02138

The World of Harvard

Lawrence Summers

Degrees

  • Ph.D. 1982

Mentioned

1. David Rockefeller, Sr.
Tribe Posting : Spotlight : 04/25/2008

The New Rockefeller Center

2. Secret History
Magazine Archives Article : March/April 2008

How Harvard really came to rule Tinseltown.

3. The Endowment Gap
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 02/04/2008

The wealth disparity between the country's rich universities and its not-rich ones is becoming increasingly hard to ignore—and increasingly, people aren't.

4. Summers Gets a Boost, Faust Takes a Hit
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 01/22/2008

Thanks to an op-ed in today's Times, the rehabilitation of Larry Summers continues.

5. Larry Summers on the Mend
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 01/20/2008

The former Harvard president is doing his utmost to restore his reputation—and it's working.

6. Larry Summers Goes Online
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 01/07/2008

The former Harvard president has invested in a "YouTube for ideas." Will anyone watch?

7. A Christmas Gift for Drew Faust
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/24/2007

The Boston Globe's education reporter gives Harvard's president a puff piece for Christmas.

8. Larry Summers' Economic Jeremiad
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/20/2007

The former Treasury secretary and Harvard president has been warning of a recession. Is the Bush administration listening?

9. Allston Gets a Second Look
Editorial Blogs Posting : Shots in the Dark : 12/12/2007

The Boston Globe reports that Drew Faust will reevaluate some of Larry Summers' plans for Allston. But is she putting the brakes on the wrong part of the plan?

10. West v. West
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Cornel West and Kanye West both have new albums out. But that's not all the two Wests have in common...

11. A Million Little Writers
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

Welcome to the world of celebrity academics–and the behind-the-scenes scribes who help make their fame and fortune possible.

12. A Rebel's Road Home
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

After five years in a Chinese prison, dissident Yang Jianli, back in the States, speaks of survival-and what China can learn from America

13. The Scandals List
Magazine Archives Article : November/December 2007

A Harvard alumnus in flagrante delicto? Veritas? Looking back, sex scandals are actually a long-running Harvard tradition. Grads (and undergrads) have been caught with their pants down since at least the 18th century.

14. Blinded by Science
Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

In the years ahead, Harvard plans to spend billions of dollars on a massive science complex in Allston. But James D. Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA and former director of the Human Genome Project, has bad news: Unless the university changes course, Allston will be the greatest waste of money Harvard has ever known.

15. #1 - Al Gore: Man on a Mission
Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

Is Al Gore more important than the President? 02138’s Bom Kim traveled to Los Angeles to ask the former vice president and environmental missionary about the earth’s lost balance, the current inhabitants of the White House, his respect for Michael Moore, and how it feels to be Harvard’s most influential alum. Oh, and one other thing: Is he running for president or what?

16. The Harvard 100
Magazine Archives Article : September / October 2007

It's back! Our second annual list of the university's most influential alumni.

17. From the Editors of 02138
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007
18. The Rejects
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

Every admissions office gets it wrong sometimes. Here’s our list of Harvard’s biggest mistakes.

19. How to Run Harvard
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

What Drew Faust can learn from Derek Bok.

20. Lady in Waiting
Magazine Archives Article : May/June 2007

As Drew Gilpin Faust prepares to take Harvard’s helm, the president-elect remains a little-known figure to many faculty, students, and alumni. How did the Civil War historian and Radcliffe dean make her way to the top of the world’s most powerful university? And what does she intend to do now that she’s there? Richard Bradley reports on the big questions surrounding Harvard’s new president.

21. The Search for Harvard's Next Leader
Magazine Archives Article : Spring 2007

The inside story on how the Corporation's second choice became the next president of Harvard.

22. Power Exes
Magazine Archives Article : Winter 2007
23. The Healer
Magazine Archives Article : Winter 2007

Once again, Derek Bok has become president of Harvard at a time of crisis. But can he—or anyone—heal the wounded university?

24. Shelf Shocked
Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue

The media attention Harvard generates is unique among American universities, and more than a few books taking aim at the institution’s good name have surfaced in the past few years. 02138 compares some recent Harvard-bashing books.

25. The Power House
Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue

Not many people know just what the Harvard Corporation does, and that's exactly how the group's seven members like it. But after Lawrence Summers's departure, can Harvard's ruling council maintain its wall of silence, even as it handpicks the university's next president? An inside look at the power behind Harvard's throne.

26. The Z-List is the New A-List
Magazine Archives Article : Premier Issue

Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Golden’s analysis of Harvard admissions reveals both embarrassment and riches: The children of big-donor alums are systematically given preference over legacy offspring of lesser means.

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