Results tagged “theuniversity”

No, not that kind of hedge. Harvard lost $350 million by investing in a hedge fund. Maybe they thought the hedge fund would rake in the cash because it was run by a man who used to manage Harvard's foreign stock holdings. They were wrong. When Jeffrey Larson left the confines of Harvard to run his own firm, Harvard gave him a parting gift of $500 million. Larson lost the $350 from that and sold... more ›

There's a whole wide world out there, and here's the proof: DCist revels in The University of Maryland's basketball triumphs, marvels at Metro's security strategy, and applauds DC local Katie Couric's new gig. Phillyist is all about the Philadelphia Film Festival. OK, not all about -- they still have time for loitering, underage sex, and random wacky news. LAist would have to send a camera around the world to get shots as bizarre as Katie's... more ›

The Crimson announced back in December that Harvard was allowing Google access to its famed libraries to make digital copies of 40,000 books for the Google Print Project. Although Google planned to digitize mostly public domain works, it also said it planned to digitize some copyrighted materials and release snippets on the web. The thought of Google even scanning the books has many publishing groups fired up, and angry e-mails are flying. Google isssued... more ›