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Eric Balderas '13 no longer faces deportation and will be allowed to continue his studies at Harvard.
ANALYSIS: With Undocumented Status Revealed, Eric Balderas Faces Legal Challenges
The case of Eric Balderas '13, an undocumented student facing possible deportation to Mexico, has sparked conversation about his years spent living in the shadows and has brought to the fore the debate over a proposed legislation that would grant citizenship to illegal immigrants.
Cambridge Police Await Committee Report on Skip Gates Arrest
The Cambridge Police Department continues to await an independent committee report intended to offer "lessons learned" for the city in the aftermath of the controversial arrest of Professor Henry Louis "Skip"Gates, Jr. and subsequent allegations of racial bias.
Harvard-Educated Prof. Charged With Murder of Brother
Harvard-educated biology professor Amy Bishop, who was charged with a shooting at Alabama University in February, was indicted for the killing of her brother in 1986, prosecutors announced today.
VIDEO: Detained Harvard Student Speaks Out
Eric Balderas '13 sits down with The Crimson for an exclusive interview to detail what went through his mind last Monday when he was detained after attempting to board a plane from San Antonio, Texas to Boston.
SEAS Dean Named to Commission on BP Oil Spill
President Barack Obama has appointed School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Dean Cherry A. Murray to a national commission tasked with providing recommendations to prevent future spills that result from offshore drilling.
ANALYSIS: Student's Detainment Raises Question of Undocumented Youth
The detainment of Eric Balderas '13 by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and his possible deportation to Mexico has sparked heated discussion among friends and activists, who view Balderas' plight as an indication of the work that remains to be done on behalf of undocumented youth in the United States.
Harvard Sophomore Faces Deportation to Mexico
Eric Balderas '13, a rising sophomore in Eliot House, was detained by immigration authorities on Monday and is facing deportation to Mexico, according to the Associated Press.
At ROTC Ceremony, Faust Calls for Strong Relationship With Military
The Reserve Officer Training Corps commissioned 11 Harvard College graduates as officers in the U.S. armed forces at a ceremony yesterday, attended for a third year by University President Drew G. Faust, who said she hopes for a stronger relationship between the University and the military.
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John Kenneth Galbraith, a prominent economist, taught at Harvard for decades in between stints advising Presidents Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson and speechwriting for those two, as well as President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He advised Kennedy on economic matters and served as his ambassador to India. After his experience in India, Galbraith hosted a lunch for Indian students at Harvard every year on Commencement Day.
University Health Services Donates To School in Haiti
Harvard University Health Services will be contributing $8,000 toward construction of a secondary school in Haiti.
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McGeorge Bundy, a professor in the Department of Government, served as the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences from 1953 to 1961, when he joined Kennedy’s administration as National Security Advisor. Bayley, who took a course on modern global politics taught by Bundy, recalls Bundy’s remarkably keen ability to seemingly do two tasks at once. “We were just amazed,” he said. “He clearly was extremely involved in the campaign and in John F. Kennedy and in politics and in everything,” Ballard said about the Dean.
Chimp's Victim Headed to a Harvard Hospital
Charla Nash—the 55-year-old who had her hands and face ripped off by a berserk chimpanzee in February 2009—will be admitted ...
