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GSAS Student Council Ratifies Executive Board Stipend After Monthslong Push
The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Student Council ratified the language for a new stipend for its executive board at its Thursday meeting, completing a monthslong effort to pay the body’s leaders for the first time.
Sri Lankan Novelist Anuk Arudpragasam Reflects on War, Guilt, and Fiction at Mahindra Humanities Center Talk
Sri Lankan novelist Anuk Arudpragasam argued at the Mahindra Humanities Center on Monday that fiction can give moral weight to lives shaped by civil war — and to the guilt of surviving it.
HSPH Talk Discusses Bullying and Musical Adaptation of ‘Wonder’
Professor Ari D. Ne’eman, psychologist Jason M. Fogler, and playwright Sarah Ruhl discussed the impacts of bullying on children with disabilities at a Wednesday talk at the Harvard School of Public Health, where Ruhl promoted her forthcoming musical adaptation of the 2012 book “Wonder.”
Professor Steve Ramirez Talks Memory Manipulation, Loss, and Grief at Harvard Science Book Talk
Boston University professor Steve Ramirez promoted his new book, which dives into his experiences with grief after the death of his research partner and explores the science of memory manipulation, in the Science Center on Monday.
Eurasia Group Founder Warns of Waning U.S. Global Influence at IOP Forum
Political scientist and consultant Ian Bremmer warned that the U.S. may be losing its stake as a global superpower as countries react to the Trump administration’s departure from foreign policy precedent at an Institute of Politics forum Tuesday night.
Novartis Global Health Head Touts Commitment to Fight Diseases in ‘Market Failures’ at HBS Talk
Lutz Hegemann, the head of global health at Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Novartis, said the company will continue to invest in drugs to fight diseases without strong profit incentives and maintain regional commitments in Sub-Saharan Africa at a Harvard Business School talk on Friday.
N.J. Governor Says Lawsuits Are States’ ‘Biggest Weapon’ Against Trump at Harvard Law School Talk
New Jersey Governor Phil D. Murphy ’79 told an audience of Harvard Law School students that lawyers are “the most valuable players” in ongoing legal battles against the federal government at an event hosted by the HLS Democrats Monday morning.