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Elizabeth Banks feted as Hasty’s Woman of the Year

Elizabeth Banks feted as Hasty’s Woman of the Year

January 31, 2020

From her work on “The Hunger Games” Elizabeth Banks has seen (and worn!) wigs that resemble a luminescent Vesuvius, DayGlo eyeshadow, and gowns in colors charitably described as aggressive. Though typically not while parading in the back of a convertible through Harvard Square in 40-degree weather, surrounded by dancing and cheering onlookers.

Such is the lot of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ Woman of the Year.

“This is a beautiful, very exciting, very unique experience,” Banks said after being recognized for her achievements by members of the Pudding. “This is a great group of...

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Crystal S. Yang

Faculty Voices: Crystal Yang on fear and the safety net

January 31, 2020

Harvard Law Today | Professor Crystal Yang JD/PhD 2013 discusses her paper (joint with Marcella Alsan), “Fear and the Safety Net: Evidence from Secure Communities,” which examines the link between tougher immigration enforcement in the United States and the lack of participation in government safety-net programs by Hispanic citizens.

Crystal Yang is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. Marcella Alsan is Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School.

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David J. Deming

The Robots are Coming. Prepare for Trouble.

January 30, 2020

The New York Times | By David Deming, Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Artificial intelligence won’t eliminate every retail job, but the future could be grim unless we start planning now.

Harvard Medical School Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Faculty Take the Podium at Annual ARO and TRIO Meetings 

January 30, 2020

mass eye and ear postdoc at ARO meetingThis week, Harvard Medical School's Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) had excellent representation at the 43rd annual Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO) MidWinter Meeting. Held in San Jose,...

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Job Announcement: National Ethics Project Research Assistant

January 30, 2020

National Ethics Project
The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
124 Mt Auburn St, Cambridge, MA 02138
jess@ethics.harvard.edu


Research Assistant
Job Description
 


The National Ethics Project (NEP) is a mixed-methods research project that seeks to understand comprehensively where and how ethics instruction occurs in the US by focusing on the key perspectives of students, instructors, and institutions. It brings together educators, practitioners,and researchers to...

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