BOSTON (Reuters) - Harvard University said on Wednesday that it had hired Wall Street veteran Jake Xia as its chief risk officer to analyze and monitor investment exposure in its $30.7 billion endowment. Full story
Harvard University's Martin Feldstein discusses how the Fed's policy has created a "bubble" in the long-term bond market and investors have been losing money as the market has come to "adjust" to it.
Jelani Cobb, director of the Institute of African American Studies at the University of Connecticut, NYU professor Kenji Yoshino, Harvard Law School professor Lani Guinier, and Nick Dranias from the Goldwater Institute join guest host Ari Melber for a discussion on the power of civil rights victorie
Harvard Business School's Robert Kaplan joins Morning Joe to discuss his book "What You're Really Meant to Do."
Amy Howe, a partner at Goldstein and Russell and a lecturer at Harvard Law School, joins Alex Witt to discuss the Supreme Court’s announcement of two landmark decisions this week. She evaluates the decision on the same-sex marriage cases, Justice Kennedy’s decision-making process, and the Voting Rig
Two math-notebook pages recently authenticated as belonging to Abraham Lincoln suggest the 16th president, who was known to downplay his formal education, may have spent more time in school than usually thought. Full story
A 17-year-old California high school graduate studied hard to rise out of poverty and has landed a full ride to Harvard. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.
Lloyd Chen and his family can’t pay for his high school yearbook but the Laguna Creek, Calif., valedictorian who graduated with a 4.79 GPA, earned nine full-ride scholarships to elite universities, including Harvard. NBC’s Gulston Dart reports.
In her commencement address to Harvard University, the media icon and former talk show host says that after 35,000 interviews during her career, nearly every interviewee from presidents to Beyonce asked her: “Was that OK?”
In Part 2 of today’s Office Politics, managing editor of The Grio, Joy-Ann Reid, sits down with MSNBC’s Alex Witt. She offers her insights into George Zimmerman’s murder trial and his role in the death of Trayvon Martin. Joy-Ann talks to Alex about her college years at Harvard, and how she was shape
Dr. John Silvanus Wilson Jr., president of Morehouse College, and new Morehouse graduate Leland Shelton, share their reactions to President Obama’s commencement address there with MSNBC’s Craig Melvin.
Caroline Elkins, a professor of history at Harvard University, poses for photographs with Mathenge Iregi, a member of the Mau Mau War Veterans Association, shortly before a news conference in Kenya's capital Nairobi June 6, 2013. Britain expressed regret on Thursday about the abuse of Kenyans by col
Caroline Elkins, a professor of history at Harvard University, poses for photographs with Gitu Wa Kahengeri, secretary general of the Mau Mau War Veterans Association, shortly before a news conference in Kenya's capital Nairobi June 6, 2013. Britain expressed regret on Thursday about the abuse of Ke
Oprah Winfrey speaks during Harvard University's commencement ceremonies in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, May 30, 2013. She earlier received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
Media mogul Oprah Winfrey delivers the commencement address during Harvard University's 362nd Commencement Exercises in Cambridge, Massachusetts May 30, 2013. REUTERS/Brian Snyder
