Harvard in the World
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.
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 ...
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.
Honduras Minister Abroad at Harvard
On the morning of June 28, Rodolfo F. Pastor began an unexpected journey to Harvard. As Honduran Minister of Culture, ...
Harvard Doctor’s Paintings Stolen
A set of 25-30 paintings, collectively valued at at least $27 million, was stolen from a recently retired Harvard oncologist ...
Harvard Renegotiates South Korean Foundation Endowment
Harvard renegotiated terms to an agreement with a South Korean foundation yesterday that will loosen restrictions on a $13 million endowment established in 1975 for Korean studies.
Director: Values Key in India
Director of India’s Deendayal Research Institute Nandita Pathak told a crowd in Lowell Library yesterday that integral humanism—which emphasizes the