining in worship when they're so inclined. Afterward, they pile into the van and head back to campus, where they discuss the experience in the dining hall over sausages and waffles. "We invite them into some critical thinking," says Don, by examining the core tenets of each faith beyond the feel-good trappings that his wife shorthands as "Jesus as Mr. Rogers in sandals." (It's not just...
...million gift from Harvard Business School graduate Hansjörg Wyss—the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and the Stem Cell Regenerative Biology Department, a joint venture between the Medical School and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. “Although we view this campus as an important investment in the life sciences,” Flier wrote, “the financial commitments it will require are enormous.” —Staff writer June Q. Wu can be reached at junewu@fas.harvard.edu...
Amid the flurry of students who are hurriedly packing and departing for a quick vacation away from school, a large number of undergraduates will remain on the Harvard campus over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday...
...College housing in the early 20th century.Lowell’s vision challenged “the Gold Coast clubs that were the providence of the very wealthy at Harvard,” Levi said. “The attempt was to democratize the benefits of living on campus.” A VISION REVISITEDBut according to some, Lowell’s vision for Harvard housing is tainted by another legacy: discrimination toward gay, Jewish, and other minority students.The current Lowell House Master Diana L. Eck acknowledged that “in Lowell’s time there were certain...