Harvard in the World
Panel Discusses Haiti Crisis
At Friday’s interdisciplinary panel exploring the consequences of the disaster, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Junot Diaz described the Haitian earthquake as an apocalyptic event.
Harvard Freshman Sits Alongside First Lady During State of the Union Address
While other Harvard students watched last night’s State of the Union address on TVs across campus, Janell J. Holloway ’13 had a much closer seat—in First Lady Michelle Obama’s personal box.
Moral Reasoning, A Ballet in One Act
Ever find yourself wondering what Professor Michael J. Sandel is up to when he isn't teaching philosophy on TV? Well this past weekend, he was at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, performing a variation from "The Sleeping Beauty" in anticipation of its New York City Ballet opening.
Harvard Homepage is Third Most Visited
Though most of us are probably more likely to check out HarvardFML than Harvard’s homepage, the University’s website is a pretty hot link, according to one recently released set of rankings. In fact, the website 4 International Colleges and Universities lists Harvard’s as the third most-visited college or university Web site in the world.
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Guests at Benefit for Haiti: Boston socialize as they raise money for disaster relief. The event, held at OM in Harvard Square, was hosted by the Harvard College Human Rights Advocates. All of the proceeds from the evening were donated to Partners in Health to be used in aiding earthquake relief in Haiti.
Harvard Relief Team Returns From Haiti
A team of Harvard Medical School and teaching hospital affiliates, led by Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter Jr., traveled to Haiti in a relief mission last week.
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Harvard Foundation Director Dr. S. Allen Counter participates in relief efforts in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti last week. A team from Harvard brought medical supplies donated by University Health Services to Haiti.
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Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter attributed the efficiency of the Harvard Medical School relief trip to Haiti in part to the President of the Dominican Republic, Leonel Fernández Reyna. Fernández, who is friends with Counter, provided the relief team with two helicopters for the flight to Port-Au-Prince.
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Harvard Foundation Director S. Allen Counter speaks with a mother and child who survived the earthquake in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti last week.
Quake Spurs Campus Collaboration
When it was founded in October, the Student Alliance for Global Health at Harvard was a unique kind of organization—one of few that aimed to bring together student groups from different schools across the University.
