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Yale and the Times

Perhaps I'm harping too much on this news-reading thing, but Yale is currently in a fervor over cost-cutting plans to scrap dining hall subscriptions...

Crowdsourcing, Science, and Politics

In a recent email to the university, President Faust invited the Harvard Community to participate in the "Harvard Catalyst & InnoCentive Prize...

Green Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

An excellent op-ed in the Crimson today by Hemi Gandhi criticizes Harvard and its students for having a somewhat superficial commitment to green energy. The...

The Sociology of Mankiw

The notion that economics can explain everything about everything (re: Freakonomics) is something that I've always regarded as silly and kinda gross. The basic...

Larry Summers' Endowment

The Boston Globe has a must-read article out on Larry Summer's role in Harvard's endowment collapse. I like the lede: It happened at least once...

Wall Street, Rhodes Scholars, and the Soul of the University

Last Saturday the 2010 Rhodes scholars were announced and a full five Harvard students were among them (along with two Yale students and one...