Tag: Marathon Bombing

  • Nation & World

    Scars remain a decade later

    Harvard runners and families vividly recall the chaos, shock, and horror of that day, and express gratitude for the response.

    13 minutes
    Michael Szonyi on Boylston Street at marathon finish line.
  • Nation & World

    Measuring the marathon

    A new report by Harvard crisis-management and criminal-justice experts, and former Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, considers the factors that led to the successes and failures of last year’s emergency response to the Boston Marathon bombings and manhunt.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Your own news platform

    The information revolution seemed to hit another high gear last week in Boston, leaving authorities on information technology pondering the ramifications.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    With Visitas canceled, Harvard improvises

    As a region-wide lockdown closed Harvard, University officials struggled with the difficult decision to cancel Visitas, Harvard College’s program for newly admitted students. Members of the Harvard community used social media to reach out to those who had planned to attend the event.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Shuttered but humming

    As Greater Boston shut down during Friday’s manhunt for a suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, Harvard halted too — and found peace, togetherness, and hope.

    7 minutes