Harvard Expected to Name a Female President
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Drew Gilpin Faust is a historian who runs a research institute at the university.
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The incoming House Speaker already made a questionable move backing the losing candidate in the race for Majority Leader. Will she stumble again by choosing a member with a checkered past to lead the House Intelligence Committee?
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Before Charlize Theron could pick up her Woman of the Year award, she had to prove she was worthy. That meant dancing to disco music, striking modeling poses and wooing someone wearing an elephant suit and a pink sparkly bra Â all to delight of the cast members of the Hasty Pudding Theatricals at Harvard University, the nation's oldest undergraduate drama troupe.
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India chose its first female president Saturday in an election hailed as a victory for women in a country where gender discrimination is deep-rooted and widespread.
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Harvard seemed to be a sure bet in the first round of the women's Beanpot last night, skating into Walter Brown Arena as the top-ranked team in the nation with a 19-1-0 record. Northeastern, meanwhile, was stacking up losses through January as its young team slogged through a difficult Hockey East schedule.
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By NANCY RABINOWITZ CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Not quite the Oscar, but Scarlett Johansson still was all smiles Thursday about being crowned the Harvard Hasty Pudding woman of the year. And happy to participate in the rambunctious roasting that goes along with the honor.
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Harvard University was expected to name historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first woman president on Sunday, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers and his tumultuous five-year tenure.
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The simple fact that either Hillary Clinton, a white woman, or Barack Obama, a black man, will likely be the Democratic nominee for president is fueling a nationwide debate about how sexism and racism may shape this campaign.
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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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India's governing coalition chose a woman as its presidential candidate Thursday, setting the stage for her to become the country's first female president.
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HENLEY-ON-THAMES, England -- The Harvard men's team defeated Brown by 2 lengths yesterday to advance to the final of the Ladies Plate for elite eights at the Henley Royal Regatta.
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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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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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Faculty members confronted Harvard president Lawrence Summers at a tense meeting where some questioned whether he could still lead the university after recently suggesting innate differences help explain why more men than women excel in math and science.
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Pennsylvania may determine who wins the presidency Nov. 2, and suburban women may determine who wins Pennsylvania.
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SHE already has brains, wealth and the ear of the president. Now a little-known former woman guerrilla-leader with the chilling nickname of âSpillbloodâ is laying plans to become Zimbabweâs first female head of state.
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One-quarter of women voters in New Hampshire say they will cast their ballot in next month's presidential primary election based on the results of the Iowa caucus a few days earlier, a survey showed on Wednesday.