Harvard Law School
Mass. GOP Chairman Charges Warren with Possible Academic Fraud
In a letter to University President Drew G. Faust on Sunday, Robert A. Maginn Jr. claimed that the U.S. Senate candidate may have intentionally deceived the University into believing that she is Native American.
Crimson Articles Fuel a Political Controversy
In her stump speech, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren likes to tell voters how she rose from the "ragged edge of the middle class" to become a "fancy-pants" law professor. Not included in the speech? Any mention of Warren's Native American ancestry.
HLS Professors Wilkins and Vermeule Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Harvard Law School Professors David B. Wilkins ’77 and C. Adrian Vermeule ’90 were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the oldest honorary independent research centers in the U.S., earlier this month.
At HLS, Kennedy Finds His Platform
For Kennedy, the heir to a political dynasty stretching back generations, his work at the Bureau was more than just a box to check in the field of public service or a duty to his family’s reputation, friends say.
Warren and Brown Play Ball, Figuratively
The Major League Baseball season may just be getting underway, but the Bay State's other great showdown, the U.S. Senate race, has been progressing for weeks. As the Boston Red Sox were preparing to celebrate the 100th birthday of Fenway Park on Friday it seemed the candidates wanted to play ball too—on MSNBC's Morning Joe, that is.
Speakers Question the Obsolescence of Libraries in Oxford-Style Debate
Debaters considered the longevity of libraries in an age of rapid digitalization at “Libraries Are Obsolete: An Oxford-Style Debate,” an event hosted by the Harvard Library Strategic Conversations on Wednesday.
Students Screen Original Documentaries
From breastfeeding to undocumented workers, Harvard students tackled a wide range of subjects in five short documentary films showcased at Doc Festival 2012, the inaugural film festival hosted by the Harvard Law Documentary Studio.
Five Questions With 'The Buried Life'
"Harvard is a great place because you have a lot of smart, ambitious people you can learn from, work with, and sleep with," said Jonnie Penn, one of four members of the project and MTV show "The Buried Life." In an event organized by the UC, the group spoke to a nearly full audience at HLS on Thursday. Embodying a refreshing blend of bro humor and antics coupled with the deeper pursuit to spread an empowering message, the boys spoke about their New York Times bestselling book, good deeds, and breaking into the Playboy Mansion dressed as Oompa Loompas.
Controversial Conversations with Kissinger
Members of the Cambridge community protest Dr. Kissinger's political record at his speech in Sanders Theatre. These protesters, taking fault in decisions made under Dr. Kissinger's guidance during the Vietnam War, distributed flyers accusing Dr. Kissinger of war crimes. One protester was escorted from the premises at the beginning of the event when he attempted to make a citizen's arrest.
Dr. Henry Kissinger speaks to an at-capacity crowd in Sanders Theatre. Dr. Kissinger, a world-renowned political thinker, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Secretary of State under Presidents Reagan and Ford, discussed many topics, ranging from the political relations between the U.S. and China to his life as a Harvard student under the GI Bill.
A Conversation with Henry Kissinger
Dr. Henry Kissinger speaks with Professor Joseph Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and colleague of Dr. Kissinger's whilst at Harvard, about their time as students of Government at Harvard. Dr. Kissinger discussed politics as well as Harvard life with Prof. Nye, Professor Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government and director of the Belfer Center for International Affairs, and Jessica Blankshain, a doctoral student at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Professor Robert Kaplan, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and acting President and CEO of the Harvard Management Company, says Harvard Management Company must focus on the long-term horizon with the endowment, rather than quarters like with mutual or hedge funds, and make the fund sustainable on Thursday, April 5 in Emerson Hall at “Investing in Harvard’s Future.”
Report Said Communists Shouldn't Teach at Universities
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past. April 2, 1929: Historic Engine Makes Debut in Square Today At exactly five minutes past one today a fire engine of the Cambridge Catamounts, historic New England fire-fighting aggregation, drawn by six "Fire B'hoys" will make its appearance on Harvard Square. The engine, the one to be used by the Hasty Pudding Club for its production "Fireman, Save my Child," will start from an unrevealed place on Church Street and go up to the Square.
Professor Robert Kaplan, center, Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School and acting President and CEO of the Harvard Management Company, says Harvard Management Company must focus on the long-term horizon with the endowment, rather than quarters like with mutual or hedge funds, and make the fund sustainable for future generations on Thursday, April 5 in Emerson Hall at “Investing in Harvard’s Future,” as fellow panelists Professor Rakesh Khurana, left, Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at Harvard Business School, and Professor Allen Ferrell, Greenfield Professor of Securities Law at Harvard Law School, listen.
Harvard on the Campaign Trail
Harvard, as an institution and as a symbol, has been a regular topic of discussion—or object of derision—in the 2012 presidential contest. Flyby brings you some of the most notable mentions of fair Harvard on the campaign trail.
Paul Volcker at Harvard Law School
Professor Malcolm S. Salter, James J. Hill Professor of Business Science, discusses financial reform legislation and the banking system crash with Paul Volcker, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve under Presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, as well as the Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board under President Barack Obama. The two spoke about the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform, as well as the specific provision dubbed the "Volcker Rule", which restricts U.S. banks from making speculative investments.
Paul Volcker
Chariman Volcker disscusses the regulation process for the banking system, and the effect that the proliferation of lobbyists and associations had on the purity of regulations passed. In addition to speaking with Professor Salter, he also took questions from the audience.
Warren and Obama: A Tenuous Relationship
The seemingly contradictory intersection between the campaigns points to what has been an important, though at times fraught, relationship between the President and his former advisor.
HLS Announces Class Day Speaker
On May 23, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will address Harvard Law School's graduating third-years as the Commencement Class Day Speaker. Holder, who recently led the Justice Department to vote against a voter ID law in Texas, was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the 82nd Attorney General of the U.S. in 2008. Eleven years earlier, in 1997, Holder became the first African-American to be named deputy attorney general. The Class Day Program at HLS will take place on Holmes Field, with a reception to be held afterwards.
Gelfand Set To Rewrite HLS Student Government Constitution
On Wednesday, March 7, Gelfand—who is in his third year and set to graduate in May—won an election that had been mired in controversy and gained national publicity.
Learning in a Digital World
Howard E. Gardner '65 and John G. Palfrey '94 discuss the impact the digital world has on learning in the Adams Upper Common Room Sunday night.