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New Grad Is Recipient of Fulbright Award

August 20, 2009

Hugh Turner, MTS '09, has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student scholarship to Turkey in Cultural and Intellectual History, the United States Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board announced recently. Turner is one of...

Making Music and Keeping the Faith

August 19, 2009

A blossoming musical career and a career dedicated to exploring religion go hand in hand for one talented Harvard Divinity School professor.

Renowned Harvard Professor Claims Privilege of Grazing Cow in Harvard Yard

August 15, 2009

On Thursday, September 10, a jubilant event will celebrate Harvey Cox's retirement as Hollis Professor of Divinity after 44 years of teaching at Harvard Divinity School and Harvard College. The Hollis Chair is the oldest endowed chair in American higher...

Donated Doctoral Robes Connect Generations of HDS Alumni

July 25, 2009

Efforts to make the world ever more sustainable and less wasteful have been an operations priority at Harvard Divinity School for several years now, but the 2008–09 academic year saw the first application of this green philosophy as it relates to the...

The Rev. Robert Wilden, BD '61, Remembered as Generous Philanthropist and Friend

July 15, 2009

Even a person who has already dedicated close to five decades of his life to service for the socially disadvantaged can experience a profound moment of vocational clarity, an epiphany in regard to destiny. For the late Rev. Robert W. Wilden, BD '61, that...

Nine Graduate Students Receive Loeb Fellowships

July 15, 2009

Harvard Divinity School announces nine recipients of John L. Loeb Fellowships for summer and term-time research in 2009. These fellowships (ordinarily $10,000 each) are awarded to students engaged in research on topics dealing with religious freedom...

Three Distinguished HDS Faculty Retire

July 13, 2009

Three highly regarded faculty with a combined 92 years of service to Harvard Divinity School retired on June 30, 2009. Harvey G. Cox, Jr., has been teaching at HDS and in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences since 1965. He arrived as Associate Professor of...

The Transcendent Practice of Prayer

June 28, 2009

The following faculty address was delivered by Susan Abraham, Assistant Professor of Ministry Studies, in the Memorial Church during the June 3 Multireligious Service of Thanksgiving for the Class of 2009. Dean Graham, Reverend Gomes, Class of 2009...

The Scene Stealer

June 20, 2009

Here . . . time is measured in bells. — noe venable Her performance on the evening of June 2 in Andover Chapel did not seem like that of an amateur. The acting, the singing, the writing—this was surely the creation of an experienced playwright or...

'Creating Meaningful Dialogue': Travis Stevens, MDiv '09

June 12, 2009

Travis Stevens received a master of divinity degree on June 4. Here, he discusses the ways in which his experiences at HDS have helped to shape his life. What were your initial expectations before you started at HDS? Similarly, was there anything that...

‘My Ministry Is in the Birthing Rooms’

June 04, 2009

To Cemelli de Aztlan, the U.S.-Mexico border region is not just a line on a map dividing two nations and two cultures, it’s a place of its own, different from the countries whose edges define it.

HDS Grad Hopes to Alter Military Culture