Doctor Promotes Medical View of Transgenderism

Norman P. Spack, a pediatric endocrinologist who works with transgendered youth, promoted the treatment of transgenderism as a medical condition, ...

Prof. Criticizes Obama Foreign Policy

A California State professor fiercely criticized the Obama administration’s foreign policy at a Harvard Law School speech yesterday for continuing ...

Activists Honored by Caroline Kennedy ’80

Caroline B. Kennedy ’80 presented the Sixth Annual New Frontier Award—created in memory of her father John F. Kennedy ’40—to a congressman and a social entrepreneur at the IOP last night.

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The Boston Police Gaelic Column Pipe Band kicked off the Annual Thanksgiving Parade. They led the way through Historic Downtown Plymouth past such sites as the Mayflower II and Plymouth Rock.

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Heroes and leaders from across the country, such as Chief Mate Shane Murphy of Alabama, joined the floats and marching bands as they traveled down Main Street.

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Even pirates from Plymouth's "Free Men of the Sea" had their place in the parade lineup.

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Volunteers from Plymouth led large balloons celebrating of the union between Native Americans and Pilgrims on the first Thanksgiving.

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Different divisions of the parade represented different periods in American history. The Middlesex County Volunteers sported the uniforms of New England troops during the Revolutionary War.

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Main Street was packed with spectators both from Plymouth and across the country. These two girls took a creative measure to watch the parade from above the crowd.

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The first float of the parade reenacts the first Thanksgiving feast that took place in Plymouth in 1621.

Thanksgiving in America's Hometown

Women Discuss Female Health Issues

In a panel discussion hosted by the Harvard College Women’s Center last night, three women with unique backgrounds in women’s health care engaged in an edgy dialogue with students.

Iraq War Vet Promotes Service

Youth involvement in politics and community service is the key to catalyzing change in government policy, according to Anthony Woods, a former U.S. Army captain and Kennedy School graduate who was honored with the Harvard College Democrats’ “Rising Star Award” in the Kirkland Junior Common Room last night.

Feminist Sparks Debate

Christina Hoff Sommers, an author known for her controversial writings on feminism, called for a “new version of feminism” last night, igniting a vocal debate among audience members.

HIGHER ED AND TECH

In celebration of the Extension School’s centennial, a panel of professors and technology gurus dissusses the future of education, debating the role of the Internet as a learning tool in the modern age.