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College’s Commitment to Intellectual Vitality: Creating, Facilitating, and Embracing Beginnings

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As we welcome the class of 2028, what do we know about handling difficult conversations and connecting with people with whom we might disagree? The College’s Intellectual Vitality initiatives guide us. Read more on the Harvard College News website….Continue Reading College’s Commitment to Intellectual Vitality: Creating, Facilitating, and Embracing Beginnings

Update on FAS Initiatives

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Dear FAS community members, With our spring semester now well underway, I write to share two announcements of new efforts spanning the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.  Classroom Social Compact Committee Harvard’s teaching and learning environments are most effective when students speak, listen, and ask questions of each other with curiosity and respect, as highlighted by the…Continue Reading Update on FAS Initiatives

Opening conversation on more, better discourse

PEN Student Summit. The event launched Thursday night with Rakesh Khurana, Danoff Dean of Harvard College, moderating a panel discussion that included Suzanne Nossel ’91, J.D. ’96, chief executive at PEN America; Randall Kennedy, Michael R. Klein Professor at Harvard Law School; and John W. Boyer, senior adviser to the president and the Martin A. Ryerson Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago.

Summit, hosted by College, PEN America, gathers speakers, workshops as part of Harvard Dialogues initiative The growing need for more and better discourse on difficult topics at Harvard as well as at college campuses across the nation prompted a two-day gathering last week co-hosted by the College and PEN America. Read more about the Summit…Continue Reading Opening conversation on more, better discourse