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NEWS
By JOE B. LERER and Brian C. Zhang
Friday, April 20, 2012
Muhammad Yunus, who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for founding the micro-lending institution Grameen Bank, spoke at HBS Thursday.
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NEWS
By JOE B. LERER
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Babies are able to differentiate minute sound distinctions that would otherwise be lost to adults, University of Washington professor of speech and hearing sciences Patricia K. Kuhl said on Tuesday.
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NEWS
By JOE B. LERER
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Economy Futures—a group of environmentally-minded Harvard students—held a weekend-long conference on “The Transition to a New Economy.”
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NEWS
By JOE B. LERER
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Harvard men’s basketball is on its spring trip—and with the team, so is the Harvard University Band.
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NEWS
By JOE B. LERER
Friday, March 9, 2012
High-performing teachers can change the trajectory of students born into low-income families, said Wendy Kopp, CEO and founder of Teach For America, at a panel discussion Thursday evening at the Graduate School of Education.
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NEWS
By JOE B. LERER
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Black political organizers should seek to address their causes to minorities of many ethnicities rather than focus only on the black community, Harvard professor William Julius Wilson argued during a panel discussion on black politics.
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NEWS
By JOE B. LERER
Friday, February 10, 2012
At the third annual Harvard Thinks Big forum, eight esteemed Harvard professors addressed a packed house for just ten minutes each in a whirlwind tour of big ideas in academia.
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NEWS
By JOE B. LERER
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
University Professor Lawrence H. Summers, who was director of President Obama’s National Economic Council after serving as the president of Harvard, urged that the U.S. government not cut spending in the face of ongoing fiscal negotiations in Congress.
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FLYBY
By JOE B. LERER
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Students and volunteers from the Office of Sustainability weatherized the Freshman Dean's Office (FDO) by installing energy saving bulbs, calking windows, and insulating pipes. Kamilia K. Kaczor '11 and Sam J. Arnold '14 helped lead and organize this project.
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NEWS
By JOE B. LERER
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Barney Frank ’61 shared his opinions on topics ranging from government spending to gay rights in a speech punctuated by light-heartedness last night in the Winthrop Junior Common Room.
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