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Indeed, such understanding is of critical importance today. Although much ink has been spilled about today’s “secular age,” religion remains extremely relevant. The large majority of people are still spiritual in some way—only four percent of Americans define themselves as atheist or agnostic. However, the number of people unaffiliated with any faith, especially among young Americans, is growing. This trend poses the danger of creating a new generation that will grow up outside of any sort of religious tradition altogether, making it harder for them to come...
...service, from addressing poverty issues to generating government solutions to shared problems. It means working for a foundation like Gates or Rockefeller or serving in the Peace Corps. It means founding a nonprofit, like Project HEALTH, started by Rebecca Onie ’97 as an undergraduate and continuing today as a model of effectiveness in helping low-income patients overcome socioeconomic barriers to health care, or the Harlem Children’s Zone, established by Geoffrey Canada, whom we will honor this week with the Robert Coles “Call of Service” award. This organization...
...observing Public Service Week now, we honor a commitment made by Harvard through the ages. One hundred and forty years ago today, Charles W. Eliot was installed as the 21st president of Harvard. It was his fervent belief that the university must, as he put it, “foster the sense of public duty—that great virtue which makes republics possible...
...We’re only two seconds ahead of Princeton, a very narrow margin, but the race provides the chance to improve upon what we did today,” Cartwright said...
...pleased with the results,” added Radcliffe lightweight coach Heather Cartwright. “I think we still have some work to do, but I’m happy with how the girls performed given the weather today...