Tag: Christina Pazzanese

  • Campus & Community

    Adichie: ‘Protect and value the truth’

    Nigerian novelist Ngozi Adichie, Harvard’s Class Day speaker, urges graduating seniors to ‘protect and value the truth’ in their own lives.

    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
  • Work & Economy

    Unleash your inner rebel

    Harvard Business School Professor Francesca Gino talks about what she learned from the talented rebels she’s worked with during her research over the years, and what they have to teach us about when to break the rules.

  • Nation & World

    John McCain: A maverick who matters

    Harvard analysts reflect on the life and legacy of ailing Arizona Sen. John McCain, who says in a new memoir that this will be his last term in office.

    Sen. John McCain.
  • Campus & Community

    Gates recalls Harvard past, sees problem-solving future

    Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates dropped by Harvard to tour SEAS labs and talk with students about making the most of their time here.

  • Arts & Culture

    Documents of freedom

    The exhibit featured the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and a handwritten note from Frederick Douglass.

  • Work & Economy

    The ‘understanding deficit’ between China, U.S.

    During an address at Harvard Law School, China’s ambassador to this country, Cui Tiankai, said that misperceptions and misunderstandings are the roadblocks to better U.S.-China relations.

    Cui Tiankai,
  • Health

    Let me compliment you, sort of

    If you’d like to boost your status and get colleagues at work to like you, be aware that offering a backhanded compliment will undermine both of those goals, a Harvard Business School working paper concludes.

  • Nation & World

    The new rules of covering sex assault

    Journalists covering sexual misconduct charges and the #MeToo movement stop to reflect on the seismic impact the Harvey Weinstein scandal has had on the wider culture and on the profession, and consider what more needs to be done.

  • Nation & World

    The shadowy dealings of global finance

    A Nieman Fellow recounts how he and his reporting partner broke the Panama Papers international finance scandal two years ago.

    Frederik Obermaier
  • Nation & World

    On the web, privacy in peril

    Innocent victim or background contributor? Facebook now faces questions from authorities on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean after news reports in The Guardian and The New York Times this…

  • Nation & World

    Parkland students: The violence must stop here

    At Harvard, they explain their dedication to reducing gun deaths, and their devotion to keep pushing.

    Meighan Stone, Emma Gonzalez, David Hogg, Cameron Kasky, Alex Wind, Matt Deitsch, and Ryan Deitsch.
  • Nation & World

    Focus on Russia, inside and out

    Simon Saradzhyan, founder of the Russia Matters project at Harvard Kennedy School, discusses the upcoming election, in which President Vladimir Putin should coast to victory despite harsh criticism from abroad.

  • Nation & World

    Stirrings of a new nuclear arms race

    The Department of Defense’s new review of U.S. nuclear policy and capabilities calls for an end to decades of disarmament efforts and a return to superpower arms race, not just with Russia but China. The added dimension of cyber warfare further complicates matters.

  • Nation & World

    Goodbye James Bond, hello big data

    A former chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service says technology and China’s rise are among the greatest national-security challenges facing the West.

  • Work & Economy

    The quest to win over Amazon

    Harvard Business School Professor Sunil Gupta discusses Amazon’s unusual sweepstakes competition to find a new location for its second headquarters, dubbed “Amazon HQ2.”

  • Nation & World

    Turning protest into policy

    Tired of waiting for change, a group of articulate high school students who survived the Feb. 14 mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., have taken the reins from adults to push for more gun safety regulations to prevent another mass shooting. A Harvard lecturer suggests what the movement may need next.

  • Nation & World

    Media columnist surveys the landscape

    Margaret Sullivan, media columnist for The Washington Post, talks about the turmoil in journalism, the difficulties of covering the Trump administration, and the landscape ahead.

  • Nation & World

    Trump’s language, unseemly to critics, reassures his base

    First as a candidate and now as president, Donald Trump’s expressions and arguments are pointed directly at the worried white working class, and remain a draw for his political base.

    Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally.
  • Work & Economy

    The stock market goes off-road

    Harvard Business School’s Robin Greenwood, who studies price bubbles, discusses the stock market plunge that took place earlier this week.

  • Nation & World

    Durbin outlines plight of the undocumented

    As the fate of thousands of undocumented Dreamers hangs in the balance, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a champion of immigration and co-sponsor of the original DREAM Act, spoke at Harvard Kennedy School Thursday evening about the difficulty Democrats will face next week getting new legislation passed through Republican-controlled Congress.

  • Nation & World

    Wanted: A firewall to protect U.S. elections

    A new bipartisan initiative at Harvard Kennedy School picks up where the federal government leaves off, bringing together experts in national security, cybersecurity, and politics to develop practical strategies, tools, and guidance to help U.S. political campaigns protect themselves from cyber threats.

  • Nation & World

    The women’s revolt: Why now, and where to

    The women’s revolt against sexual harassment and abuse: why now, and where to.

  • Nation & World

    ‘We know’ Russia hacked election

    Sen. Angus King of Maine, who serves on the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, discussed the latest findings in the investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election.

  • Work & Economy

    The NBA-HBS career connection

    When NBA Meets M.B.A.: A new Harvard Business School program pairs NBA players with M.B.A. student mentors to help young athletes up their business game.

    Photos by Kwame Owusu-Kesse/K.KESS Photography
  • Nation & World

    Zimbabwe after Mugabe

    Glen Mpani, a Harvard Kennedy School Mason Fellow, discusses the soft coup in Zimbabwe that has toppled dictator Robert Mugabe and explains what the shake-up could mean for the beleaguered nation.

    Robert and Grace Mugabe
  • Arts & Culture

    The incomparable da Vinci

    Author and Harvard alumnus Walter Isaacson takes on the ultimate Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci.

  • Nation & World

    Sunstein on impeachment

    In a new book, Harvard’s Cass R. Sunstein discusses the vital role that the impeachment process plays in American democracy and dispels some misconceptions about the scope of presidential powers.

    Federal charges have been brought against two former Trump advisers, including Paul Manafort (center). If evidence links Trump to criminal activity, Congress may have to consider impeachment. But as Harvard Professor Cass Sunstein points out, the Constitution sharply limits the category of impeachable offenses.
  • Nation & World

    Bob Schieffer sees information overload

    Veteran CBS News journalist Bob Schieffer returns to Harvard to discuss the Trump administration and how the technological changes reshaping the news business are also reshaping our ability to process information.

  • Nation & World

    Fears of national insecurity

    Former Obama cabinet members talk with MSNBC host Rachel Maddow about national security issues in the Trump administration.

  • Nation & World

    China peers ahead

    Harvard Kennedy School’s Anthony Saich previews China’s upcoming national congress, where President Xi Jinping is likely to begin his second term as general secretary of the Communist Party.