September 25, 2008

Financial Crisis, Faculty Perspectives

For detailed accounts of the panel presentations on the financial crisis...

For detailed accounts of the panel presentations and access to a recorded webcast of the September 25 discussion, consult “Financial Crisis, Faculty Perspectives: Part 1” and “Financial Crisis, Faculty Perspectives: Part 2.”

Harvard’s Linda Bilmes on measuring the economic value of public lands

From understanding gender pay gaps to the housing crisis, Rebecca Diamond’s research aims to improve lives.

A Kennedy School panel discusses polarization and the uncertain future of American democracy.

Cherubic features benefit black male CEOs, but not other groups, underscoring the complexity of social disadvantage.

From coaching staffs to front offices, female leaders are bringing new strategies to men’s basketball.

The current law professor also spoke about affirmative action, partisanship, and the limits of “bright-line rules.”

Harvard’s Elbridge Gerry helped draft the U.S. Constitution, but worried it might create a new monarch.

Historical reenactor Lauren Shear reveals tricks of the trade for playing Tory loyalists, Revolutionary poets, and more.

Sasha Stiles trained a chatbot on her manuscripts. Now, her poems rewrite themselves.