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“She’s very ambitious—not about herself, but about what she’s affiliated with,” said Day, who now directs federal relations for Harvard. “I think that was true about Kennedy and it’s...
When Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti, outgoing dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), was dean of engineering at the University of California-Santa Barbara, he started getting frantic calls from a man named Jeremy Knowles.Knowles, then dean of the Faculty of Arts and...
Senator Edward M. Kennedy ’54-’56 will be among 11 honorees receiving degrees from the University, according to a program circulated at a Wednesday dinner in honor of the recipients. But unlike the 10 others slated for recognition, Kennedy will not receive the degree...
In a highly unusual arrangement, Kennedy will be awarded the honor at “an appropriate future occasion,” said a Harvard spokesman, who added that the senator had originally been slated to attend the event.
Including Kennedy, at least four of this year’s 11 honorary degree recipients boasted strong Harvard ties. Kandel, famous for his study of the brain, was a history and literature major as a Harvard undergraduate but found himself interested in discovering more about the brain after an encounter...