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Wynton Marsalis Awarded French Legion of Honor in NYC

Jim Luce | Posted 11.13.2009 | New York


Jim Luce

Wynton Marsalis received France’s highest distinction last week in New York – the insignia of chevalier of the Legion of Honor, an honor t...

Harvard To Offer Class On 'The Wire'

nypost.com | Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment


'THE Wire," HBO's gritty se ries about life in the Baltimore ghetto, is about to become a course at Harvard. The announcement came at a panel discu...

Harvard: Lab Workers Poisoned By Tainted Coffee

AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home


BOSTON — Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August after drinking coffee that was laced with a chemical preservative, a...

Harvard Digitizes Rare Chinese Texts

Harvard College Library | Posted 10.12.2009 | Books


October 9, 2009 --One of the most extensive collections of rare Chinese books outside of China will be digitized and made freely available to scholars...

Something to Sleep On

Russ Baker | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business


Russ Baker

It's worthwhile to have a further look at some of the players cited briefly in the Times article about the Simmons mattress company, so here is a bit more on the private equity kingpin Thomas H. Lee.

Facebook Friendships and Social Influence: Guest Blog

Giles Slade | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media


Giles Slade

We followed 1,700 interconnected college students on Facebook. Their profiles listed favorite bands, movies, and authors. But we wondered how their tastes might spread.

Harvard Bars Library Books

The Boston Globe | David Abel | Posted 11.30.2009 | Books


For nearly a century, the ornate library with the chandelier, fireplace, and wood-paneled walls has drawn students to its prized collection of classic...

Harvard's Endowment Drops Sharply Amid Recession

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 11.11.2009 | Home


BOSTON — The total value of Harvard's endowment plunged nearly 30 percent in the last fiscal year as the Ivy League institution's portfolio was ...

Japan's New Era

Sunil Chacko | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business


Sunil Chacko

The landslide victory of Dr. Yukio Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to effect change in the way Japan does business.

Does Higher Learning Mean Greener Learning?

Gay Browne | Posted 10.16.2009 | Green


Gay Browne

Greenopia announces its environmental ratings for the 100 largest schools in the US. At the top of the list were the University of Washington and the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Why The Harvard Law Review Comment Defending Campus Speech Codes Matters

Greg Lukianoff | Posted 09.20.2009 | Media


Greg Lukianoff

After 20 years of universities trying to dupe the public into believing that speech codes are okay by re-characterizing them as harassment policy codes, people of influence are starting to believe them.

Our Existing Public Option

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics


Terry Curtis Fox

Private insurance companies don't want to be good capitalists and innovate. They fear competition because they are in a position where they don't need to provide a better service.

Bud Lights & Civil Rights Tonight at the White House: What Will America Learn

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics


Sophia A. Nelson

I hope that the president, Crowley and Gates don't just share a "beer" and sweep this whole mess under the carpet. I hope they start a dialogue that gets them talking about how our unconscious prejudices cloud our day to day judgments.

Health Care vs. White House Beer? Are You Kidding Me?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

Is this former lifelong Republican, now an avid Obama supporter, the only American with a sense of fury directed against the divided Democrats when it comes to reforming health care?

What I Hope a Fly on the Wall in the White House Would Hear

Michael J. O'Neil | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Michael J. O'Neil

I was thrilled to see the President invite Sgt. Crowley and Professor Gates to the White House. The more I consider who all three of these men are, the more they strike me as big, principled men.

A Teachable Moment: Pride and Prejudice

Denise Dennis | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics


Denise Dennis

Gates' and Crowley's confrontation was a clash of egos in which pride and prejudice -- on both sides -- came into play.

A Defining Moment in the History of Civil Rights

Gary S. Chafetz | Posted 08.25.2009 | Politics


Gary S. Chafetz

Who are the beneficiaries of what appears to be the teapot tempest over the recent arrest of an African-American man in The People's Republic of Cambr...

Drinking Past Racial Profiling: Obama and the Gates Arrest

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.24.2009 | Politics


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

As far as that pint of beer goes, I worry that it may take many shared kegs before we finally come together as a nation.

No Apology Needed, President Obama, for Speaking Out on Gates

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.23.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

It took just the right touch of passion and hint of anger that Obama brought to the table in the Gates' affair to get the tongues wagging about race and policing.

NBC's Today Focuses on Obama's Remarks About the Gates Arrest, Not Health Care

Eric Deggans | Posted 08.23.2009 | Home


Eric Deggans

Why did the Today show -- by far TV's most-watched morning show -- spend its first segment this morning discussing what the president said about the arrest of a black scholar in Cambridge, Mass.?

Gates Arrest Won't End Racial Profiling Denial

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The refusal to admit that racial profiling exists has done much to torpedo nearly every effort by civil rights groups to get law enforcement to address this troubling trend.

Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Welcome to the New "Post-Racial" America

Sophia A. Nelson | Posted 08.21.2009 | Politics


Sophia A. Nelson

Professor Gates is someone who deserves better from America. Yet, at the end of the day, he was just another black man residing while black.

The Facebook Movie Puts the zZzZ's in Zuckerberg

Disgrasian | Posted 08.16.2009 | Entertainment


Disgrasian

Other than getting laid by an Asian chick in a bathroom stall at a "nice club in Cambridge.." -- Zuckerberg's life comes across as a rather joyless verging on meaningless grind.

Italy Hosts Child Soldiers Symposium

Jim Luce | Posted 07.28.2009 | World


Jim Luce

With the changing nature of armed conflict, the impact of war on children and young people has become more brutal than ever.

An African American Tragedy at Harvard

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 07.12.2009 | Politics


Casey Gane-McCalla

There was a tragedy at Harvard last month. The tragedy wasn't that Harvard's bubble was tainted by violence. The tragedy was that the life of a young man with a great spirit and great future was cut short.