Harvard in the World
Khazei Wants Colbert to Come to Massachusetts
Social activist Alan A. Khazei '83, one of four individuals vying to be the Democratic candidate for the late Edward M. Kennedy's '54-'56 senate seat, could be the reason that Stephen Colbert may be coming to a political forum near you. Last Wednesday, Khazei's campaign released a video challenging Colbert to host a debate among the Democratic primary candidates. In the video, Khazei demanded to know if Colbert was "tough enough to come here to Massachusetts—the birthplace of freedom, the birthplace of our democracy—and moderate a debate up against four progressive Democrats." "It's for real," David R. Jacobson, Khazei's deputy communications director, told us. Check out the video—and find out if Colbert has responded—after the jump.
Hayden Panettiere coming to HMS?
The CW network once confined its cookie-cutter melodramas to the mean streets of Park Avenue and botoxed Beverly Hills. But no longer. The latest hotbed of young adult debauchery and angst, according to Warner Bros. executives, is Harvard Medical School. The network is developing a show of the Grey's Anatomy ilk, creatively called "HMS," according to a brief published in The Hollywood Reporter this week. More details after the jump.
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Hayden Panettiere coming to Harvard? Only in the CW's dreams. Oh, and those of every other male on campus.
Group Honors Heroic Pilot
The Harvard Foundation presented its 2009 Humanitarian Award to Captain Chesley Sullenberger, who orchestrated the stunning landing of commercial flight 1549 on the Hudson River in January after the plane’s two engines lost function mid-flight.
Dem. Senate Candidate Speaks in Adams House
Raucous applause welcomed Democratic Senate hopeful Alan A. Khazei ’83, into the Upper Common Room of Adams House yesterday afternoon. ...
Indian Actress To Enroll At HBS
Renowned Bollywood actress Preity Zinta is adding to her resume of blockbusters by enrolling in an executive course at Harvard Business School next month to study negotiating and deal-making, the Indian media reported this week.
Facebook Movie Films At Johns Hopkins U.
Over the past week, students at Johns Hopkins and Phillips Academy Andover watched their campuses transform into versions of Harvard for the filming of “The Social Network.”
Harvard's Image Declines
Harvard is no longer the American university with the best public standing in the media, according to a report released ...
Professor Discusses the Human Condition
University of Chicago Philosophy Professor Jonathan Lear said at a lecture in Lowell Lecture Hall yesterday that human beings must question their direction in life in order to become better.
Alumni Lag In Senate Seat Polls
With just under six weeks remaining in the race to gain the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat vacated by ...
Law Professor, Alum Dead at 73
Former Crimson President Stephen R. Barnett ’57, a First Amendment professor emeritus at the UC Berkeley School of Law, died last Tuesday after complications from a cardiac arrest. He was 73.
Suspects Identified in Art Theft
A former Harvard Medical School professor and his business partner have been identified as suspects in connection with an alleged ...
U.N. Removes Peter Galbraith
The second highest-ranking U.N. official in Afghanistan, Peter W. Galbraith ’73, son of the late Harvard economist John Kenneth Galbraith, was dismissed last Wednesday after he expressed disagreement to his superior about how best to address allegations of fraud in the country’s August presidential elections.
