Tag: parents

  • Nation & World

    Tracking ‘nepo baby’ effect on young Americans’ earnings

    Matthew Staiger, an economist and research scientist at Harvard’s Opportunity Insights, finds nearly 1 in 3 latch on with parent’s employer and earn more because of it — but there is race gap.

    4 minutes
    Matt Staiger.
  • Nation & World

    A son nearing adulthood, his mom nearing death

    Teen’s shady father moves in when his mom is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease in new novel by Atticus Lish.

    8 minutes
    Atticus Lish
  • Nation & World

    Goodbye parents, hello Yard!

    Parents’ emotions range from joy to wistfulness as Harvard students part from them to begin the new school year.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Junior achievement

    Families of third-year undergraduates flocked to campus March 2-3 for the College’s Junior Parents Weekend. The annual program, which features tours, lectures, student performances, and advice on life after Harvard, drew nearly 600 students and more than 1,500 of their guests to Cambridge this year.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    College welcomes junior parents

    Harvard faculty, experts, and President Drew Faust welcomed the families of third-year undergraduates to campus and gave the Class of 2012 advice on preparing for life after college during the Junior Parents Weekend (JPW) program, March 4-5. More than 560 students and nearly 1,200 of their guests attended the annual event.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A family welcome

    College Dean Evelynn Hammonds welcomes families of the Class of 2014 to campus.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    More vaccine but fewer takers, H1N1 surveys indicate

    Pandemic influenza vaccine is getting much easier to find but more than half of American adults say they still don’t want it, and one-third of parents say they don’t want their children to get it either, according to two surveys.

    1 minute