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From the Presidency to the Cabinet?
Stanley Fish asks whether Larry Summers has the people skills to serve as Obama’s Treasury Secretary.
Good Work Goes Beyond a Paycheck
Education scholar Howard Gardner’s recipe for professional fulfillment
Crossing the Ultimate Color Line
As Barack Obama prepares to take office, Henry Louis Gates Jr. reflects on how far black Americans have come in his lifetime.
Update: Harvard versus Penn
By beating Penn, Harvard sets itself up to win a share of the Ivy crown.
Endowment Issues: Each School's Exposure
Each Harvard unit is exposed to declining endowment values, but to different degrees; the schools' exposures are detailed, using University data, and FAS's dean writes to his faculty about an unprecedented financial squeeze.
Update: Harvard versus Columbia
Brown, previously unbeaten in Ivy League play, was felled by Yale on Saturday, 13-3, while Harvard was outpointing Columbia, 42-28, at the Stadium.
"Harvard Is Not Invulnerable" to Shocks: Faust's Sober Financial Message
President Drew Faust today e-mailed a letter to faculty, students, and staff, highlighting the "extraordinary turbulence still roiling the world’s financial markets and the broader economy."
For Santiago's poor, housing with dignity
An innovative housing initiative with deep Harvard ties lets families who once lived illegally become homeowners.
University Endowments: The Gathering Storm
A look at Harvard’s reliance on endowment income to fund academic operations; the news from other academic institutions; and the composition of the endowment
Day-After Thoughts: "Words Have Made a Comeback"
Reflections from Humanities Center scholar-in-residence Kiku Adatto on the roles of images and rhetoric in the 2008 campaign and its media coverage
Barack Obama of Harvard Law School—and Beyond
During his student years at Harvard Law School, Barack Obama, J.D. ’91, now president-elect of the United States, also came to the attention of the wider University community.
Galbraith on Bush, Cheney, Paulson, Greenspan (and Galbraith)
Economist James K. Galbraith ’74 discusses the current crisis, Bush’s legacy, and his famous father.