Faculty In The News
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.
General HIU News
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.
General HIU News
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.
General HIU News
Seminary Donates 'Buddy Bench' to Hartford SchoolMay 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.
General HIU News
Hartford Seminary Welcomes New Trustees, CorporatorsMay 10, 2017
Hartford Seminary welcomed four new members to the Board of Trustees on Monday, May 8, at the Annual Meeting.
General HIU News
Dr. Mahmoud Ayoub and Father Patrick Ryan to Receive Honorary DegreesMay 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.
Faculty In The News
The Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper Discusses Book on Her Unexpected 'Infatuation' with Pope FrancisMay 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.”
General HIU News
President Hadsell Attends Pope's Address at Peace Conference In EgyptApril 30, 2017
President Heidi Hadsell, one of the main speakers at a gathering of Muslim leaders and representatives of the World Council of Churches in Egypt, also participated in the Al-Azhar International Peace Conference on April 27 and 28 and was there to attend an address by Pope Francis that was covered by press around the world.
General HIU News
Trustee Umar Moghul Introduces His Book on Islamic FinanceApril 27, 2017
Umar Moghul's new book, “A Socially Responsible Islamic Finance,” brings those worlds together as it seeks to answer questions and serve as a reference while building dialogue among different communities and stakeholders.
Faculty In The News, General HIU News
President Heidi Hadsell Addresses Gathering of Muslim Council of Elders and World Council of Churches in EgyptApril 27, 2017
President Heidi Hadsell was one of the main speakers at a gathering in Cairo, Egypt, of a delegation of the Muslim Council of Elders led by the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, His Eminence Professor Dr. Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, and a delegation of the World Council of Churches (WCC) led by Dr. Agnes Abuom, Moderator of the Central Committee of the WCC, and the Rev. Dr. Olav Fykse Tveit, general secretary.
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