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Harvard Professor Scott Kominers on NFTs and Brands
In the fifteenth century, Gutenberg’s press revolutionized the process of distributing written text. Today, we have non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Like the printing press, NFTs have the ability to fundamentally change the spread of information. Yet, while …
The Homelessness Public Health Crisis
For Shawn Pleasants, the descent into homelessness wasn’t so much a plummet as an awful, incomprehensible slide. It was hard at first to even grasp the basic reality. “We lived in my Ford Explorer for a little over a year before I was willing to admit …
Issue: May-June 2024
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EVs " Who Should Drive an Electric Vehicle? ” (September-October, page 9) certainly took a glass-half-empty approach. To suggest that some people are better off burning gasoline if they care about the environment is dangerously short-sighted. How are …
Issue: November-December 2022
Collaboration on Climate Change
Continuing a busy visit to the People’s Republic of China—following an alumni and Harvard Campaign event on Sunday and a meeting with President Xi Jinping on Monday—President Drew Faust gave a Tuesday morning address on the role of universities in …
Big Guns Take Aim at Big Tobacco
Young teens in poor countries often buy cigarettes one at a time because they can’t afford a whole package. But that’s still enough to foster an addiction. South African physician and former cabinet minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma saw this as a major …
Who Owns the Robots Rules the World
Robots And Computers Could Take Half Our Jobs Within the Next 20 Years”…“Robots Could Put Humans Out of Work by 2045”…“White House Predicts Robots May Take Over Many Jobs That Pay $20 Per Hour”…“Robot Serves Up 360 Hamburgers Per Hour”…“Why the …
Issue: May-June 2016
Addressing Big Questions
The ROTC Commissioning Ceremony , conducted Wednesday morning, focuses attention on a small number of graduating students (four members of the class of 2015) who have made an extraordinary commitment to service. This year, it was also an occasion for …
Issue: July-August 2015
Thomas Starr King: Protector of the Union, and Yosemite
He was the eldest son of a shoemaker turned Universalist preacher. When he was 15, his father died, but his father’s message, “the gospel of inclusion”—that God loves us all, asking us to do the same for others—became his life mission. He became the sole …
Issue: July-August 2021
Extracurriculars
Seasonal The Farmers’ Market at Harvard www.dining.harvard.edu/flp/ag_market.html These outdoor markets emphasizing fresh, local foods and regional purveyors run through October 25. In Cambridge: Tuesdays, noon-6 p.m. Corner of Oxford and Kirkland …
Issue: September-October 2011
Health Benefits to Cost 7 Percent More
As the annual employee enrollment in health and other benefits approaches, beneficiaries—and the University—will find themselves in familiar terrain as they look toward calendar year 2017: The health programs will look similar to those offered last year , …
A Special Notice Regarding Commencement Day
Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of people wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are provided to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning: • Degree candidates will …
Issue: March-April 2015
History Minted
The loss of the coins focused attention on their real value to Harvard. "Made of silver and bronze as well as gold, some of them rank as miniature masterpieces of classical art," Professor David Gordon Mitten had said on the day of the robbery. On the …
David Miliband to Address Kennedy School Commencement
David Miliband , former U.K. foreign secretary and now president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC)—an organization that provides aid to victims of conflict and disaster—will deliver the Graduation Address to the Harvard Kennedy School …
A Laboratory for Mixing Art and Science
To David Edwards , McKay professor of the practice of biomedical engineering, the intersection of art and science represents a gold mine of creativity. Edwards has written a book about the potential for transformation and innovation inherent in this …
Stephen Blyth Resigns from Harvard Management Company
The University announced that Stephen Blyth, president and CEO of Harvard Management Company (HMC) since the beginning of 2015, has resigned. He went on medical leave in late May , as reported. The personnel transition comes at a critical time: the …