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Reshaping Manhattan’s Midtown
Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni working in New York City outline a plan to revamp a 70-block area around Grand Central Station, where zoning restrictions have long restricted the height of buildings, to allow for structures twice as tall.
Tags: Architecture, Built environment, City planning, East Midtown, Grand Central Station, GSD, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Jerold Kayden, National, National & World Affairs, New York City, urban planning
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Reflections on week of terror
A panel at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum examined the interplay of law enforcement coordination, leadership, and social and traditional media during the Boston Marathon bombing investigation.
Tags: Bombings, Boston Marathon, David Ellwood, David N. Hempton, David Wade, Deval Patrick, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Edward Davis, Jamie Bergstein, Juliette Kayyem, Krystle Campbell, Kurt N. Schwartz, Lu Lingzi, Martin Richard, National, National & World Affairs, Sean Collier, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Thomas M. Menino
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Your own news platform
The information revolution seemed to hit another high gear last week in Boston, leaving authorities on information technology pondering the ramifications.
Tags: Alvin Powell, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Boston Marathon, Cellphone, David Liu, David Weinberger, Engineering & Technology, Internet, Judith Donath, Marathon Bombing, National, National & World Affairs, Twitter
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How the attack affects our lives
Harvard analysts in a range of fields discuss the many ways that the Boston Marathon bombings are likely to affect daily life in this area and beyond.
Tags: Betsy McAlister Groves, bombing, Boston Marathon, Colleen Walsh, Corydon Ireland, David N. Hempton, Gabriella Blum, Jerold Kayden, National, National & World Affairs, Noah Feldman
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A postwar call to service
: The United States must do more to help its newest generation of veterans reintegrate by capitalizing on their desire to serve, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, former commander of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan, said at a panel event in honor of Harvard’s veterans.
Tags: Afghanistan, Annise Parker, Christine Heenan, Daniel Feehan, Drew Faust, Harvard Kennedy School, Houston, Institute of Politics, Iraq War, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, Katie Koch, Military, National, National & World Affairs, Ray Mabus, Spencer Kympton, Stanley McChrystal, Texas, The Mission Continues, U.S. Army, U.S. Department of the Navy, Veterans
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A freedom fighter looks back
Andrew Young — minister, activist, politician, and diplomat — reflected during a Harvard appearance on the battles of the American civil rights era, and on the economic problems that remain.
Tags: Andrew Young, Black Policy Conference, Center for American Political Studies, Corydon Ireland, Daniel Carpenter, Department of African and African American Studies, Diane McWhorter, Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham, Jonathan Rieder, Jonathan Walton, Kuumba Singers, National, National & World Affairs, Richard Lischer, Tommie Shelby, W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research
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Hope ahead, hell behind
An Institute of Politics panel at the Harvard Kennedy School — including a politician, a soldier, and an activist actor — praised the resilience of post-earthquake Haiti but acknowledged the country’s long road ahead for recovery and stability.
Tags: Harvard Kennedy School. Corydon Ireland, Institute of Politics, J/P Haitian Relief Organization, Mary Jo Bane, Michele Pierre-Louis, National, National & World Affairs, P.K. Keen, Partners In Health, Sean Penn
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Shifting perspectives in gun debate
NRA President David Keene and Jonathan E. Lowy presented their views on gun policy during visits to Harvard.
Tags: American Constitution Society, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, CNN, Corydon Ireland, David Keene, Harvard Law School, Institute of Politics, John King, Jonathan E. Lowy, National, National & World Affairs, National Instant Criminal Background Check System, National Rifle Association
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Confronting the drug war
Professor Charles J. Ogletree joined writer-director Eugene Jarecki for a Q&A after a screening of Jarecki’s documentary, “The House I Live In,” Feb. 5 at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.
Tags: Charles Ogletree, Drug War, Eugene Jarecki, National, National & World Affairs, Valerie Vande Panne, “The House I Live In”
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