Harvard
Harvard donations are down following a year of campus turmoil.The university released its FY 2024 financial report this week.Harvard’s endowment saw a 9.6% return on investment, but philanthropic gifts declined. Harvard saw a dip in donations in the most recent fiscal year amid a wave of big-name backers pulling their…
The two Harvard students who put facial recognition AI in Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses have big ideas.The duo, AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio, are known for their innovative tech projects.They plan to apply AI advancements to construction, enhancing robotics with reasoning. Two Harvard students spooked the world with their demonstration of…
Jobs at consulting firms have long been prized by new grads and MBAs.A Harvard career advisor says there are other ways to jump-start your career beyond consulting.He recommends looking for companies that have dedicated early-career rotational programs. Although landing a job at a top consulting firm can be the ultimate…
When Jeffrey Wang was a high-school senior in Connecticut in 2014, he wasn’t sure what to write about for his college application essay.He thought about writing his essay on a subject he enjoyed at school or a project he’d worked on. But he knew others would have the same idea.Wang…
By Nate Raymond BOSTON (Reuters) – Harvard University has settled a lawsuit accusing the Ivy League school of ignoring sexual harassment by a professor who three graduate students said had threatened their academic careers if they reported him. In a filing on Wednesday in federal court in Boston, the three…
Finding an affordable apartment in New York City has become ever more challenging for low-income people — and an expansion of key federal assistance isn’t likely to help much.When the city opened its waitlist for housing choice vouchers for the first time in 15 years earlier this month, it was flooded…
Once, chicken nuggets were a convenient, popular dinner option for Dr. W. Taylor Kimberly and his family. But after studying ultra-processed foods in more detail, and seeing how they affect the brain, he’s switched to grilled chicken instead.Kimberly, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and a neurologist at…
Jeff Bezos is one of the world’s richest men. Since founding Amazon in 1994, he’s led the company from a tiny startup to a global behemoth worth $1.84 trillion.But what is it about the founder’s leadership style that has been so exceptionally successful?His inventiveness, fearlessness, and focus have all played…
