Harry Lewis

Feb 1, 2024 | harry-lewis.blogspot.com | Harry Lewis

(This piece is jointly authored by Harry Lewis and Bill Gasarch, who is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maryland at College Park.)There are elections in Hong Kong, but to get on the ballot you have to be nominated by a committee controlled by Beijing government. Elections for the Harvard Board of Overseers—one of Harvard’s two governing bodies—are almost as well-controlled.

Jan 8, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Harry Lewis

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Aug 7, 2023 | harvardmagazine.com | Harry Lewis |Kasey Uhlenhuth

Features | VITABrief life of a Black baseball impresario: 1890-1951 Arthur Augustus “Fats” Johnson “has perhaps helped more colored youths than any other colored figure in Boston and Greater Boston.” So recalled black semipro baseball star William “Sheep” Jackson in 1945, reflecting on the contributions of a unique figure in the history of Boston baseball and of the Harvard of the 1920s and 1930s.

Jun 30, 2023 | thecrimson.com | Harry Lewis

“You will have the privilege of teaching some of the most promising students from the best schools in America,” I used to say at the new faculty orientation when I was dean of the College. “And also some of the most promising students from the worst schools in America.”The outcome of Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard leaves a great challenge: How to provide a quality education to students whose preparations differ greatly in quality.