Tag: Trial

  • Nation & World

    Will fraud jury believe Elizabeth Holmes?

    As the four-month fraud trial of Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes wraps up, Harvard Business School Professor Eugene Soltes, who studies corporate executives and white-collar crime, discusses the case.

    9 minutes
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  • Nation & World

    Ensuring the Floyd trial becomes a turning point

    Harvard Kennedy School Professor Cornell Brooks reacts to the jury’s verdict in the trial of white Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, who was convicted of killing George Floyd, a Black man.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Justice by committee

    A research team made up of current and former Harvard students played a key role in the British trial centered on government atrocities during Kenya’s Mau Mau insurrection, lending support to an October court ruling that clears the way for the case to go to trial.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Experimental drug improves Cushing’s disease

    A new investigational drug significantly reduced urinary cortisol levels and improved symptoms of Cushing’s disease in the largest clinical study of this endocrine disorder ever conducted.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The hunt for healthy answers

    JoAnn Manson leads a nationwide study to assess whether vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids can boost immunity and protect against ailments from heart disease to cancer.

    5 minutes