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Jeffrey Wang is the CEO and founder of MyWikis, which hosts wikis based on customers' needs and wants. Wang is also a recent graduate of the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science at the University of North Texas.
Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico on Sept. 20, drenching the island with six months' worth of rain in four days and pummeling it with strong winds, landslides and avalanches that erased roads, took out power lines and even buried people alive.
A civil rights icon and a Caribbean politician who tangled with President Donald Trump offered Boston University graduates some choice words on America's cultural rifts.
The state's first and only black chief executive spoke to students, faculty, and parents in Waltham, encouraging students to not rest on their laurels in life. Said Patrick: ''Sitting back and doing no harm is not enough even in normal times.
Michael Murphy is a Senior Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, JFK School of Government at Harvard University. The Republican political strategist behind Sen. John McCain's " Straight Talk Express " campaign against then-Gov. George W. Bush for the 2000 presidential nomination, on Friday called for the GOP White House to fire Kelly Sadler by the end of the day.
In the past few weeks, two instances of racial bias-one at a Starbucks in Philadelphia, the other in an Alabama Waffle House-caught national attention. On this episode, Igor speaks with Clint Smith, teacher, writer, and Ph.D. candidate at Harvard University, about the historical roots of racism and black criminalization that have created deep racial disparities such as in school discipline and policing.
Anyone who thought "manmade climate cataclysm" rhetoric couldn't possibly exceed Obama era levels should read the complaint filed in the "public nuisance" lawsuit that's being argued before Federal District Court Judge William Alsup in a California courtroom: Oakland v BP and other oil companies. The allegations read at times like they were written by a Monty Python comedy team and a couple of first year law students.
Harboring anger and resentment won't do anything but keep the momentum of violence going. Maybe empathy, kindness and understanding can break the cycle.
Imagine a scenario with no temperature difference between the equator and the North Pole. That was 12 million years ago when there was no ice at either pole.
Recently, a term "sharp power" has become "popular" following a U.S. think tank report and a cover story of the British magazine Economist in December 2017, both of which raised so-called "concerns" over the growing influence of Russia and China. In January, Joseph Nye, the father of "soft power" from Harvard University, published two articles respectively on U.S. magazine Foreign Affairs and international media organization Project Syndicate, attributing "soft power" to the West and labeling China and Russia with "sharp power".
North Dakota judge will decide whether woman who admitted killing pregnant neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby should get a sentence other than life in prison without parole. North Dakota judge will decide whether woman who admitted killing pregnant neighbor so she and her boyfriend could keep the baby should get a sentence other than life in prison without parole.
Mayo Foundation has one of the largest portfolios of investment assets of any nonprofit health care and education-related foundation in the country. A few years ago, Harvard University was at The late and not-so-lamented 2017, with its political conflicts, natural disasters, refugee crises and the threat of nuclear war, is now in the rearview mirror.
Former President Barack Obama opened up about taking his daughter Malia to college last year, telling host David Letterman he was "basically useless" during the entire move-in process. "Michelle, she had like a cleaning glove, one of those yellow ones, she's scouring the bathroom," Obama told Letterman in the first episode of his new Netflix series, "My Next Guest Needs No Introduction."
Fans of President Donald Trump who use marijuana say Attorney General Jeff Sessions' move to tighten federal oversight of the drug is the first time they've felt let down by the man they helped elect. The move feels especially punitive to Trump voters who work in the growing industry around legalized marijuana that has taken root in states of all political stripes.
Ivanka Trump is condemning recent tabloid coverage of President Barack Obama's eldest daughter Malia, saying the college student deserves privacy and ought to be "OFF limits." The president's daughter tweets: "Malia Obama should be allowed the same privacy as her school aged peers.
Though Jimmy Tingle has long made biting political humor a staple of his stand-up routines, he insists his dive into Massachusetts politics is anything but comic relief. The Cambridge-born comedian and social activist, who returned to school and earned a master's degree from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, raised eyebrows with his recent announcement that he would run for lieutenant governor, a job with limited visibility and few official responsibilities.
The City of Roswell mayor and council have chosen Gary Palmer, Farragut Tennessee's assistant town manager, as the finalist for Roswell's vacant city administrator position. The mayor and council will formally vote on Palmer's appointment during an Oct. 10 special called City Council meeting, following the 5 p.m. committee meetings.
Reifel was a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe who was born on this day in 1906. He served in World War II and worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 20 years.