每年的哈佛毕业典礼都在5月份举行。而每一年担任哈佛大学毕业典礼的嘉宾，也像时代周刊的年度封面人物非常受社会的关注。记得我在2007年356届毕业典礼上毕业时，上午的演讲嘉宾是比尔·克林顿，下午的演讲嘉宾是比尔·盖茨(上午的演讲嘉宾只给本科生讲，下午的演讲嘉宾被称为为“PrincipalSpeaker，校长特约嘉宾”)。在演讲的时候，盖茨先生还非常幽默的自嘲，“大家知道为什么我被邀请参加哈佛的毕业典礼而不是开学典礼吗?因为如果我在开学典礼上发言的话，估计第二天就没人了(辍学创业去了)”

　　对于这两位演讲嘉宾，哈佛非常挑剔。将社会声望和社会影响力放在第一位。比如克林顿被邀请，是因为他做艾滋病的防治孜孜不倦地奔走;盖茨被邀请，是因为他和夫人一起经营着全世界最大私人的慈善基金。

　　而在哈佛校园内，学生们也早早开始申请毕业典礼时拉丁语、英语的演讲者。这个竞争非常激烈，被选上之后，学校会专门对这个学生的演讲稿、仪4508态、服装等进行系统培训和提升。我当时还竞争过这个殊荣。但是华裔的语言劣势让我吃亏不少，最后落选。

　　刚刚收到哈佛《HarvardMonthly》的邮件，今年下午的演讲嘉宾是华裔的美国诺贝尔奖获得者、奥巴马政府的能源部长朱棣文(StevenChu)先生。哈佛在解释邀请理由的时候说，“之所以邀请朱先生，是因为哈佛正在加深环境和能源保护的项目与研究，同时致力于校园节能等可持续发展”。

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　　Energy Secretary and NobelistSteven Chu to speak at Commencement

　　Nobel laureate in physics will be the principal speaker atAfternoon Exercises

　　U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Nobel laureate in physics and aleader in the pursuit of alternative and renewable sources ofenergy, will be Harvard’s principal speaker at the AfternoonExercises of Harvard’s 358th Commencement on June 4.

　　An eminent scientist whose work at thecrossroads of physics and biology has now brought him to prominenceon the national and international policy stage, Chu was unanimouslyconfirmed by the U.S. Senate in January to serve as the nation’s12th secretary of energy.

　　“Steven Chu is a brilliant scientistand an eloquent exponent of thoughtful, creative approaches tomeeting the challenge of global climate change,” said HarvardPresident Drew Faust. “His own career combines leadership at theforefront of both disciplinary and interdisciplinary science with apassionate devotion to education and to the public good. It will bea pleasure to welcome and hear from him on Commencement day.”

　　A past professor at Stanford and thenthe University of California, Berkeley, Chu was co-recipient of theNobel Prize in physics in 1997 for his role in developing methodsto cool and trap atoms with laser light. From 2004 to 2008 he ledthe Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, one of the nation’spre-eminent scientific institutions, directing its intensifiedfocus on energy and the environment.

　　“How to use science and public policyto confront the environmental consequences of energy use is amatter of enormous interest and importance to Harvard as auniversity, and to our alumni as citizens concerned about thefuture of the planet,” said Walter H. Morris Jr., president of theHarvard Alumni Association (HAA). “Steven Chu stands front andcenter in the nation’s effort to rise to that challenge, and I’mvery pleased he has agreed to join us for Commencement.”

　　As is traditional at Harvard, Chu willspeak during Commencement day’s Afternoon Exercises, which serve asthe annual meeting for the Harvard Alumni Association and duringwhich the HAA welcomes newly graduated students to its ranks. Theexercises will take place in the Tercentenary Theatre of HarvardYard, between the Memorial Church and Widener Library.

　　Early in his tenure as energysecretary, Chu has identified among his major goals the intentionto reduce dependence on fossil fuels, to use energy in the mostefficient ways possible, and to lower carbon emissions.

　　As director of the Lawrence BerkeleyNational Laboratory, Chu guided its growing focus on the search foralternative and renewable sources of energy, aiming to extend thelab’s leadership efforts in climate science, the search for newfuels, and the development of energy-efficient technologies. Heemerged as a champion of bringing together investigators from thelife sciences, the physical sciences, and engineering to work onbiofuels, solar energy, new battery technologies, and otherinnovations.

　　A native of St. Louis, Chu attended theUniversity of Rochester, graduating in 1970, and received his Ph.D.from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1976. He spent hisearly scientific career at AT&T Bell Laboratories,where he did the principal work later recognized with a NobelPrize.

　　He served from 1987 to 2004 as aprofessor of physics and applied physics at Stanford, where hetwice chaired the Physics Department and helped launch theinterdisciplinary initiative Bio-X. He joined the University ofCalifornia faculty in 2004, when he became director of the BerkeleyLab, serving concurrently as professor of physics and of molecularand cell biology.

　　His own research has ranged acrossimportant areas of atomic physics, biophysics, and polymer physics.In recent years, he has increasingly turned his attention to howinsights and discoveries in physics and biology can be applied toproblems of energy and the environment.

　　Chu’s numerous honors, in addition tothe Nobel Prize, include the American Physical Society’s ArthurSchawlow Prize for Laser Science, the Alexander von HumboldtFoundation’s Senior Scientist Award, and membership in the NationalAcademy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, theChinese Academy of Sciences, Academia Sinica, and the KoreanAcademy of Sciences and Technology.

　　The invitation to Chu comes at a timewhen Harvard has stepped up its efforts to address issues relatingto energy and the environment, both in its programs of research andeducation and in promoting sustainable practices on campus.

　　For more about Harvard’s sustainabilityefforts, .

　　《年轻的战场》是我继2007年出版《我的哈佛日记：规划的人生更精彩》之后，由国内金牌出版人“金黎组合”出版的第二本书。《我的哈佛日记》讲的是我在哈佛大学求学的经历、美国的游历和生活以及一种健康、阳光的生活方式和态度。而《年轻的战场》重点讲的是英语学习方法、大学学习规划、考研复习方法、申请美国名校的秘笈、中美创业的历程以及我经历的爱情。很好看的两本书，希望能够为您的生活带来两束温暖的阳光。大家可以点击当当网购买这两本书。

 

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