Tag: Harvard
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Harvard’s ultimate frisbee founder ‘pulls’ alumni back after 50 years
Cross-legged on Cumnock Fields at Harvard University under a breezy, sunny sky, Sara Schechner told stories of playing ultimate frisbee during her high school days in the early 1970s in Maplewood, New Jersey. Schechner was a part of the group…
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Harvard professor, civics champion Danielle Allen wants to make democracy work again
A Harvard professor told a Newton crowd Thursday they have the power to restore an “ailing democracy.” Political philosophy professor Danielle Allen—who described herself as “mono-maniacally obsessed with healthy democracy”—proposed concrete ways for Newton residents to bolster democratic principles, an…