In the 18th and 19th centuries, thousands of petitions were sent to the Massachusetts Legislature asking lawmakers to abolish slavery and end segregation, and urging them to refuse to cooperate with the federal Fugitive Slave Act. The petitions — signed and circulated by abolitionists and former slaves, as well as members of the literary and [...]
March Madness: Tommy Amaker Leads Harvard to 1st Tourney Win
March 22, 2013 | Posted by
Harvard, the Ivy League school that lost its best two players before the season to – of all things – an academic scandal – epitomized the catch phrase “March Madness” Thursday night, crafting a bracket-busting upset of No. 3-seed New Mexico. The No. 14- seeded Crimson, led by coach Tommy Amaker, earned a 68-62 first-round [...]
Jim Boeheim Earns 900th Career Win
December 18, 2012 | Posted by
Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim earned his 900th career win Monday night with a 72-68 victory over Detroit, making him the third Division I men’s coach to reach the historic mark. The 68-year-old Boehiem is in his 37th year at his alma mater and has compiled a record of 900-304. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski (936) and [...]
Jeremy Lin Helps Rockets Defeat Knicks
November 24, 2012 | Posted by
There was not much Linsanity taking place Friday night as Jeremy Lin helped the Houston Rockets defeat his former team the New York Knicks 131-103 in Houston. Lin scored 13 points on 6 of 12 shooting from the field, including seven rebounds, three assists and one steal in his first game against the team that [...]
Julia Collins: Savvy,Young Businesswoman Turned Single Food Truck into Financial Juggernaut
October 16, 2012 | Posted by
Julia Collins is a savvy, Harvard- and Stanford-educated businesswoman with a girlish air, a cheerleader’s charm and — perhaps most distinctively — a pair of large, fluttering eyes. During a recent interview one evening not far from her office in Manhattan’s Lower East Side, those eyes lit up as she discussed a potentially lucrative business opportunity [...]
Tommy Amaker Mum On Transfer Of Players in Harvard Cheating Scandal
October 11, 2012 | Posted by
Even if he wanted to, Harvard basketball coach Tommy Amaker had little to say about Kyle Casey and Brandyn Curry, two player who transferred in the fallout of a cheating scandal involving 125 students. “I’m not allowed to comment,” Amaker said. Casey and Curry were set to be the co-captains of the 2012-13 squad, but [...]
Harvard Expert’s Finding Suggests Jesus Had a Wife
September 19, 2012 | Posted by
A Harvard University professor on Tuesday unveiled a fourth-century fragment of papyrus she said is the only existing ancient text quoting Jesus explicitly referring to having a wife. Karen King, an expert in the history of Christianity, said the text contains a dialogue in which Jesus refers to “my wife,” whom he identifies as Mary. [...]
Mark Zuckerberg’s College Roommate is Haiti’s Best Hope for Olympic Medal
June 27, 2012 | Posted by
PÉTIONVILLE, Haiti — The Haitian Olympic Committee occupies two floors of a three-story building at 48 Rue Clerveaux. On the ground level sits the Bouchara Café, a vacant space that once housed an international restaurant owned by secretary general Alain Jean Pierre. Up the tiled steps in Pierre’s office, two cracks, remnants of the 2010 [...]
Obama’s Harvard Education Set Him On A Path To National Prominence
May 22, 2012 | Posted by
From now until November, President Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will emphasize their differences. But the two men’s lives actually coincide in a striking number of ways. In this installment of NPR’s “Parallel Lives” series, a look at Obama’s time at their shared alma mater. Harvard professor Laurence Tribe is a sort of [...]
