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Tag: National
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Nation & World
Reimers appointed to U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
Fernando M. Reimers, Ford Foundation Professor of International Education and director of the International Education Policy Program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, has been appointed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to serve on the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO.
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Harvard’s Sandel Says Free Markets, Bonuses, Are Not Sacrosanct
In his Harvard University course on moral reasoning, Michael Sandel asks students to consider a wide variety of contentious issues, ranging from the financial bailouts to affirmative action.
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Ash Institute honors six programs with Innovations in American Government Award
The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School recently announced the 2009 winners of the Innovations in American Government Awards on Sept. 14.
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Economic recovery
ECONOMIC RECOVERY: David S. Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking, Harvard Business School
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Human rights
HUMAN RIGHTS: Jennifer Leaning, professor of the practice of global health, Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard School of Public Health, co-director, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, director, Inter-University Initiative on Humanitarian Studies and Field Practice
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The environment
THE ENVIRONMENT: William Clark, Harvey Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human Development, Harvard Kennedy School
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Foreign policy
FOREIGN POLICY: Ernest May, Charles Warren Professor of American History, Harvard Kennedy School
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Research funding
RESEARCH FUNDING: Douglas A. Melton, Harvard College Professor, Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, co-director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute
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Public service
PUBLIC SERVICE: Evelynn Hammonds, dean of Harvard College, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz Professor of the History of Science and of African and African American Studies
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Health care
HEALTH CARE: Joseph Newhouse, John D. MacArthur Professor of Health Policy and Management, Harvard Kennedy School
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Education reform
EDUCATION REFORM: Kathleen McCartney, Gerald S. Lesser Professorship in Early Childhood Development, dean, Harvard Graduate School of Education
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Fiscal policy
FISCAL POLICY: Edward Glaeser, Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics, director Taubman Center for State and Local Government, director Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston
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Politics may be local, but business is global
In his classes, economist Pol Antràs likes to talk about Barbie. He’s not a devoted fan of the iconic toy. Rather, the native of Spain, who studies the organizational aspects of trade, globalization, and outsourcing, uses her to make an important economic point.
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Election 2008 excitement
Harvard students came together and tuned in to the national media at Election Night 2008 gatherings that ranged from small and quiet to large and loud, ultimately spilling into Harvard’s Yard and Square.
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HBS team wins big — and twice
A Harvard Business School class, a 12-year-old competition, and the collaboration of some of the University’s sharpest scientific and business minds have yielded a company that could save countless lives. A six-member team recently won both the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) business plan contests for their work on…
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HKS Asia Programs joins the Ash Institute
The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation and Asia Programs at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) will announce a new partnership. Under the leadership of new institute director Tony Saich, Asia Programs became part of the Ash Institute on July 1. The new collaboration promises to leverage and expand the collective strength of both organizations.
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Student curators highlight American Indian cultural ‘Remix’
Kelsey Leonard grew up on New York’s Long Island, bombarded by society’s common images of American Indians that included casino owners, alcoholics, and basket-weaving natives.
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Gates documentary series receives $12M in funding
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) recently announced funding in the amount of $12 million for three, new public television documentary series in which Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. will explore the meaning of race, culture, and identity in America.
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Boston Public School teachers go back to class
What do ancient Rome and the reign of Queen Elizabeth I have to do with the development of the United States government? A lot, according to Harvard government professor Daniel Carpenter.
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Candidates emphasize hot-button issues
D. Sunshine Hillygus, Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of Government in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, and Todd G. Shields, professor of political science at the University of Arkansas, extensively studied campaign strategy during the 2004 general election, work that may illuminate strategy in the current presidential race.
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Panels contrive job interview for the next president of the U.S.
If the presidency of the United States were a job one applied for like a job in the business world, what questions should be included in the interview? That question was one of the provocative ideas behind the all-day “Conversation on Leadership and the Next Presidency” presented Monday (May 12) at the Charles Hotel by…
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Joint Center for Housing sees mortgage turmoil hitting rental market
The current mortgage turmoil reaches deep into rental markets. New research on rental housing market dynamics from Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies finds that the current housing debacle not only adds to the number of households competing for low-cost rentals but also threatens renters living in foreclosed properties with sudden eviction.
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Kim Dae-jung has ‘sunny’ advice for U.S.
Former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung told an audience at Harvard Kennedy School’s John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum Tuesday night (April 22) that the United States should allow the sun to shine on its relations with the world’s fastest growing economic power.