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NEWS
By Peter F. Zhu
Friday, December 18, 2009
Harvard’s Corporation Committee on Shareholder Responsibility released its 2009 report yesterday detailing the University’s voting decisions on 19 shareholder proposals regarding issues of social responsibility, ranging from climate change to animal welfare.
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FLYBY
By Peter F. Zhu
Friday, October 30, 2009
Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who was arrested by Cambridge police for breaking into his own house in July, went pubbing with Sgt. James Crowley at River Gods Bar & Restaurant last night. The two seem to have become way more chummy since the summer, when Gates virulently alleged that he had been racial profiled by police and called on Crowley to "beg my forgiveness."
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FLYBY
By Peter F. Zhu
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., who was arrested by Cambridge police for breaking into his own house in July, went
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NEWS
By Peter F. Zhu
Friday, October 23, 2009
After finishing the fiscal year saddled with an unprecedented $6 billion in debt, Harvard may borrow even more money this year to sustain various capital projects across campus, the University’s chief financial officer said last week.
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NEWS
By Peter F. Zhu
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
A small group of alumni from the Harvard Class of 1969 renewed its criticism of compensation paid to University endowment managers in a letter sent to President Drew G. Faust yesterday, citing the nearly 30 percent investment loss sustained this past year.
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NEWS
By Peter F. Zhu
Monday, October 19, 2009
Harvard’s decision to use derivative investments to lock in low interest rates on the school’s mounting debt cost the University $500 million this past year and will cost it at least $425 million more over the next few decades, according to the University’s annual financial report released Friday.
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NEWS
By Barbara B. Depena and Peter F. Zhu
Monday, October 19, 2009
Harvard President Drew G. Faust announced on Friday a new public service initiative to support The Greater Boston Food Bank—the ...
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FLYBY
By Peter F. Zhu
Sunday, October 18, 2009
In an interview on PBS-aired talk show Charlie Rose Wednesday night, Faust confidently lapped up PR for Harvard's financial aid
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FLYBY
By Peter F. Zhu
Friday, October 16, 2009
Head of the Charles : festive two-day rowing event drawing thousands of crew-loving spectators, or corporate-sponsored carnival and glorified prep
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NEWS
By Peter F. Zhu
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The entire contents of the Harvard-Yenching Library’s Chinese rare book ...
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