Tag: The New York Times

  • Nation & World

    Hack attacks, explained

    In a question-and-answer session, Jonathan Zittrain, co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, explains the latest hack attacks on major news media outlets.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Tracking a cultural shift

    Harvard experts examine high court rulings, as well as the political, cultural, and social factors that have ushered in a wave of support for marriage equality.

    10 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Poetic justice, of a sort

    Former Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse ’68 and poet August Kleinzahler apply personal touch to Phi Beta Kappa sendoff.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    When Armageddon loomed

    A new website at the Harvard Kennedy School marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban missile crisis. In an interview, Belfer Center director Graham Allison outlines the lessons learned from the dangerous yet deft dance of diplomacy.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Inside-out look at election 2012

    Hosted by the Nieman Foundation, a panel of political journalists shared their insights with Harvard faculty members, including their predictions about the outcome in the race for the White House.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Lang Lang lends his ear to Harvard

    As part of the Office for the Arts at Harvard’s Learning From Performers program, piano virtuoso Lang Lang gave a master class to three lucky Harvard undergraduates at Sanders Theatre.

    2 minutes
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    A magic wand for artists’ dreams

    With an annual program administered by the Office for the Arts, Harvard undergraduates explore extraordinary opportunities for growth in their fields.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    New York Times columnist wins Goldsmith

    New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Rich will receive the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism as part of the annual Goldsmith Awards Ceremony.

    2 minutes
  • Nation & World

    JFK’s legacy at 50

    To honor the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s inauguration, the Harvard Kennedy School and the Institute of Politics are planning a year of events designed to update the former president’s call to public service for the modern age.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Art during wartime

    Alan Riding, the former European cultural correspondent for The New York Times, discussed his new book, “And the Show Went On: Cultural Life in Nazi-Occupied Paris,” in a panel event at Harvard.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The value of women

    If slavery and totalitarianism were the great moral issues of the 19th and 20th centuries, then the worldwide oppression of women and girls will be the defining issue of the 21st, said Nicholas D. Kristof, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times, in a talk at Harvard Medical School’s Carl Walter Amphitheater.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Business lady

    HBS professor Nancy Koehn discusses “The Story of American Business,” her book on interesting and significant historical examples from the industry.

    2 minutes