University News | June 30, 2010

Donald Heathfield, M.P.A. ’00, accused of spying for Russia, with 10 others

Donald Heathfield, M.P.A. ’00, has been arrested by the F.B.I. on charges of belonging to a group of secret agents working for Russia.

The F.B.I. arrested 11 people on Monday on charges of belonging to a Russian espionage ring (as reported by the New York Times). Among these is Donald Heathfield, M.P.A. ’00, whose classmates at the Kennedy School of Government, the Times also reports, recall that he was vague about his own ambitions but closely followed the careers of his peers after graduation.

Harvard will rename the building following a $100 million gift from Stuart Zimmer ’91.

Pritzker Hall, designed for collaboration, should be complete in 2027.

With a grade inflation vote and in the courts, the University argued that it’s taking steps to change.

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

As the country isolates, are we all alone?

Can new approaches to education address a growing gender gap?

Singer Elisa Smith’s whiskey-soaked voice and subversive feminism is part of the genre’s urban shift.

There’s a growing movement to curb light pollution. It starts on your front porch.

Photographer and writer Morgan Smith chronicles life beyond the violence in Ciudad Juárez and other Mexican towns.