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Penn: The Ivy league’s application pool rises, the DP reports, with Penn up 17 percent because “just like hot cars and cool clothes, college popularity inevitably waxes and wanes.” Is Penn hot or cool?Yale: With Yale’s slight drop in applications, the YDN concludes that, as in golf, the l...
Thu, Jan 28 | from IvyGate
Bite Size News, January 27: iPad Edition
Image by kfdavila from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr. It's called the iPad, it's just $499, and, yes, you have to get it. [AP via Yahoo!News]According to Governor Deval Patrick, the state's budget should be $28.2 billion for the next fiscal year. [Boston Globe]Abercrombie's Farring...
Wed, Jan 27 | from Bostonist
We Douthat [Doubt That, Get It?] Conservative Columnist Had Fun at Harvard
Gawker points us to a 2001 Crimson profile of America’s next top conservative pundit, and erstwhile Harvard student, Ross Douthat. In the dwindling of Kristol’s limelight and Glenn Beck moving to some off-the-grid commune with his followers (a boy can dream!), Douthat is one of the more...
Tue, Jan 26 | from IvyGate
Harvard Doctors Subpoenaed, Worst Thing to Happen to Harvard Medical School Since Other Recent Events
There’s trouble in Cambridge: the Times reports that three Harvard medical researchers have been subpoenaed as part of a Congressional inquiry into unethical ties between medical professionals and the drug industry — specifically, whether antidepressants were improperly market...
Mon, Jan 25 | from IvyGate
Little will be mi$$ed about '09
Even Harvard University, long a rock of economic stability in Greater Boston, had to lay off hundreds of workers in 2009 due to multibillion-dollar losses ... and more »
Sun, Dec 27 | from Boston Herald
Coleman named chief diversity officer
Lisa M. Coleman has been named chief diversity officer for Harvard University. Coleman, who has served in a similar capacity at Tufts University for the ... Diversity director Coleman plans to leave for HarvardTufts Daily all 2 news articles »
Fri, Dec 11 | from Harvard University Gazette
Crimson Outlasts Northeastern in Double Overtime
The undefeated streak of the Harvard women's basketball team at home survived another night—and double overtime—as the Crimson defeated Northeastern (5-3), ... Huskies nipped by Harvard 90-85 in 2 OTNortheastern Huskies all 2 news articles »
Thu, Dec 10 | from Harvard Crimson
Opinion: Frans Spaepen named interim director of Center for Nanoscale Systems
Frans Spaepen, director of the Rowland Institute, will serve as interim director of Harvard University’s Center for Nanoscale Systems (CNS) starting July 1, upon completion of his term as interim dean of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS).
Thu, Jun 11 | from Harvard University Gazette
Podcast: Radio Berkman: Can You Keep A Secret?
Radio Berkman pokes its head into a recent talkback with the directors of the film Secrecy, Harvard University professors Peter Galison and Robb Moss. They are joined by Harvard Law School professors Jonathan Zittrain, Martha Minow, and Jack Goldsmith.
Tue, Feb 24 | from The Doc Searls Weblog
How to find Electronic or Online Versions of Newspapers at Harvard University
High resolution version available at http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/research/tutorials/index.html. This tutorial shows how to determine if newspapers are available in electronic or online format at Harvard University.
Mon, Feb 23 | from YouTube
How To: Finding Newspapers in Hollis at Harvard University
High resolution version available at http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/research/tutorials/index.html. This tutorial shows how to determine if Harvard University has a newspaper in microfiche, microfilm, or print. It's advised to watch the video on Finding Newspapers in Electron...
Mon, Feb 23 | from YouTube
How To: Using Harvard University's LibX Tool to Access Documents Found on the Web
High resolution version available at http://www.law.harvard.edu/library/research/tutorials/index.html. This video tutorial will show you how to determine whether a document you've found on the web is something that is accessible to members of the Harvard University community via a...
Mon, Feb 23 | from YouTube
Beaker Hill: We Put New Stories in Our "Year in Review"
From geeks looking for love in Cambridge to the essence of our vast expanding universe, and everything in between, 2008 proved to be an eventful year for science in Boston. No doubt there will be more of the same next year, and we'll be there to keep you informed...and hopefully entertained.
Tue, Dec 30 | from Bostonist
Opinion: First Look: April 29, 2008
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Tue, Apr 29 | from HBS Working Knowledge
Opinion: Harvard Political Blogs: Crazy Informative, With a Touch of Anti-Semitism
Bikini Politics, which boasts "the body-politic will never be the same," is run by Harvard grad student Paloma Zepeda. It's not so much a women's issues blog as a news blog in the inflection of women's issues. We all know what that means.
Mon, Nov 5 | from IvyGate
Podcast: A conversation with John Wilkin about the Michigan/Google digitization project
My guest for this week's podcast is John Wilkin. He's the director of the University of Michigan Library's technology department, and coordinator of the library's joint digitization project with Google. It's been two years since Google began partnering with the University of Michigan...
Thu, Nov 30 | from Jon's Radio
