On March 10, 2022, Harvard Divinity School Dean David N. Hempton announced enhancements to the School’s awarding of financial aid beginning in the 2022-23 academic year. (Read Dean Hempton’s full message to the HDS community online.) The enhancements include increasing the stipend awarded to continuing and incoming students who receive a stipend as part of their aid package. The stipend increases will apply to both the merit and need-based programs.... Read more about Harvard Divinity School Increases Financial Aid Stipends
Harambee, an organization for students of African descent at Harvard Divinity School, hosted the sixth annual Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference last week.
Charlotte McAdams, MTS candidate, reflects on her participation in the January Term course “The Spiritual Lives of Leaders”... Read more about The Soul of Harvard
Toting laptops, notebooks, and masks, students returned to classrooms and labs for spring semester last week—only their second fully in-person semester in almost two years.
"Historically, art has expressed faith and religion. At times in history, when a lot of folks didn’t read, art provided the narrative and the message of the Bible, Koran, etc," says MTS candidate and artist Denise Penizzotto.
You can’t help but notice the spirit of renewal and joy across campus, whether it’s the Indian festival of lights at the Divinity School, menorah lighting outside Widener, or friends gathering around the fire pits at Science Center Plaza. Here are just a few of the festive scenes that have brightened the semester.
As the nights grow longer and the days shorter, this beloved annual multireligious service honors the interplay of holy darkness and light in the world’s religious traditions, including choral and instrumental music, readings by HDS students, the ritual kindling of many flames, and communal prayers and songs.... Read more about Video: 2021 Seasons of Light
Nadia Milad Issa (they/them) is a scholar-practitioner, dance educator, and an Iyalochá (fully initiated high priestess of Regla de Ocha-Ifá). A lifelong dancer, Nadia graduated from Hampshire College with an individualized degree in dance, anthropology, and Africana studies. They’ve continued fusing art and activism in their work at HDS, where they focus on Afrikan-derived traditions in the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, particularly Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian traditions of Regla de Ocha-Ifá, Candomblé, and Umbanda.... Read more about Modeling Multireligious Community: Nadia Milad Issa, MTS '22
