Nation & World
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Time for mandatory retirement ages for lawmakers, judges, presidents?
Americans seem to mostly say yes; legal, medical scholars point to complexities of setting limits
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Rebutting ‘myths of inequality’
Former veteran legislator, economist Phil Gramm argues unequal distribution of wealth inevitable; policy to engineer level playing field is mistake
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U.S. needs to keep its friends closer, Pence says
First-term Trump VP: ‘If America isn’t leading the free world, the free world is not being led.’
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‘Vibes or hunches’ don’t help win elections
Political analytics conference convenes experts on voter trends, election forecasting, behavioral research
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U.S. just didn’t get China, Bolton says
Asian nation now main economic, military threat to Western democracies, according to former national security adviser
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Artificial intelligence may not be artificial
Researcher traces evolution of computation power of human brains, parallels to AI, argues key to increasing complexity is cooperation
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Why things happen
Economist Steven Levitt recalled his undergraduate time at Harvard and explored some of his new research during a discussion at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
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HBS’s Herzlinger on health care
Podcast interview on health care reform with Regina Herzlinger, the Nancy R. McPherson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
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Harvard Center Shanghai opens its doors
Intellectual inquiry and practical action were both on rich display at “Harvard and China: A Research Symposium,” a series of lectures, panels, and break out sessions held to mark the official opening of the Harvard Center Shanghai on March 18.
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Harvard in Japan
As President Drew Faust becomes the eighth Harvard president to visit Japan, faculty members are sending back dispatches about cultural and historical aspects of her visit.
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Beyond boundaries
As a global university, Harvard not only attracts students and faculty from around the world, it sends them out, to teach and work, extending Harvard’s influence far beyond its local boundaries.
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A church rises again
Harvard undergrads on Alternative Spring Break learn construction techniques while helping to complete a rebuilt Alabama church.
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Classic college vs. online learning
Two top players in the field of higher education explored two almost polar approaches to learning during a discussion at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Rolling up their sleeves
Harvard students and alumni arrive at work sites to begin construction, tutoring, other tasks as part of Alternative Spring Break, a tradition of public service initiated by the student-run Phillips Brooks House Association.
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Plugged in
Leading government technology officers explored how technology can drive democracy forward during a discussion at the Harvard Kennedy School Forum.
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‘Jazz’ diplomacy
Richard Holbrooke, a diplomat for nearly 50 years, imparts to a Harvard audience his insights into current international conflicts, particularly in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Kashmir.
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Chomsky rates Obama’s first year
Activist Noam Chomsky tells the Memorial Church gathering that President Obama, after a year in office, projects a foreign policy with real vision, but “hasn’t succeeded much in practice.”
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Transfer ‘ensemble,’ Port-au-Prince
Transporting patients from one location to another in post-quake Haiti can be a complicated task; often involving barriers of logistics, distance, and language. Sometimes the greatest challenge is a ticking clock.
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Passionate advocate of human rights
Canadian Supreme Court judge, child of Holocaust survivors, argues passionately that nations should value human rights over simple laws, and that the United Nations should step up.
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Faith and the marketplace
A panel of religious scholars examined the role of organized religion in helping to shape the national debate on economic reform and the country’s moral direction.
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Days to find a doctor
Patients at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative field hospital at Fond Parisien, Haiti, share their stories of the deadly Jan. 12 earthquake and its aftermath.
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‘Better’ – A story of survival
Among the millions of “Haiti earthquake stories” from January 12, 2010, here is one.
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Volunteer base camp, Port-au-Prince
Caring for volunteers who care for Haiti’s sick and wounded is a full-time, round-the-clock job, requiring the barest of necessities.
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‘Building back, better’
Haitians face a long road for post-earthquake recovery. Some Harvard faculty members will walk it with them.
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Gender bargaining in Islam
Radcliffe Fellow Nancy J. Smith-Hefner studies the “gender paradox” among Muslim youth in Java.
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A Salvadoran snapshot
An HGSE student project over January break leads young students to create photographic art, along with exhibits in two countries.
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Overseas, violence against women
In some Muslim societies, the tension between genders can lapse into violence. Some Radcliffe Fellows can tell that tale.
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Donations that make a difference
First grants from Harvard fund to aid Haitian community in helping employees to take care of their families.
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Reforming public education
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called for critical reforms to the nation’s public education system, during a discussion at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Candid chat with Choctaw chief
Leader of the Choctaw Nation visits Harvard classroom to discuss how he helped the Indian tribe to reorganize and solve many of its own problems.
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Reclaiming Port-au-Prince
Weeks after the earthquake, as populations of Haiti’s tent camps grow, so too does the threat of disease.
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Advising the president
White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett offered a personal look at President Barack Obama, as well as a take on some of the troubles in Washington, during a talk at a Harvard Kennedy School forum.
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Slavery in 2010
Harvard Kennedy School program looks at ways to prosecute and prevent modern-day slavery, and to protect the millions now in bondage.
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Knitting Europe together
Top Obama official discusses the need to integrate the nations of southeastern Europe into the rest of the continent.
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Working the night shift
Volunteers assist with a variety of medical skills, from nursing to orthopedics to medical equipment repair, playing a critical role in the response to the Haitian earthquake.
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The road to Khelshala
A member of the Harvard women’s squash team recounts the squad’s combination training and service trip to India during winter break, and how team members were changed in the process.