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Davíd Carrasco

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• BA, Western Maryland College
• ThM, MA, PhD, University of Chicago

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Davíd Carrasco (Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America) is a Mexican American historian of religions with particular interest in Mesoamerican cities as...

Spalding University President Honored by Harvard Divinity

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The president of Spalding University was honored by Harvard Divinity School during the Gomes Distinguished Alumni Honors.

HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council Announces Inaugural Gomes Honors Recipients

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The HDS Alumni/Alumnae Council has announced the first cohort of honorees for the inaugural Peter J. Gomes STB '68 Memorial Honors, which celebrates the outstanding contributions that HDS alumni make to their fields, and to society, across the broad...

Harvard Divinity School Names Five Recipients of Peter J. Gomes Honors

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The Harvard Divinity School Alumni/Alumnae Council named the five recipients of its Peter J. Gomes Distinguished Alumni Honors earlier this month — a distinction named in honor of Gomes, who taught at Harvard for four decades and served as Pusey Minister...

HDS Alumni Discuss Intersection of Ethics, Religion, and Spirituality

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A group of Harvard Divinity School alumni in humanitarian aid professions reflected on the impact of their education at HDS and discussed the intersection of ethics, religion, and spirituality at a virtual panel Tuesday.

Where Your Joy and the World's Needs Meet

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Richard Bland, MTS '03, executive VP and chief development/communications officer at WETA/PBS News Hour, encourages students searching for a vocation to pay attention to where their joy and the needs of the world meet.

Video: Divinity Dialogues: Jeff Seul and M. Brinton Lykes

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On October 10, 2013, two distinguished HDS alumni shared stories of how their values, vision, and experiences at HDS have informed their service to others.

A Separate Peace

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What really goes on inside Harvard Divinity School? Boston Common magazine takes a look in an article that describes the School as a gem "not just in Boston but for the world."

Can a Beautiful Home Be a Change Agent for an Entire Community?

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Several HDS alumni are involved with the founding of Peace House, which, from its corner in downtown Cambridge, Massachusetts, reveals the transformative power in balancing aesthetics with ascetics.

Humans of HDS: Finding Footing in Ukraine

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“It’s hard to be afar and to be distant. I feel a lot of passion for doing whatever I can to help even if I’m far away. If I can’t be there to give out blankets or to administer first aid or simply be with my friends in the bomb shelters, I want to do...

Are Today’s Seminarians Tomorrow’s Corporate Leaders?

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“The skills that ministers bring to their work are the skills that business schools desire to give to their students, and that CEOs want. They want empathy, connectivity with others, active listening,” said Karim Hutson, MDiv '08.

Five Harvard Grads Among Newly Elected Members of 118th Congress

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Rep. Greg J. Landsman (D-Ohio), MTS '04, is among the newly elected Harvard University alumni, joining 77 other freshman members of Congress who took office in 2023.