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Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard College's Next Dean

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.28.2008 | Living

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Marian Wright Edelman

Dr. Hammonds is the first Black and the first woman to hold this prestigious position. She is a wonderful role model, especially for young girls interested in science as she was.

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David Rockefeller Pledges $100 Million To Harvard

AFP via Yahoo | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business

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Retired banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller has pledged 100 million dollars to Harvard University, the largest gift from an alumnus in the sch...

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Can Nintendo Get Your Kid Into Harvard?

Silicon Alley Insider | Vasanth Sridharan | Posted 04.14.2008 | Living

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If playing video games can (theoretically) get you in better shape, why can't they help prep for your SATs? Kaplan (WPO) thinks they can. The test pr...

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Bernanke Joins J.K. Rowling As Harvard Class Day Speaker

Harvard Crimson | ADITI BALAKRISHNA | Posted 04.10.2008 | Business

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Chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben S. Bernanke '75 will take to the steps of Memorial Church in June as this year's Class Day speaker, the University...

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Degrees of Matriculation

Andy Borowitz | Posted 04.08.2008 | Living

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Andy Borowitz

While your SAT scores fall below the threshold for acceptance to Harvard's class of 2012, your Harvard parents' participation in our fund-raising appeals have gained you admission to a new program called LegacyPlus™.

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Abstinence is the New Feminism (And Other Things I Learned at Harvard)

Shelby Knox | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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Shelby Knox

The last thing anyone, male or female, needs on a college campus is a rancorous and harmful debate about the merits of sex or no sex.

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Harvard Hires First Woman To Manage $35 Billion Endowment

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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Harvard University has turned to a manager with a track record of success directing the assets of educational institutions, including Harvard itself, ...

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Your Own Worst Enemy

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

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Charlotte Hilton Andersen

Most of us could add a decade or more to our lives simply by doing a few things. So if you, like me, have finally decided that the universe is not out to get you, try making a few tweaks.

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Harvard Business School's Greatest Lesson

Fortune | Geoff Colvin | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business

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Does Harvard Business School have a future? Its storied past will get extra attention when the school turns 100 years old on April 8. But in a fast-ch...

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Spitzer on Hubris, in His Own Words!

Warren Goldstein | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics

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Warren Goldstein

At Harvard Law School's 2005 Class Day, Spitzer warned graduates "not to succumb to hubris or the delusion that they are 'Masters of the Universe.'"

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Client 9 - Spitzer's Latest Screw Up

Beverly Davis | Posted 03.10.2008 | Home

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Beverly Davis

This is American politics and just about any guy can survive anything if Pres. Clinton can survive an impeachment, especially if his wife is standing beside him during his 'mea culpa.'

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Democratizing Art

Ben Rosen | Posted 01.20.2008 | Business

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Ben Rosen

So, the best music in the world performed by the best performers can be easily and inexpensively enjoyed and owned by anyone anywhere. Not so in the visual arts.

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Larry Summers Invests In "YouTube For Ideas"

New York Times | Tim Arango | Posted 01.07.2008 | Business

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In June 2006, Peter Hopkins, a civic-minded and idealistic 2004 Harvard graduate, trekked up to his alma mater from New York for a meeting with Lawren...

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Ex-Goldman Associate Sentenced For Multiple Insider Trading Schemes

New York Times | MICHAEL J. de la MERCED | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business

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A former Goldman Sachs associate who was accused of masterminding one of the broadest insider-trading conspiracies in years was sentenced on Thursday ...

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Harvard's "Middle Class" Makeover

Peter Sacks | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics

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Peter Sacks

Harvard's new tuition cuts will serve to the detriment of truly needy students who will see a fall off in need-based financial aid programs, as colleges target the very students who already have high rates of college attendance.

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States Need to Follow Harvard: End Loans Completely

Ned Vizzini | Posted 12.12.2007 | Living

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Ned Vizzini

Harvard has a $35 billion endowment. State governments can't be expected to tap into similar funds to provide free rides for students who deserve them. Or can they?

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How To Get Your Kids Into Harvard

Wall Street Journal | Ellen Gamerman | Posted 11.30.2007 | Business

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As college-application season enters its most stressful final stretch, parents want to know if their children's schools are delivering the goods -- co...

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Ivy Funds Caught Up In Loan Shark Accusations

Bloomberg | Brian Kladko | Posted 11.25.2007 | Business

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Harvard, Yale and Princeton universities' endowments are being accused of backing a loan with 42 percent interest, twice the legal limit, according to...

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Harvard 37, Yale 6... Happy Thanksgiving, Anyway

Alex Remington | Posted 11.21.2007 | Living

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Alex Remington

Squinting to see the road through the rain and fog on I-95, I tried to suppress the memory of my team playing like Notre Dame on quaaludes and losing 37-6 to Harvard.

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Harvard, Thy Name is Woman

Diana Meehan | Posted 10.29.2007 | Living

Read More: Harvard, Feminist, Deval Patrick, Drew Faust, Harvard's First Woman President, Amy Gutmann, Feminism, Bryn Mawr, Concord Academy, Drew Gilpin Faust, Living News
Diana Meehan

Harvard's first woman president, Drew Gilpin Faust, embodies women's leadership, just as it is described in the research -- inclusive, innovative, co-operative, creative and connected.

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Join the Resistance. Make History.

Marie Wilson | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Kennedy School of Government, Harvard, New President of Harvard, Drew Faust, Politics News
Marie Wilson

We need resisters and rebels who, like Drew Faust, can stand up to the siren songs that call women to abandon their dreams for themselves, their institutions and their communities.

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As a Katrina Evacuee, I'm Too Lazy to Fini...

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics

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Karen Dalton-Beninato

Helping run a disaster based charity two years after the disaster feels like pushing a boulder uphill, but there are still hundreds of thousands displaced.

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MIT Students Turn John Harvard Statue Into Halo's Master Chief

CNet News | Caroline McCarthy | Posted 09.26.2007 | Business

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It goes without saying that in addition to a stellar reputation for academic innovation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology is renowned for its gee...

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I'm Going Back to School

Jim Wallis | Posted 09.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Spiritual Renewal, Religion and Values, 2008 Election, Students, School, Harvard, Politics News
Jim Wallis

This fall, for the fifth year, I'm teaching a course at Harvard. I spent Monday, the first day of the semester, in Cambridge. This year's course, bas...

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