Harvard

[hahr-verd]

noun

1. John, 1607–38, English clergyman in the U.S.: principal benefactor of Harvard College, now Harvard University.

2. a city in central Massachusetts.

3. Mount, a mountain in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range. 14,420 feet (4,398 meters).

Example Sentences

At Harvard, the Human Flourishing Program, under the direction of Prof. Tyler VanderWeele, studies and promotes human well-being and fulfillment.

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The former Treasury secretary and Harvard president was, in effect, making the charismatic young radical — a newly-minted official in Greece’s left-wing government — an offer of the sort you’re not supposed to refuse.

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Summers' interactions with his former confidant came back to haunt him last week, leading him to announce he was stepping back from public commitments and stopping teaching at Harvard.

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Dr. Shaywitz is a lecturer at Harvard Medical School and the founder of KindWellHealth, an initiative focused on advancing health through the science of agency.

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Big is from Harvard University political scientist Graham Allison, who wrote to me this week to share three reasons to give thanks this Thanksgiving: “80, 80, and 9.”

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