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‘We Belong in These Spaces’: Jackson’s Successors Reflect on Her Nomination
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is poised to be confirmed to the Supreme Court this week, making her the first Black woman to serve as a justice. Here’s what that means to Black women at her alma mater. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — To many of the women who belong to the Harvard Black Law Students Association, the […]
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At Harvard, Ketanji Brown Jackson Fought Injustices but Kept a Steely Academic Focus
During Judge Jackson’s ascent through the federal judiciary, during which she received some Republican support in confirmation votes, she was questioned more than once about the role of race in the justice system. Responding to such a question from Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, during her confirmation process to join the U.S. Court of […]
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A Lawsuit Accuses Harvard of Ignoring Sexual Harassment by a Professor
In their statement, Dr. Comaroff’s lawyers disputed the logic of the sanctions. The investigation “found that he was motivated only by concern for Ms. Kilburn’s well-being and had no romantic or sexual intention, but that the advice nonetheless constituted sexual harassment,” the statement said. “Professor Comaroff vehemently disputes this conclusion, which would cripple faculty members’ […]
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Bosses Have a New Headache: How Long Should Sick Workers Isolate?
Barbara Sibley’s four New York restaurants had already weathered the city’s initial Covid-19 wave, the prevaccine surge last winter and this summer’s Delta spike when last weekend it finally happened: Fearing an outbreak and struggling with staffing after one of her workers got sick with Covid, she temporarily shut down one of her locations. That […]
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In a Boston Court, a Superstar of Science Falls to Earth
At first, he denied receiving income from the Wuhan university or participating in the Chinese recruitment program. Then the agents produced a series of documents, including contracts from 2011 and 2012, and Dr. Lieber examined them, remarking at one point, “I should pay more attention to what I’m signing.” “That’s pretty damning,” he said. “Now […]
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Someone Offered ‘Harvard’ Jobs to Known Women in India. It Was a Scam.
Nearly a year later, it is still uncertain why Ms. Razdan and the other women were targeted. Although the scammers expressed support online for the Hindu nationalist movement in India, they shed little light on their decision to trick reporters. The perpetrators have successfully covered their tracks — at least, most of them. The New […]
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A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? For One Man, It Seems to Have Worked.
Brian Shelton’s life was ruled by Type 1 diabetes. When his blood sugar plummeted, he would lose consciousness without warning. He crashed his motorcycle into a wall. He passed out in a customer’s yard while delivering mail. Following that episode, his supervisor told him to retire, after a quarter century in the Postal Service. He […]
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