Harvard in the World
Bill Gates Calls On Harvard To Serve
Bill Gates called on the nation’s brightest young people to use their talents to engage with the world’s biggest problems.
Burgerman Finishes Race But Continues Fundraising
Is the saga of Burgerman over—or is it just beginning? This past Monday, Sam Novey ’11, the Burgerman of legends yore, ran the Boston marathon in a giant burger suit.
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World-class skaters Gretchen Donlan and Andrew Speroff perform at the 40th Anniversary of “An Evening with Champions”, Harvard’s annual philanthropic skating exhibition for the Jimmy Fund and pediatric cancer research.
Sexual Violence on the Rise in Congo
Acts of civilian sexual violence have become increasingly pervasive in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, according to a recent study released on April 15 by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and Oxfam America, an international relief and development organization.
Chomsky Talks Haiti Relief
MIT Professor Noam Chomsky and other panelists at last night’s Haiti Recovery Caucus identified external forces as contributing to the systemic poverty of the country, which they said has exacerbated the disaster caused by the January earthquake.
Dershowitz Takes Ponzi Scheme Case
Harvard Law School Professor Alan M. Dershowitz has agreed to serve on the defense team of R. Allen Stanford, who was arrested last June after allegations of his involvement in a Ponzi scheme.
Former Expos Teacher Wins Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Former Expository Writing Preceptor Paul Harding won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his debut novel “Tinkers” on Tuesday.
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Last fall, the Bok Center began a pilot program called “Oral Communications Skills Course For International TFs.”
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In honor of April Fool’s Day yesterday, members of the Harvard AIDS Coalition presented Senator John Kerry’s office with a giant 9 billion dollar check to show that AIDS is not a joke.
On Loving Mailer—the Book and the Man
Norman K. Mailer ’43 was overweight and slightly balding when he met Carole Mallory, the woman who would become his mistress for nine years. But, she tells us, he definitely had a mouth worth kissing. Need more details? Mallory's new memoir, Loving Mailer tells all.
