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Luce-Hartford Conference Examines Refugee Crisis in Europe and the U.S.
May 25, 2017
The 2107 Luce-Hartford conference, the first of four annual conferences at Hartford Seminary funded by the Henry Luce Foundation, drew about 70 participants from May 22-24 for lectures, panels and roundtable discussions.
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The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper Featured in New York Times Article
May 24, 2017
The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper, who teaches in Hartford Seminary’s Doctor of Ministry program, was featured prominently in a New York Times article on May 19 about a time before Roe V. Wade when Chicago clergy members took steps to help women end unwanted pregnancies.
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Cooperative M.Div. Adds Another Partner School: Chicago Theological Seminary Online
May 23, 2017
Hartford Seminary is pleased to add a fully online option to the schools that partner with its Cooperative Master of Divinity program. Chicago Theological Seminary Online is now a choice for Hartford Seminary students who want to earn an M.Div.
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Professor Najib Awad Reads Paper at Conference on Religion and Violence
May 18, 2017
Between May 6 and 7, Professor Najib Awad participated via Skype in a conference on “Religion and Violence” that was held by Mou’minun Bila-Hudoud Institution (Believers without Borders) in Rabat, Morocco.
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President Heidi Hadsell to Retire after 2017-18 Academic Year
May 15, 2017
Dr. Heidi Hadsell, President of Hartford Seminary, announced on Monday, May 15, that she will retire following the 2017-18 academic year.
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70 Hartford Seminary Graduates Challenged to Make a Difference
May 13, 2017
Faculty Marshall Yahya Michot led 70 graduates to the white tent on Hartford Seminary’s front lawn on Friday, May 12, where they prayed, sang and received their diplomas during an inspiring two-hour ceremony.
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Seminary Donates 'Buddy Bench' to Hartford School
May 11, 2017
Dozens of excited young students greeted Hartford Seminary staff members when they delivered a “buddy bench” to the Noah Webster Micro Society Magnet School in Hartford’s West End on May 9.
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Hartford Seminary Welcomes New Trustees, Corporators
May 10, 2017
Hartford Seminary welcomed four new members to the Board of Trustees on Monday, May 8, at the Annual Meeting.
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Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub and Father Patrick Ryan to Receive Honorary Degrees
May 4, 2017
Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub, a renowned scholar who taught at Hartford Seminary for many years, and Father Patrick J. Ryan, Ph.D., Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University, will be recognized with honorary degrees at Hartford Seminary graduation on May 12.
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The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper Discusses Book on Her Unexpected 'Infatuation' with Pope Francis
May 2, 2017
It all started when the Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper read Pope Francis’s 2015 encyclical on the environment. In it, she saw how much they had in common. Not long after, she began following him with great hope and affection and decided to write about their imagined “affair” in a volume called “I Heart Francis: Letters from the Unlikely Admirer.”