Video of author’s talk on a new JFK biography

John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) in a football uniform at Dexter School, in Brookline, Mass., in 1926

From The New England Council (newenglandcouncil.com):

“John Hancock Life Insurance Co., based in Boston, recently hosted a virtual discussion with Harvard professor and author Fred Logevall, who discussed his  new book JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956.  Logevall is the Laurence D. Belfer Professor of International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School, and a professor of history in the Faculty of Arts & Sciences at Harvard University.   He is a specialist on U.S. foreign-relations history and 20th Century international history, and the author or editor of 10 books.

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N.E. Council asks for federal aid for colleges and universities

Thompson Hall, at the University of New Hampshire, in Durham

From The New England Council (newenglandcouncil.com)

BOSTON

“The New England Council is calling on Congress to provide relief to colleges and universities in light of the COVID-19 public health crisis that has forced them to close their campuses to students.  In a letter sent to each New England senator, as well as the Senate leadership, on March 20, the council stressed the important role our region’s higher-education institutions play in the region’s economy, and outlined the devastating impact the crisis is having on the schools themselves, as well as on their students directly.

The letter outlined several areas where the federal government could provide support to colleges and universities, including:

• Financial support for students and institutions

• Housing and meal assistance

• Technology for remote learning

• Title IV Relief’’