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The trailblazing work of Melinda French Gates, a philanthropist, advocate for the rights of women and girls, and fighter for gender equity, was the focus of Radcliffe Day on Friday afternoon, Harvard Radcliffe Institute’s annual event to honor a leader who has devoted his or her life to excellence, opportunity, and service.
Suzannah Omonuk learned about slavery as a child growing up in Uganda. But her history books were “whitewashed,” she said, sheltering her “from the true horrors” and ignoring the ways slavery’s toxic effects rippled throughout the U.S. and beyond. “In Uganda it was different because it almost felt like this was a terrible thing that happened in the world, but it’s over now, like we all can breathe a sigh of relief,” said Omonuk, a master’s candidate at Harvard Divinity School. “But coming here I realized: No, it’s still continuing, albeit in a different manner.”
Lawrence Lessig is the Roy L. Furman Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Harvard has apparently concluded its review of its relationship to the convicted child sex offender, Jeffrey E. Epstein. In September 2019, after expressing that he âprofoundly regret[s]â Harvardâs association with Epstein, University President Lawrence S. Bacow promised âto review how we prevent these situations in the future.â In May 2020, the University released a report completing the first steps of that review. The report found Harvard had taken no money from Epstein after...
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1911 The Corporation proposes that needy boys entering the College from Cambridge high schools be exempted from paying tuition during their first year, and that summer-school fees be substantially reduced for Cambridge public-school teachers. 1926 In response to grumbles from alumni that the modern Harvard student is “too self-conscious to enjoy tomfoolery, too sophisticated to do anything that isn’t done,” the Bulletin shares a string of recent undergraduate antics, including a student who ate 45 eggs in 43 minutes. 1931 1936 Musing that much Harvard news turns up in daily newspapers,...