Tag: Ford Foundation

  • Nation & World

    Humanizing technology

    Public Interest Technology Lab brings together experts from across Harvard to pursue technologies that serve the interests of the public.

    4 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    Progress, but no letup

    In the LGBT community, “equal rights does not necessarily mean equal lives,” Tim McCarthy, an activist and Harvard lecturer, told a Harvard Kennedy School audience on July 11. With that in mind, he and a group of researchers at the Face Value project are aiming to combat real-world stigma, not just legal discrimination.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Sorting reality from ‘truthiness’

    A Harvard and MIT symposium seeks to understand and address propaganda and misinformation in the new media ecosystem.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Innovation recognized by Ash Center

    New York City’s Center for Economic Opportunity (CEO) was named the winner of the Innovations in American Government Award today by the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Kennedy School of Government.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Creative force

    Leaders in the growing field of artist-endowed foundations discussed the challenges and goals of their work in a panel talk at the Sackler Museum.

    4 minutes