Three HDS alums who now work in media reflected on how their religious studies at HDS prepared them for mining religions “to advance the public understanding of religion for the service of justice and peace.”
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 of Memorial Church.
The Reverend Dan Smith, MDiv '98, Lecturer on Ministry, delivered the following remarks at Morning Prayers in Harvard's Memorial Church on April 11, 2022.
“I’m doing what’s in the best interest not only of what we believe God is calling us to do but also in the best interest of the people that are in need. Sometimes that means making a decision that goes against business practices for the better good of the people as well as this community," said Willie Bodrick II, MDiv '14.
As his first year as Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church nears its close, Matthew Ichihashi Potts — who also serves as the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals at Harvard Divinity School — reflected on his time as minister in an interview with The Crimson last week.
Katherine Collins, MTS '11, studied biomimicry—the idea of looking to nature to solve complex problems—and brought these concepts to Putnam Investments as the company’s first head of sustainable investing.
Stephany Semones, MTS '08, opened Pink Regalia, a luxury lingerie boutique that offers beautiful undergarments for women of all ages but also specializes in products for individuals who have undergone mastectomy and lumpectomy surgeries, among other procedures.
Jenna Carson, MDiv '18, is the Latter-day Saints first chaplain in the federal prison system who carries the ultimate goal of becoming a military chaplain.
