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The ground behind Andover Hall has been shaking off and on for months. A backhoe moves chunks of earth by the bucket load. Men and women in hard hats and jeans yell over the sounds of thundering machines and grinding metal. One year ago, Rockefeller Hall...

During a recent week at Harvard Divinity School, a royal delegation from Nigeria strolled down the first floor of Andover Hall and into the Braun Room to meet with Dean Graham and HDS faculty. Later that same afternoon, a best-selling author and HDS...

On a bright morning in September, as the humidity lingered and autumn struggled to find its grip, a small classroom on the second floor of Divinity Hall was buzzing with chatter and anxious movement. Some 40 students were crammed into room meant for 17...

As someone who recently earned her master of theological studies degree, Mitul Daiyan never pictured herself playing a role in launching a social venture start-up, but the HDS graduate is doing exactly that. Daiyan, MTS '15, is one of the founders of...

When former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead looks around the world, he’s troubled by what he sees: unfortunate new aggressive actions by Russia; war in Iraq; ongoing conflict between Arabs and Israelis; tension between India and Pakistan...

Natasha DuMerville joined HDS in August as the School's first diversity and inclusion administrative fellow. Harvard University's Administrative Fellowship Program is operated out of the Office of the Assistant to the President, Institutional Diversity...

Millennials hungry for deep connection are creating new spiritual communities even as they turn away from organized religion, the authors of two new studies said recently at Harvard Divinity School. As a result, secular groups are discovering the value of...

In Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich, the title character agonizes over a dreadful thought as he nears the end of his life: “What if my entire life, my entire conscious life, was not the real thing?” Scotty McLennan asks his students to ponder the...

India is choosing a new government. Many pundits predict that the country's 814 million voters will make Narendra Modi, head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the next prime minister of the world's largest democracy when the election ends on May 12 and...

Laura Nasrallah is a Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity. On November 15, she spoke at the Morning Prayers service in Holden Chapel in Harvard Yard. Below are her remarks. ♦♦♦ The day after the election I began to think about a tiny book...

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...

White-Hammond provides care to the sick—and addresses the injustice that makes them ill Gloria White-Hammond, MDiv ’97, is committed to healing and ministry—often in the most difficult situations. In the 2000s, she entered war zones in the African nation...