Woman Chosen to Lead Harvard
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Harvard University is about to name its first woman president since its founding in 1636, tapping a Civil War historian to succeed Lawrence Summers, whose tumultuous tenure was marked by controversial remarks about women and clashes with faculty members.
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Perhaps mainly remembered for her 'beautification' work, Lady Bird Johnson forged a new role for women in the White House, shaping the way for her successors.
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The president of Harvard University angers women academics by saying men may naturally be better at science.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - The Massachusetts Institute of  Technology on Thursday named Susan Hockfield as its first  female president, a breakthrough for the world-renowned school  that has churned out more than 50 Nobel prizewinners but which  ranks below the national average for its percentage of female  students.
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PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13 - It started poorly for Harvard, even before the game. When its marching musicians were introduced by the public address announcer -
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Two prestigious honors have been bestowed upon area individuals - Emily Jones of The Bromfield School in Harvard, and University of Massachusetts at Lowell field hockey coach Shannon Hlebichuk .
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A celebrated historian on Sunday became Harvard's first female president since its founding in 1636, succeeding Lawrence Summers whose short tenure was dogged by controversial remarks about women and a faculty revolt.
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Nancy C. Turnbull , president of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts Foundation, will leave the region's largest healthcare foundation after only a year to spearhead an educational initiative at the Harvard School of Public Health.
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A woman is elected to the board of a major Saudi bank, becoming the first female in the kingdom to occupy such a position.
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Harvard University announced on Wednesday its biggest curriculum overhaul in three decades, putting new emphasis on sensitive religious and cultural issues, the sciences and overcoming U.S. "parochialism."
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Harvard University on Sunday named historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first female president, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers and his tumultuous five-year tenure.
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There were big changes in the past year at the Harvard University investment arm that manages the largest higher-education endowment in the world. Nothing changed when it came to Harvard's long record of beating the market.
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When the teams line up for the opening faceoff in the Beanpot championship, anything is possible. It's just one game, and though Harvard (23-1-0) came into last night's women's final at Walter Brown Arena ranked No. 1 in the nation, the Crimson did not assume victory against unranked but rapidly building Boston University (12-13-3).
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The Harvard Law School faculty has voted unanimously to overhaul its first-year curriculum by focusing more on complex problem-solving, international law, and modern law-making by government bodies and administrative agencies, marking a significant departure from more than a century of traditional legal education.
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Susan Hockfield, a 53-year-old neuroscientist, is the first woman and the first person from the life sciences to achieve the presidency.
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The Institute of Physics has appointed Beth Taylor to oversee media relations and public affairs.   Taylor will join in April as director of comms, responsible for positioning the institute as the leading authority on physics.
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Shirley Chisholm was the first black woman to serve in Congress and one of the first women to seek the presidential nomination of a major party.