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MIT & Harvard Course Catalogues

Sometimes I like to refresh my memory about the classes I took in college and the professors who taught me. MIT Course Catalogues by Issue Date Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Courses of instruction. Cambridge, Mass., published by...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 2, 2026 8:37 PM

The Intellectual and Moral Decline in Academic Research -- The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

The Intellectual and Moral Decline in Academic Research -- The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal I've often heard about Ike warning of the "military-industrial complex," but never knew that he warned about federal money corrupting science in the...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 29, 2020 11:53 AM

The Harvard Law School Professor Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Defends His Decision to Represent Harvey Weinstein | The New Yorker

The Harvard Law School Professor Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Defends His Decision to Represent Harvey Weinstein | The New Yorker A few noisy students at the dorm Sullivan oversees have protested his involvement in the case, and the Harvard administration...

Posted by Michael Bates on March 9, 2019 12:46 AM

Best college football prank Harvard Yale MIT balloon

ESPN: The day MIT won the Harvard-Yale game Kyle Bonagura writes about one of the greatest college football pranks of all time: "Patrons at a small bar in Pocatello, Idaho, were a bit confused as to why a stranger showed...

Posted by Michael Bates on February 16, 2019 3:05 PM

Ben Edelman, Harvard Business School Professor, Goes to War Over $4 Worth of Chinese Food

Ben Edelman, Harvard Business School Professor, Goes to War Over $4 Worth of Chinese Food And this is why people hate lawyers and Harvard grads: Edelman was charged more -- a grand total of $4 -- for Chinese takeout than...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 11, 2014 12:26 AM

Brighton Allston Historical Society: The Urban Renewal of Barry's Corner

Brighton Allston Historical Society: The Urban Renewal of Barry's Corner In the early 1960s, a 9.3 acre, 71-family Irish and Italian neighborhood on the northeast corner of N. Harvard St. and Western Ave. was declared blighted by the City of...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 16, 2014 8:47 PM

Nina Munk on Hard Times at Harvard | vanityfair.com

Nina Munk on Hard Times at Harvard | vanityfair.com How the smartest people on the planet messed up the management of their massive endowment by playing the same stupid financial games as everyone else....

Posted by Michael Bates on July 22, 2009 5:37 PM

4-Block World: Too Smart To Fail

4-Block World: Too Smart To Fail What do Robert MacNamara and Barack Obama have in common?...

Posted by Michael Bates on July 8, 2009 9:23 AM

Harvard Classics Five-Foot Shelf of Books Reading Guide - 15 Minutes A Day

Harvard Classics Five-Foot Shelf of Books Reading Guide - 15 Minutes A Day A year-long reading program through the classic works of the western world....

Posted by Michael Bates on October 16, 2008 12:52 AM

Harvard Gazette: 'Towering figure' in Latin literature Bailey dies at 87

Harvard Gazette: 'Towering figure' in Latin literature Bailey dies at 87 Continuing my stroll down via memoriarum, Harvard Classics department chairman Richard Thomas recalls Shackleton Bailey's importance to our understanding of Cicero and the late Roman Republic through his editions...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 16, 2008 12:21 AM