Harvard University — institution that settled a $53 million lawsuit over cadaver parts theft and hosts research fellows and lecturers engaged in international development and journalism.
Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to resolve lawsuits by families alleging it mishandled the bodies of loved ones donated to its medical school and whose parts were then sold on the black market by the former manager of its morgue. …
Former Bank of Ghana (BoG) Governor Dr Ernest Addison has been appointed a Short-Term Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University’s Centre for International Development (CID) and Centre for African Studies (CAS). …
… He also holds a Certificate in Higher Education from Harvard University and a Certificate in Data Science and Business Innovation from Greenbootcamps in Hamburg, Germany. …
Senior Lecturer in the Social Sciences at Boston University and Lecturer in the Department of Government at Harvard University, Prof Christopher Rhodes, has urged journalists to remain committed to both facts and truth, arguing that journalism’s role in promoting democratic accou …
A senior lecturer in social sciences at Boston University and lecturer in the Department of Government at Harvard University, Prof Christopher Rhodes, says the media was a key force in driving the American Revolution and shaping the foundations of modern democracy. …
… The research was led by scholars from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and partner institutions, including Harvard University, the Institute for Cocoa and Chocolate Research and the Institut National Polytechnique Félix Houphouët-Boigny. …
… Teachers and parents reinforce this with statements such as: “Only serious students go to this school or study this course.” Let me share my personal experience on this subject I attended “Harvard.” Not Harvard University in the United States that many imagine, but Harvard Colleg …
… Before joining York University, DDrBoateng built an impressive academic foundation through appointments at the University of Texas at Arlington and prestigious postdoctoral fellowships at Harvard University, Northwestern University, and Cornell University. …
… Hippolyte Fofack, a former chief economist at the African Export-Import Bank, is Parker Fellow at the Sustainable Development Solutions Network at Columbia University, a research associate at Harvard University’s Center for African Studies, a distinguished fellow at the Global Fe …
… Harvard University economist Carmen Reinhart has repeatedly observed in her sovereign debt research that during periods of economic crisis, public institutions often absorb hidden financial scars long before broader macroeconomic stability fully returns. …
Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits by families whose relatives' bodies were mishandled by a former morgue manager who stole and sold body parts on the black market. Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard Medical School's morgue for nearly three decades, was sentenced to eight years in prison in December 2023 after stealing and selling organs, heads, faces, brains, skin and hands from donated cadavers since 2018.
Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits by families whose relatives' bodies were mishandled by a former morgue manager who stole and sold body parts on the black market. Cedric Lodge, who managed Harvard Medical School's morgue for nearly three decades, was sentenced to eight years in prison in December 2023 after stealing and selling organs, heads, faces, brains, skin and hands from donated cadavers since 2018.
Former Bank of Ghana Governor Dr Ernest Addison has been appointed a Short-Term Senior Research Fellow at Harvard University's Centre for International Development and Centre for African Studies. He will lead four seminar sessions in October drawing on his eight-year tenure managing macroeconomic policies, financial sector reforms, and Ghana's response to major economic shocks including the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia-Ukraine war.
Dr. Nana Benyin Enninful has launched a manifesto ahead of NPP Germany Branch elections scheduled for 8 August, presenting a programme to revive chapters, empower members and strengthen the Branch's influence within the party. The manifesto launch, themed "Honouring Our Tradition, Shaping Our Future," is described as historic for external-branch contests, which traditionally have lacked formal written policy platforms.
Prof Christopher Rhodes, a lecturer at Harvard University, urged journalists to remain committed to both facts and truth, arguing that journalism's role in promoting democratic accountability extends beyond reporting verified information. Speaking at the State of Journalism, Media and Communication Conference 2026, he reflected on newspapers' historic role in Ghana's independence struggle and challenged journalists to uphold truth amid democratic backsliding and misinformation.
Harvard lecturer Prof Christopher Rhodes, speaking at the State of Journalism, Media, and Communication Conference 2026, argued that journalists and newspapers were key forces in driving the American Revolution and shaping modern democracy, roles whose historical significance has often been overlooked.
Researchers at a policy breakfast in Accra warned that climate change is affecting cocoa farmers' health, well-being, and productivity as much as cocoa trees, calling for Ghana's cocoa policy to shift focus from production alone to the farmers themselves.
An opinion piece prompted by recent social media debate about the National Science and Maths Quiz argues that Ghana has normalised ranking human worth based on schools attended and career prestige, creating a hierarchy that undervalues less prestigious institutions and creative or technical pathways.
Dr Godfred Boateng, a Ghanaian-born academic, is conducting research across Canada, the United States, and ten African countries on health equity and social determinants of health, influencing policy and empowering vulnerable communities.
Despite Africa representing nearly one-fifth of global population but less than 3% of sovereign debt—lower ratios than Europe, the US, and Japan—many African countries remain trapped in debt cycles due to structural inequalities in global finance that limit access to affordable, long-term capital and force reliance on costly, short-term, market-based borrowing in foreign currencies.
The Bank of Ghana reported a GH¢15.6 billion loss for 2025 alongside deepening negative equity, with observers questioning whether the central bank's stabilization efforts during Ghana's economic turbulence have left it financially weakened despite contributing to easing inflation, exchange rate stability, and improved investor confidence.
An opinion piece argues that Ghana's main economic constraint is not colonialism's legacy but the intellectual comfort that blaming colonialism provides, and that the country is increasingly filtering economic and institutional questions through a colonial lens rather than addressing root causes.