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Harvard hires Xia from Morgan Stanley as chief risk officer

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

Taper Anxiety Fuels Market's Jitters: Pro

   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.

Core planks of civil rights law before Supreme Court

   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

If you're confused about a career choice, it's OK, says Harvard professor

   Harvard Business School's Robert Kaplan joins Morning Joe to discuss his book "What You're Really Meant to Do."

Major decisions ahead at Supreme Court

   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

New Lincoln math pages suggest more education

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

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Harvard historian apologizes for Keynes homophobic remark

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  Calif. teen proves hard work pays off

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.

  Student who couldn’t afford high school yearbook gets full ride to Harvard

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.  

  Oprah’s Harvard speech: We all want validation

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?”

  Joy-Ann Reid reflects on college years at Harvard

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

  The part of Obama's speech that struck Morehouse students most

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.

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