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Students, professors, and community members paid tribute to civil rights leader and Harvard Law School alum Charles Hamilton Houston at a stamp commemoration event and panel discussion Saturday afternoon. Hosted by the Cambridge Post Office, the occasion marked the release of the Civil Rights Pioneers stamp sheet—a series designed to commemorate the achievements of 12 prominent civil rights figures including Houston, who led the legal battle against racially discriminatory laws in the mid-20th century. “Stamps can start conversations, help share dreams, memories—and challenge us to reflect and remember those...
America saw its first Asian American mayor in San Jose, California in 1971, just a year after Kennedy School alum Sam Yoon was born in Seoul, South Korea. In November 2005, Yoon was elected a city councilor at-large—making him the first Asian American elected to office in Boston, in addition to the only Asian American to ever run for public office in the city. Now, Yoon has announced his intention to run for mayor of Boston against incumbent Thomas M. Menino, the longest-serving mayor in the city’s history...
...progress for African Americans. THC: Do you have a favorite course or professor at Harvard? SO: Roland Fryer, a professor at Harvard, has become a very good friend of mine. I’m a big fan of his work. I probably spend more time, as a grown-up alum, thinking about courses and coursework because a lot of stories come right from Harvard professors. THC: As a journalist, how was this political season? SO: As a journalist, it was the gift that kept giving because every step of the way it was an interesting story, from the primaries...
Harvard announced last week that it would receive $10 million to support research and technology development in the life sciences from a foundation headed by a Harvard Business School alum...
...music is difficult to categorize, incorporating a wide range of instrumentation and unusual melodies. As O’Neill said, “I have a really quirky voice so I write really quirky music.”The Ben Kultgen Band is led by recent alum Benjamin M. Kultgen ’08, and includes three of his friends from Berklee. Kultgen said he “got a full dose of e-recruiting” in his senior year and “made a very conscious decision” to pursue music full-time after Harvard...