http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/news.html News stories from Harvard University en-us terry_murphy@harvard.edu webmaster@harvard.edu Copyright 2008 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Thu, 08 May 2008 16:12:01 EST Thu, 08 May 2008 16:30:01 EST http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/11-asiacenter.html The view of Asia from the Norton Woods was especially clear Friday afternoon (May 2). Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/13-ethics.html Should students receive financial compensation for high test scores? Would a market for organ donation make saving lives more efficient? Should a nation be permitted to buy the right to pollute? Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/09-mortgage.html The current mortgage turmoil reaches deep into rental markets. New research on rental housing market dynamics from Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies finds that the current housing debacle not only adds to the number of households competing for low-cost rentals but also threatens renters living in foreclosed properties with sudden eviction. The report concludes that policymakers at all levels of government should focus more attention on those renter households severely harmed by the current mortgage market turmoil. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/30-work.html Ethical employment practices and safeguarding workers' rights in a global economy were the focus of discussion April 29 at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/13-tillich.html Where and how science and religion intersect is a debate that dates back centuries; it's also a regular part of contemporary discourse. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/12-hesls.html The Harvard Extension Service and Leadership Society (HESLS), in conjunction with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, presented 'Power Dynamics In Negotiations' on Saturday (May 3). Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/15-nations.html Three was the magic number when the founding fathers established the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the United States government. Today, for thousands of Americans rewriting their own constitutions, there's a fourth area of power and oversight. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/03-rothschild.html Blackmail and attempted murder are not typically studied as part of economic history. However, a credit crisis among 18th century French silk and brandy merchants led to just such dramatic incidents, the accounts of which piqued the interest of Emma Rothschild, a historian of economic life, empires, and Atlantic connections. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/31-lyons.html The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard presented its Louis M. Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism posthumously to Chauncey Bailey this past Tuesday (May 6). The editor of the Oakland Post in Oakland, Calif., Bailey was murdered last August while investigating a bakery suspected of being a front for a criminal organization. Police arrested a bakery employee, who allegedly killed Bailey to keep him from publishing an article about financial and other abuses within the company. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2008/05.08/11-france.html Civil unrest in several Parisian suburbs during the fall of 2005 captured media attention worldwide and brought to light the challenges of social integration faced by the Muslim community in France. According to Jonathan Laurence, assistant professor of political science at Boston College, and Justin Vaisse, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, the events also perpetuated what they call popular misconceptions about the nature of French Islamism. Thu, 08 May 2008 16:00:01 EDT