My Conversation with Mohammed El Erian
Mohammed El Erian is one of the country's most successful money managers. He's the co-CEO of the Pacific Investment Management Company, better known a...
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Top GOP VP Choices: Failed Business Leaders, Former Dems, Confirmed Bachelors and Creationists
Paul Jenkins | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics
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If you thought the Republican primary field was a bit of a joke, wait until you get a closer look at the front runners for the vice presidential slot.
Maybe Harvard Thought It Was The 'Manifestly Illegal' Party?
Greg Lukianoff | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living
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Harvard University is enshrined in the popular imagination as our nation's premier liberal arts institution. So when Harvard does something foolish like censoring a proposed student party because of its mildly risque name -- it's a big deal.
Jill Bolte Taylor: Her Stroke Sent Her on a Dazzling Head Trip
Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living
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A serious scientist had a powerful experience. And she found herself in a universe she had never played in. And, boy, is she happy she found it.
Why Smart Brains Make Stupid Decisions
Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living
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It happens. Often. But why? To answer that, we secured an interview with Ori Brafman, co-author of Sway: The Irresistible Pull of Irrational Behavior.
Never-Ending Alimony in Massachusetts
Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 06.16.2008 | Politics
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Divorce in Massachusetts means never have to say goodbye to your ex. Decades after your divorce, you can be dragged to court, or you can do the dragging yourself.
The Choir Creed
Adam Baer | Posted 06.10.2008 | Entertainment
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Making music, at its best, brings people together. It's collaborative. And if it inspires healthy competition between a capella groups, well, all the better.
Oil's Largest One-Day Gain On Record: Thank You, Mr. Bernanke
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 06.06.2008 | Business
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Basically, Bernanke signaled to the markets and the world at large that high prices were not an issue for this government, nor would they be as oil prices moved higher still.
Rowling At Harvard: Failure And Imagination Are Good
AP | JAY LINDSAY | Posted 06.05.2008 | Entertainment
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — J.K. Rowling stressed the crucial importance of imagination during a speech Thursday at Harvard University's spring commencem...
Fact-Free Hypocrisy from CNN's Glenn Beck
Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.21.2008 | Media
One has to wonder what exactly is wrong with Glenn Beck. I don't particularly care that he identifies himself as a conservative. The problem, I think, is that he doesn't actually know anything.
Liberia's Peace Women: Tribeca 2008 Remembers What the World Overlooked in 2003
Abigail E. Disney | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
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How was it possible that these Liberian women had accomplished such an enormous feat without having been noticed and reported on by the news outlets I had come to know and trust?
The Facebook: Another Product of a Broken System
Aaron Greenspan | Posted 05.07.2008 | Business
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As a Harvard student, technology and entrepreneurship weren't worthy of serious academic focus. The theft of Facebook by one of my classmates is just one example of larger systemic problems.
Geoff Garin, Clinton Chief Strategist, Once Called For Violent Revolution
The Huffington Post | Posted 04.30.2008 | Politics
With 60s-era radicalism now a hot topic in the Democratic primary, it's worth noting the (amusing, ironic) history of Sen. Hillary Clinton's co-chief ...
Dr. Evelynn Hammonds, Harvard College's Next Dean
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.28.2008 | Living
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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.
David Rockefeller Pledges $100 Million To Harvard
AFP via Yahoo | Posted 04.25.2008 | Business
Retired banker and philanthropist David Rockefeller has pledged 100 million dollars to Harvard University, the largest gift from an alumnus in the sch...
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...
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...
Degrees of Matriculation
Andy Borowitz | Posted 04.08.2008 | Living
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™.
Abstinence is the New Feminism (And Other Things I Learned at Harvard)
Shelby Knox | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics
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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.
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, ...
Your Own Worst Enemy
Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living
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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.
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...
Spitzer on Hubris, in His Own Words!
Warren Goldstein | Posted 03.14.2008 | Politics
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.'"
Client 9 - Spitzer's Latest Screw Up
Beverly Davis | Posted 03.10.2008 | Home
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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.'
Democratizing Art
Ben Rosen | Posted 01.20.2008 | Business
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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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