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Board of Trustees Welcomes Three New Members
May 8, 2018
The Hartford Seminary Board of Trustees welcomed three new board members during its annual meeting on Monday, May 7.
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Hartford Seminary Mourns Passing of Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, President of Hebrew-Union College
May 6, 2018
A prominent colleague in theological education was lost on May 5, 2018, with the passing of Rabbi Aaron D. Panken, President of the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion.
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Fall Lineup Announced for Islamic Studies and Chaplaincy Program
May 3, 2018
Hartford Seminary has assembled a strong lineup of faculty for 2018-19 in the area of Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim Relations, as well as Islamic Chaplaincy.
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Plowshares Founders to Be Awarded Honorary Degrees at Graduation
May 3, 2018
At graduation on May 11, Hartford Seminary will award two honorary degrees, one posthumously, to the founders of Plowshares Institute, the Rev. Dr. Robert A. and Alice Frazer Evans.
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Professor Najib Awad Has a New Book in Arabic
May 1, 2018
Professor Najib Awad has a new book out that was published in Arabic. Postmodernity and the Future of Religious Discourse in the West was published in Rabat, Morocco, by Believers Without Borders Publications, 2018.
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Event Celebrates President Heidi Hadsell's 18-Year Tenure
April 30, 2018
Trustees, corporators, faculty, staff, students, friends and family gathered at the Pond House in West Hartford on Sunday, April 29, 2018, to honor and celebrate the outgoing president of Hartford Seminary, Dr. Heidi Hadsell.
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Winner Named in Hartford Seminary Preaching Competition
April 27, 2018
Eight students competed on April 26, 2018, in Hartford Seminary’s first Preaching Competition, organized by Interim Academic Dean Scott Thumma.
Faculty In The News
Faculty Associate Lucinda Mosher Has New Book Out
April 25, 2018
Lucinda Mosher, Faculty Associate in Interfaith Studies, has a new book out titled Personhood, Illness, and Death in America’s Multifaith Neighborhoods: A Practical Guide from Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
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Hartford Seminary Co-Sponsors Showing of 'The Sultan and the Saint'
April 23, 2018
Three organizations — Trinity College, the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut and Hartford Seminary — joined together to sponsor the world premiere on Sunday, April 22, of The Sultan and the Saint, a movie that depicts the historic meeting of Saint Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt in the 13th century.
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Hartford Seminary Has New Signage
April 23, 2018
After several years of planning, Hartford Seminary has installed new signs that direct visitors to parking and to the different buildings around the campus.