GSD new financial aid program for international students
Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) Dean Alan Altshuler recently announced an expansion of GSD’s financial aid policy. Beginning fall 2008, entering international master’s level students will be...
View ArticlePilot program offers grants to defray child care costs
The Research Enabling Grants program (REG) — a pilot program administered through the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity — offers tenure-track faculty and benefits-eligible postdoctoral...
View ArticleHunn Awards bestowed on six
Six alumni/ae were recognized for their outstanding “Schools and Scholarships” work during an awards ceremony on Oct. 17 at the Agassiz Theatre, Radcliffe Yard. Each year, the Admissions Office honors...
View ArticleFinancial aid leads to a record applicant pool at Harvard College
More than 29,000 students have applied to Harvard for entrance next September, exceeding last year’s record of 27,462 and the previous record of 22,955, set the year before. In the face of an...
View ArticleNew loan program helps international students
Harvard University has signed an agreement with JPMorgan Chase that will provide graduate and professional students from abroad with access to private education loans. International students are not...
View ArticleFinancial aid program draws record number of applications
Harvard’s financial aid program made the critical difference in leading many of the nation’s and the world’s best students to apply to Harvard College in these challenging economic times. A record...
View ArticleAdmissions Dean Fitzsimmons honored by Access
William R. Fitzsimmons, Harvard College’s dean of admissions and financial aid, was honored last night (April 15) by Access, the leading provider of financial aid, scholarships, and valuable advice to...
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Harvard Foundation sends 1,000 blankets to Japan
The Harvard Foundation recently sent more than 1,000 new wool blankets and other relief items to the victims of the catastrophic March earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Foundation Director S. Allen...
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Donors and students gather for annual Celebration of Scholarships dinner
Few students have traveled farther than Justus Uwayesu ’18 to reach a Harvard classroom. A native of Rwanda, Uwayesu lost both parents in the 1994 genocide, and at age 7 walked from his home village to...
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Creating a more diverse Harvard with need-blind financial aid
This is the fifth and final installment in Learning from Difference, a series on diversity at Harvard. When Brandon Buell applied to Harvard, he expected to be rejected. But here’s the twist: He got...
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