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Indian-American economist Raj Chetty awarded top Harvard University prize

Prominent Indian-American economist Raj Chetty has been awarded the coveted George Ledlie Prize for wielding big data to break myths about who achieves the American Dream and the obstacles faced by others. Along with Chetty, Biologist Michael Springer, professor of systems biology at Harvard Medical School, who created a better, faster COVID test system to help deal with the spread of COVID, was also honoured with the coveted Harvard University's George Ledlie Prize. Springer also helped design and operate the new Harvard University Clinical Laboratory (HUCL), which managed testing and samples. Chetty, Professor of Economics at Harvard University is also director of Opportunity Insights, a group of economists based at Harvard who study inequality. Raj's groundbreaking work on economic mobility and his efforts to share this data with policymakers are making the American Dream more accessible to all, said University Provost and Chief Academic Officer Alan M. Garber. Mike and Raj are

Debris on ocean floor could be from alien civilisation: Harvard scientist

Harvard University professor Avi Loeb had launched a dredging project two weeks ago to explore the depths of the Pacific searching for signs of a mysterious object labelled "IM1"

Harvard defends diversity in education after defeat in Supreme Court

Gay, who's currently Dean, Faculty of Arts and Sciences and will be the school's first Black president, said in a separate message that today is a hard day

South Korea's President Yoon talks of nuclear threat at Harvard visit

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivered a speech and took questions at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge on Friday where he spoke about the challenges facing his country including the threat of nuclear weapons from neighbouring North Korea. Yoon pointed to a new plan he unveiled with President Joe Biden on Wednesday for intensified nuclear deterrence to counter any North Korean threat. If we were to accept nuclear weapons by North Korea then South Korea may have to possess nuclear weapons," Yoon said during a question-and-answer period after his speech at the Kennedy School. "This is not something we want to see happen. Yoon went on to say that if North Korea were to use nuclear weapons the result is quite obvious." As long as North Korea recognizes nuclear weapons as a means of survival we have to make sure to deter the usage of such weapons so that the Republic of Korea, our neighbouring countries, and the entire global community can be protected, he said through a .

Ex-New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard this year

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who helped lead her country through a devastating mass shooting, will be joining Harvard University later this year, Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf said Tuesday. Ardern, a global icon of the left and an inspiration to women around the world, has been appointed to dual fellowships at the Harvard Kennedy School. She will serve as the 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow and a Hauser Leader in the school's Center for Public Leadership beginning this fall. Jacinda Ardern showed the world strong and empathetic political leadership, Elmendorf said in statement, adding that Ardern will "bring important insights for our students and will generate vital conversations about the public policy choices facing leaders at all levels. Ardern, who was just 37 when she became prime minister in 2017, shocked New Zealanders when she announced in January she was stepping down from the role after more than 5 years because she no longer h

US univs attract Indian students with quality education, better prospects

Firms assisting students with education loans registered a growth of about 60 per cent in loan applications from Indian students to finance their education in the US

Elite US colleges try to navigate a world where the SATs are optional

As deadlines loom for the Class of 2027 - Jan. 1 is the big day at many top institutions - American higher ed is in the middle of a grand experiment in "test-optional" admissions

Long Covid costing Australia's economy $3.6 bn annually, says report

Australia has announced a parliamentary inquiry into long Covid, with the aim of developing a clear definition of the illness and gauging the scale of its impact on the country's 26 million people

Harvard students' site helping Ukraine refugees find housing

More than 18,000 prospective hosts have signed up on the site to offer assistance to refugees seeking matches with hosts in their preferred or convenient locations

Harvard professor found guilty of hiding ties to Chinese-run programme

A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment programme was found guilty on all counts Tuesday.

That job at Harvard? It's not real.

For over a year, prominent women in India, including journalists, were reeled into a labyrinthine online scam, offering work with Harvard University. Who targeted them, and why, is a mystery.

Harvard University adds caste as protected category for student workers

Harvard University has added caste as a protected category for all graduate and undergraduate student workers. The historic addition marks Harvard as the first Ivy League school to have caste equity protection in its non-discrimination clause for unionised student workers. This decision will impact more than 4,900 student workers at Harvard and the surrounding Harvard community, Equity Labs said in a statement. With this addition, Harvard joins UC Davis, Colby College, Brandeis University, and several other universities where students, faculty, and staff face caste-based discrimination, Equity Labs said. "Driven in partnership with caste-oppressed community members, this win is part of a larger national movement for caste equity that aims to protect caste-oppressed students, workers, and communities across the country, it said. In a statement, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, executive director at Equality Labs, said the courage of the Harvard Graduate Student Union and the inter-caste and

IMF chief economist Gopinath to leave Fund, return to Harvard in January

Gopinath, the IMF's first female chief economist, joined the Fund in October 2018

Professor G R Kulkarni: The silent mentor of IIM, Ahmedabad

Individuals like Professor Kulkarni, who passed away yesterday, do not beat their own drum. They go on happily with their lives, but we are the losers

Harvard University moves Chinese language programme from Beijing to Taipei

The shifting of the programme by the Ivy league American University to Taiwan is regarded as a snub to China which considers the estranged island as part of the mainland.

Like elite clubs, elite colleges also refuse to increase number of seats

The worst offender in this regard is an elite college in Delhi University. It admits less than 1,000 students to less than 10 courses!

Harvard wasn't pressured over Toshiba, former Japan adviser says: Report

A former Japanese govt adviser said he didn't put pressure on Harvard University's endowment fund to influence its voting at Toshiba's contested shareholder meeting last year

Best of BS Opinion: Future of television, Unicorn seeding, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces on Thursday

Et tu Ashoka?

A pioneer in liberal education takes a hard knock

Appeals court clears Harvard University of racial bias in admissions

A federal appeals in court upheld a district court decision clearing Harvard University of intentional discrimination against Asian American applicants.