Capital Campaign

As a student, Natalie Campbell, MTS ’18, needed more than a campus, she needed a second home. During the 2017–18 academic year, she commuted to class each day from Belmont and couldn’t easily go back and forth to the School, so she often stayed in...

Harvard Divinity School today announced a $25 million gift from artist and philanthropist Susan Shallcross Swartz and her husband, investor James R. Swartz, AB '64. The gift—the largest in the School’s 200-year history—will enable HDS to move forward on...

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...

When Karen Vickers and Albert Budney went with their high school senior class to the 1964 World's Fair in New York City, they were impressed by its theme of "Peace through Understanding"—so much so that 25 years later, after the couple had married, the...

As a founder, CEO, or senior executive of many different companies, Ram Sudireddy is used to taking the lead. So it's no surprise that the member of Harvard Divinity School's Dean's Council is now stepping into the role of co-chair of the Campaign for HDS...

Only two years after its launch in April 2014, the Campaign for HDS is already having an impact on every aspect of the School's mission. New professorships enable HDS to extend its expertise in the study of the world's religious traditions and the ways...

When complete, the renewed Andover Hall will transform the ways that students and scholars engage the world and each other. Learn more about the School's effort to support the comprehensive revitalization of the center of the HDS campus and mission.

In 2013, Harvard Divinity School student Amanda Napior spent the summer working at the Berkshire County House of Correction (BCHC). "I taught an American religious history course and a course on creative writing for personal development. I also started a...

As a soldier in WWII, Ben Ferencz, JD '43, participated in the liberation of Nazi concentration camps, sites of some of the worst atrocities in human history. When the war was over, as chief prosecutor of one of the Nuremberg trials, he brought to justice...

The students in HDS alumnus Tom Anderson’s class on social ethics at Case Western Reserve University’s (CWRU) Weatherhead School of Management are hard-driving business leaders. They’ve been successful in a hypercompetitive marketplace that often provides...