Samyr Laine ’06 Aims for Haiti's First Olympic Medal in 84 Years
Six years after graduating, it has landed Laine a spot in this summer’s Olympic Games. But despite his atheltics accomplishments going heading into London, it is his story that makes him one of the media darlings of the upcoming Olympics.
"Queer Exodus" from Harvard Subject of Facebook Discussion
As Harvard’s first-ever permanent director of bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer student life starts work this week, all is not well according to gay and lesbian employees at Harvard.
Sandberg Talks Facebook, Women in the Workplace at HBS Class Day
Chief Operating Officer of Facebook Sheryl K. Sandberg ’91 encouraged the Harvard Business School’s graduating class to keep in touch with one another using tools such as Facebook at its Class Day on Wednesday.
Zuckerberg Ties the Knot
On Saturday, noted Harvard dropout and Facebook founder Mark E. Zuckerberg changed his relationship status to “married,” after tying the knot with Priscilla Chan ’07, his longtime girlfriend.
From Harvard Beginnings, Facebook Reaches Huge IPO
The juggernaut social media website Facebook was once the property of four Harvard classmates. On Friday, it will now be shared not four ways but more than 421 million ways.
Hate It: Facebook Timeline
Pictures of eighth grade me do not need to be one click away. However, like a living record of shame, ...
Love It: Facebook Timeline
I’m getting the overwhelming feeling that people generally resent the Facebook Timeline. Take this comment made by an acquaintance of ...
Zuckerberg's Emails Released Due to More Legal Drama
Paul D. Ceglia, an entrepreneur who claims that he invested $1,000 to help get Facebook off the ground and was offered half of the website's future shares in return, filed a lawsuit in 2010 against Mark E. Zuckerberg with alleged email exchanges as proof. Zuckerberg's lawyers, in return, recently released emails that the famous Harvard-dropout wrote during his time in Cambridge in an attempt to disprove these claims.
Facebook Co-Founder Latest Harvard Grad To Head The New Republic
Facebook co-founder Christopher R. Hughes ’06 announced Friday that he had purchased a majority stake in The New Republic, a magazine owned and edited for 35 years by former Harvard lecturer Martin “Marty” H. Peretz.
Linteresting Facebook Statuses
Before Linsanity swept the nation, Jeremy Lin '10 was just like us, posting insights about his personality and day-to-day life on Facebook. But Lin has recently switched his Facebook to the new timeline format, and apparently taken down all his public statuses from before Feb. 24. Fortunately, Flyby scooped some of Lin's best status updates from 2011 before he made it big.
Journalists, Students Discuss Role of Media
Social media websites have had a transformative effect both on authoritarian regimes during the Arab Spring and on current American electoral politics, said journalists and technology advocates on Wednesday night in Kirkland House, the birthplace of Facebook.
Facebook Cover Photos For You, From Harvard
You know Harvard is getting desperate for some social media publicity when it publishes an album of ready-to-download "Facebook Timeline Cover Photos" ranging from the Weld Boat House to Jeremy Lin in his Harvard uniform (do we finally have a mascot?!).
Peter Thiel, Paypal Founder and Facebook's Board of Directors Member, Speaks at the IOP
Peter Thiel speaks at the IOP Monday night. The Q&A let Thiel speak about a variety of things including his thoughts on the "higher education bubble."
Coaches Monitor Athletes Online in the Age of Twitter
As Harvard’s program emerges on the national stage and receives more media scrutiny, head coach Tommy Amaker has assigned his assistant coaches to monitor what players on the team are saying on their personal Twitter accounts.
