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Natalie Cherie Campbell is a second year MTS candidate and a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She wrote this reaction piece following the January 2 passing of Thomas S. Monson, the president of the LDS church. ♦♦♦ Upon the death...

HDS communications reached out to our 2021 graduating students to hear from them in their own words about their experiences at HDS, the people who've helped and inspired them along their grad school journeys, and their plans for the future. Reflection and...

In a short reflection, Catharine Cummings writes about her experience at HDS as well as her future plans following her upcoming ordination in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) to continue building bridges across various communities. I entered HDS...

Early in September of 2001, Milia Islam was already anticipating a tough transition in coming to a big northeastern city such as Boston after having lived most of her life in a small Missouri town (Fulton, population 10,000), and in undertaking a Harvard...

One of the added benefits of this year's Summer Language Program (SLP) being held exclusively online due to the worldwide pandemic was that it became relatively easy for special guests to join class sessions. For example, in Karin Grundler-Whitacre's...

Learn from your classmates, practice joy and gratitude, and venture out. That's some of the wisdom members of the HDS community have to share with the 136 incoming students who started their orientation this week. The students come from 30 states and from...

Sidra Ali, MDiv ’19, offered these reflections at the Wednesday Noon Service hosted by the HDS Muslims on May 1, 2019, in preparation for Ramadan. ♦♦♦ As a failed linguistic anthropologist, and a weary amateur academic, there is a particular allure to...

It's a common question that Harvard Divinity School students learn to endure from friends, family, and even complete strangers: What made you decide to study religion? But of all the answers that can and have been given to that query, the one provided by...

On Wednesday, May 27, a new Harvard Commencement tradition took place. Latino/a students from across the University gathered for the first Harvard Latin@ Graduation Ceremony on the eve of Commencement to celebrate their accomplishments with friends and...

On May 30, Anna Carlstone will graduate from Harvard Divinity School with a master of theological studies degree. Below, she discusses the ways in which her experiences at HDS have helped shape her life; why new students should use their summers wisely...

Paula Smith was 33 years old the first time she encountered a female minister. That minister was the Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, Chaplain of Brown University, who happens to be an alumna of Harvard Divinity School. The two became friends after Smith...

This summer, thanks to several generous gifts in support of Dean David N. Hempton’s campaign initiatives, HDS continued its ongoing effort to provide students with financial support so that they can serve communities locally and abroad through...