The conferring of degrees is a critical rite of passage for any graduating student, but for those who are also members of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), the week of Harvard Commencement ceremonies brings an additional milestone: the commissioning service.
This year 11 members of the Harvard Class of 2021 will take their oaths as new military officers during small, in-person services attended by a few select family members and friends. The combined U.S. Army/U.S. Air Force event will take place at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts, while the U.S. Navy ceremony will unfold on the deck of the U.S.S. Constitution, the world’s oldest commissioned warship afloat, docked in the Charlestown Navy Yard. Both events will be livestreamed on Facebook.
Bloomberg Philanthropies, in collaboration with Harvard University, announced today an expansion of support for city leaders with a new, $150 million investment to establish the University-wide Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University. This center builds upon the success of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a collaboration between Bloomberg Philanthropies, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Business School established in 2017, and will strengthen the capabilities of mayors and their teams, advance effective organizational practices in city halls around the world, support a new generation of public servants as they encounter unprecedented challenges in the years to come, and produce new research and instructional materials that will help city leaders.
Amid presidents and pop stars, poet Amanda Gorman grabs the spotlight at inauguration
By Hanna Krueger and Diti Kohli Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent,Updated January 20, 2021, 6:19 p.m.
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Amanda Gorman, 22, the youngest inauguration poet in US history, reads her poem The Hill We Climb at the inauguration of President Biden. (Video via C-SPAN, Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty)
If Amanda Gorman, 22, has it her way, her knockout poetry performance on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday wonât be the last time she appears at a presidential inauguration. She plans on taking the oath of office herself.