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Teddy Hickman-Maynard has been named associate dean for ministry studies at Harvard Divinity School, starting August 2. In this role, Hickman-Maynard will oversee the School’s master of divinity program. “I am delighted that Teddy Hickman-Maynard will...

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...

This past Earth Day, Harvard Divinity School's Green Team audited nearly all of the previous day's refuse, including recycling, compost, and trash. Auditors found the lowest fraction of recyclables in the trash of any waste audit ever performed at Harvard...

Throughout her academic career, Leila Ahmed, HDS's Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity, has labored to understand the history of women and gender in Islam. Her scholarship has earned her the admiration of her colleagues. Her candor and skill as a...

Harvey Cox, Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, spoke on October 26 as part of the series "Have Mercy: The Religious Dimensions of the Writings of Toni Morrison." Toni Morrison, the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emerita, Princeton...

On March 1, the Very Rev. Dr. Jane Shaw, MDiv '88, Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, led a conversation with members of the HDS community and local alumni about two of her recently published books, Octavia: Daughter of God and A Practical...

In December 1815, President John T. Kirkland, appealed for support of the “best and noblest cause, which human benevolence is permitted to advance”: the education of ministers at Harvard University. His letter to the School’s alumni described society’s...

Evolution is an organizing principle of the living world. While competition is integral to evolution, cooperation can be seen as the master architect of biological complexity, language, and culture. Human beings have emerged from this evolutionary process...

"We at Harvard must be a model. . . . It is true that the climate change and the challenge of sustainability are global problems. But climate change is also a local problem. Solving it begins with each of us. Every person at Harvard—student, faculty...

Jonathan Walton, Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Professor of Religion and Society, spoke on October 12 as part of the series "Have Mercy: The Religious Dimensions of the Writings of Toni Morrison." Toni...

Constance Buchanan, a former director of the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School who developed the program into a permanent part of the School and University, died September 16, 2020. She was 73. A faculty member and associate...

Rockefeller Hall at Harvard Divinity School has been awarded LEED Gold certification through the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a rating system that assesses a building's potential...