Tag: Martin J. Walsh

  • Nation & World

    Reopen for business and pleasure

    Harvard and Boston officials celebrated the reopening of Smith Field in Allston after extensive renovations.

    3 minutes
    Marty Walsh talks to Katie Lapp and a child on a playground
  • Nation & World

    Investing in Allston

    Harvard President Larry Bacow helped honor 16 local nonprofits at the 11th annual Harvard Allston Partnership Fund ceremony at the Ed Portal in Allston.

    5 minutes
    Five people posing for a photo; man in the middle holds an award certificate.
  • Nation & World

    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.”

    10 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Runners on a hot streak, for charity

    More than 1,500 runners and spectators, a third of them from Harvard, turned out for the 14th annual Brian Honan 5K Run/Walk.

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    Runners in the Honan 5K
  • Nation & World

    A call to walk in the light

    In recognition of the Boston Marathon bombings and as part of One Boston Day, Harvard police officer and affiliated minister Kevin Bryant offered hope to the community during the University’s Morning Prayers service at Memorial Church’s Appleton Chapel.

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  • Nation & World

    In its 12th year, Honan 5K still on a run

    More than 450 Harvard students, staff, and faculty crossed the Charles River on Sunday to run in the Brian J. Honan 5K, an event that has become a tradition for the Harvard community.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A boost for nonprofits

    A gathering on May 5 marked the distribution of grants by the Harvard Allston Partnership Fund, with 11 nonprofits receiving support totaling $100,000.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Mayor-elect Marty Walsh’s victory

    Steven Poftak, the executive director of Harvard Kennedy School’s Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, talks about Marty Walsh’s victory and what this means for the city of Boston.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Labor’s love lost

    As anti-union sentiment sweeps state governments around the country, recent success stories in Massachusetts could hold the keys to improving public unions’ image, local leaders said at Harvard Kennedy School.

    5 minutes