Lizzie Thompson ‘12 had likely never thought about Shakespeare and disco in the same context. That changed this fall, thanks to the new Gen Ed curriculum.
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In a new tradition filled with the pomp and circumstance usually reserved for Commencement, Harvard alumni and administrators celebrated the first-ever Freshman Convocation alongside an excited incoming class.
Even though I’ve already been here for seven weeks, I still have moments when I look around and say, “Holy cow, I’m in Japan!”
Nice is as beautiful as ever. It seems as though I left Munich at just the right moment—it dropped to 13˚ C just as I left! After spending a truly wonderful weekend in London with two of my close friends from Harvard who are working there, I journeyed on to the Riviera, and boy am I happy to be here.
Munich is finally warm! Summer, as it seems was the case back in the States, was particularly wet and hovering around 15˚C, which was really quite upsetting.
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Alum on Harvard Community Welcomes Lucky Class of 2013 »How about giving us a statistical breakdown of the Class of 2013 … you know, number of applicants, admits and matriculants, plus financial aid numbers...
Andrea Keirstead '82 on Harvard Community Welcomes Lucky Class of 2013 »
What fun! I hope they keep up the tradition, because it seems a wonderful way to start one's Harvard career, as well as to get a sense of the entire ...
Marc on Harvard Community Welcomes Lucky Class of 2013 »
Too bad for our class then ......
