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'HDS Formed Me in Innumerable Ways': Elizabeth Leavitt, MDiv '09
On June 4, 2009, Liz Leavitt graduated from HDS with a master of divinity degree. Here, she discusses the ways in which her experiences at HDS have helped shape her life; why incoming students should explore all of their options; and what her plans are...
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The World as a Spiritual Entity
If a link exists between business, science, and religion, William A. Nitze, AB '64, JD '69, just may have found it. Nitze, who served as the Environmental Protection Agency's assistant administrator for international activities under the Clinton...
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The World as a Spiritual Entity
If a link exists between business, science, and religion, William A. Nitze, AB '64, JD '69, just may have found it. Nitze, who served as the Environmental Protection Agency's assistant administrator for international activities under the Clinton...
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Sometimes a Profession Chooses You
Sometimes a profession quietly chooses you, instead of the other way around. For Harvard Divinity School student Elizabeth Smith Leavitt, MDiv '09—originally bound for law school, after a challenging year as an English as a Second Language tutor through...
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Helping Hands
Something much more formidable than coal has come from Pennsylvania's dusky anthracite region. For former Proctor & Gamble and Exxon (later ExxonMobil) executive Edward B. Berninger, MBA '55, growing up in the hardscrabble communities of Scranton's...
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A Natural Progression
It is often said that history's most distinguished entertainers were "born in the theater," and that world-class athletes like Mickey Mantle and Tiger Woods grew up with bat or club in hand. For Cheryl J. Sanders, MDiv '80, ThD '85, Professor of Christian...
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Educating the Heart

On April 30, 2009, His Holiness the Dalai Lama delivered a talk, "Educating the Heart" to an audience in Memorial Church at Harvard University. The event was co-sponsored with the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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HDS Talks Green, Spirituality
Students and religious leaders explored the intersection of religion and environmentalism at a conference held Friday at HDS.
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Latina/o Religious Studies Scholar to Join HDS Faculty
Constructive theologian and former chemical engineer Mayra Rivera has been named Assistant Professor of Theology and Latina/o Studies at Harvard Divinity School. She will join the HDS faculty July 1, 2010. Since 2006, Rivera has served as Assistant...
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Sing a Song of Praise
Every Monday a small group of students gathers in Andover Hall for a sacred musical journey. It's not a typical academic class experience.