Tag Archives: Harvard

  COMMENT | IAN BURUMA |  Claudine Gay, Harvard University’s first Black female president, was forced to resign after weeks of pressure to step down. But everyone involved in the controversy that pushed her out looks bad. The ostensible reason for her ouster was sloppy academic writing – mostly the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nicholas Opiyo, the Executive Director of Chapter Four Uganda has confirmed his departure to the US. He said his trip to the United States of America came at a time when he needed rest and respite following a difficult end of 2020 and tumultuous 2021. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The former Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) Executive Director Jennifer Musisi has joined Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative as the City Leader in Residence. Musisi resigned as KCCA executive director after a seven year successful tenure in December last year. She was the first …

Washington, United States | AFP |  Thirteen years after dropping out of Harvard University to work on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday finally got his degree — well, sort of. Zuckerberg returned to the university where he launched what would become the world’s biggest social network, and basked in the …

New York, United States | AFP |  Harvard University, one of the most prestigious and expensive colleges in the United States, cancelled its men’s soccer season after discovering that the team rated women for their sexual appeal. The move comes as American universities grapple with problems of rape and sexual …