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While we did give up some things over the past 18 months, Harvard remains an environment of unique depth and breadth. For instance, in FAS we offer instruction in more than 70 ancient and modern languages, far more than any other American university. No language programs were eliminated because of...

Author: By Michael D. Smith | Title: Planting Seeds of Greatness at FAS | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Though Ohiri and the other Nigerian recruits were not the first students to attend Harvard from Nigeria—Malin said he recalls admits in the classes of 1954 and 1959—there was an expectation that the handful of African students selected each year would return to their...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Recruits Nigerian Students | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Zacchaeus O. Okurounmu ’63—now known as Olufemi Okurounmu—one of the other Nigerian students selected by Henry, graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a degree in engineering. In an interview with The Crimson immediately following Nigerian independence in 1960, Okurounmu said that his...

Author: By Laura G. Mirviss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Recruits Nigerian Students | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

I took on my humble task as if the election depended on it. I chased down a reporter’s underwear on a windy tarmac, nearly lost a luggage truck on a snow-covered mountain pass, and even broke into a carwash after business hours to make sure the...

Author: By Eric P. Lesser | Title: Don’t be Afraid to Take Risks | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Along the way, I worked with countless other people taking similar risks with their career paths. None of us were making much money or building cachet in the traditional sense, but we were part of the most exciting presidential election in a generation. And when President Obama took the Oath...

Author: By Eric P. Lesser | Title: Don’t be Afraid to Take Risks | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

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