Tag: Jelani Nelson

  • Nation & World

    Coding for a cause

    Professor Jelani Nelson develops new algorithms to make computer systems work more efficiently, but also takes his educational efforts beyond Harvard’s walls. He founded AddisCoder, a program that teaches students in Ethiopia how to code.

    8 minutes
    Jelani Nelson sitting in front of a laptop
  • Nation & World

    The books that shaped them

    The Gazette spoke with six faculty members about the formative books that shaped their lives and even their scholarship. From the quirky to the downright serious, their responses offer a varied and candid look at what resonates.

    7 minutes