Harvard in the World
Five Years Later, Katrina Stays in Focus
Five years had passed since Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, but a group of students from universities across the nation had only four weeks to document the remnants of the devastation and rebuilding efforts in the city.
U.S. News Says We're Number One!
Fair Harvard has taken sole possession of the spot atop the U.S. News and World Report’s 2011 rankings of national universities.
Elizabeth Warren Gets Her Own Music Video
Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren was appointed chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel in 2008, named Bostonian of the Year in 2009 by The Globe for bringing “a sense of sanity to the economic crisis," and is currently a contender to head the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
HLS Prof Elizabeth Warren a Top Contender to Head Consumer Agency
The potential appointment of Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren to head a new consumer agency in Washington has gained a broad base of support due to her academic credentials and her personal attachment to the project.
U.S. Officially Awards Hollman Morris a Visa
Hollman Morris Rincon, a Colombian journalist who was originally denied his student visa to the United States last month, officially received his visa Tuesday morning.
Groups Rally Behind Nieman Fellow Denied Visa
In defense of the freedom of the press, several journalism and human rights organizations have rallied behind a Colombian journalist who was denied entrance into the United States to attend a program at Harvard.
Travis Kavulla Wants to be Your Energy Man
Travis R. Kavulla ’06-’07 has more than a hat and slick website backing his bid to be Commissioner of the Public Service Commission—the Montana native has a rich past that involves an active undergraduate career at Harvard, The National Review, Kenya, and energy policy.
Will Smith To Produce Biopic on Harvard Prof
The scholarly expeditions undertaken by modern-day explorer and Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter will be featured in a biopic produced by actor Will Smith.
Six Months Later, Harvard Still Fights for Haiti
Harvard continues to aid the rebuilding of Haiti more than six months after a cataclysmic earthquake hit the country, hoping to counter concerns that relief efforts have fallen off the radar.
Colombian Journalist, Nieman Fellow Denied Visa
A Colombian journalist who had been invited to serve as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard for the 2010-2011 academic year applied for a student visa to enter the United States but was denied on “security and related grounds.”
Judge Reduces Penalty in Nesson Case
Ruling the penalty unconstitutional for its violation of due process, the federal court significantly reduced Friday the $675,000 in damages that Boston University graduate student Joel Tenenbaum had been ordered to pay four large recording companies for illegal file-sharing.
Harvard Alum Appointed Governor General of Canada
Canadian academic David L. Johnston '63 will take the seat of governor general on October 1 to serve as the de facto head of state and representative of the Queen.
