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This Week in FM (03/27/2014)

By Courtesy of Carol Powell, Daniel J. Hilhorst, Madeline R. Lear, Nathalie R. Miraval, Courtesy of Stephen E. Coit, John Y. Wang, Y. Kit Wu, and Courtesy of Yifan Wu

March 27, 2014

The Harvard Foundation Portraiture Project - The Harvard Foundation commissioned artist Stephen E. Coit '71 to paint individuals of a variety of ethnicities who served Harvard University with distinction. Coit worked extensively with his subjects that were still living to portray them as they wished people to remember them. By Courtesy of Stephen E. Coit

Annemarie Schimmel - As a Professor of Indo-Muslim Culture at Harvard, Annemarie Schimmel was one of the earliest tenured female professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Her portrait hangs in Eliot House. By Courtesy of Stephen E. Coit

Martin L. Kilson - Martin L. Kilson was the first African-American faculty member to teach at Harvard College in the Department of Government. His portrait hangs in Dudley House. By Courtesy of Stephen E. Coit

Dr. S. Allen Counter - Neurology professor S. Allen Counter, the Director of the Harvard Foundation, delivers his opening remarks at the 29th annual Cultural Rhythms festival. By Y. Kit Wu

I, Too, Am Harvard - A photo from the “I, Too, Am Harvard” campaign. Inspired by an original play also titled “I, Too, Am Harvard,” the Tumblr campaign highlighted various microaggressions members of the black community have faced at Harvard. By Courtesy of Carol Powell

Latinx Forum - Dorothy Villarreal discusses the purpose of the "LatinX" town hall meeting on Thursday, March 6. Students gathered in Ticknor Lounge to raise concerns pressing the Latino community. By Nathalie R. Miraval

Herbie Improvises - Herbert "Herbie" J. Hancock improvises in the Fanny Peabody Mason Music Building on March 11. The jazz musician is the 2014 Charles Eliot Norton Professor of Poetry. By Madeline R. Lear

Pep Rally - Eliot House students celebrate outside their House before storming the Yard on the morning of Housing Day. By Courtesy of Yifan Wu

Housing Day: Eliot - An Eliot House student prepares to storm the Yard on the morning of Housing Day. By Courtesy of Yifan Wu

Housing Day: Cabot - Cabot House students storm the Yard on the morning of Housing Day. By John Y. Wang

Cabot Takes Thayer - Cabot House students rush into Thayer Hall to deliver housing assignments on Housing Day in the spring. By John Y. Wang

Long-limbed - Schuett Oaks stand at the top of Bussey Hill at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. By Daniel J. Hilhorst

Late-Bloomer - Bussey Creek lies at the entrance to the Arnold Arboretum in Boston. By Daniel J. Hilhorst

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