Michelle Amponsah
@mnamponsah
covering healthcare for @business and leading diversity & inclusivity @thecrimson | past: @WCVB & @quintoelab say hi! 📩 [email protected] Harvard '26
Trump has been diagnosed with a vein condition, the White House Says -- but what exactly is it? Explainer here for @business ⤵️ bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Parents, scared of RFK Jr.'s attitude toward vaccines, are asking for early shots for their kids. @gerryfsmith & @mnamponsah via @business Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Millions more Americans should be taking weight-loss drugs to prevent heart disease, according to the American College of Cardiology bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
some 🫀 news for @business : Eating clean and exercise may not always be enough -- cardiologists say GLP-1s should be the first line of defense against heart disease bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
First story for Bloomberg News this summer: Few career paths have been forecast to be in greater peril than software engineering due to AI. But employers are still investing top dollar in nascent SWE talent, offering among the most lucrative US summer internships.
Some internships in the US are paying as much as nearly $29 an hour. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The Senate hasn’t released its version of the mega GOP spending bill, but tax breaks on tips and overtime are expected to stay. @RepJasonSmith said any bill without the breaks would be “dead on arrival” in the House. With @StevenTDennis bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Closing Khurana interview w/ @mnamponsah! Thank you to all at 14p for such a brilliant and fulfilling past two years of reporting ❤️ I’ll be leading College team next year w/ @AzusaLippit — so excited for everything to come!
Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana apologized for the confusion and outrage sparked after many international students on financial aid were initially denied winter housing in a Monday interview with The Crimson. @mnamponsah and @joycekim324 report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
My last, and most important, byline in @thecrimson Could not have asked for a better cowriter than @asherjmont as a partner to navigate the past year. Excited to see what next year holds as an Associate Manager Editor! thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
Over the last few months, I've worked with nonprofit workers, Brazilian immigrants, priests, professional translators, and other members of the Allston-Brighton community to report a difficult story of overcrowding among Brazilians arriving to the area. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
An overwhelming majority of members of the Class of 2028 that responded to The Crimson’s freshman survey said Harvard should continue aiming to foster racial diversity in its student body. @mnamponsah and Hiral M. Chavre report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
Is your randomized House assignment bound up with your chances at winning the world’s most prestigious fellowship? For this week’s @crimsonFM cover story, @mtbrennan and I interviewed dozens of tutors, past Rhodes winners, and applicants to find out. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
Over the past six months, @matanjosephy and I compiled data on the last 15 freshman classes at Harvard to find the high schools that send the most students to the College each year. 21 schools make the top of the list. Read about them in @thecrimson: interactives.thecrimson.com/2024/news/feed…
More than 70 pro-Palestine activists staged a silent study-in at Widener Library on Tuesday to protest the University’s refusal to conduct a review of its investments for ties to human rights violations. @mnamponsah and @samuelachurch report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
An individual smashed the ground-floor windows to University Hall and covered the John Harvard statue in red paint as an “act of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance,” according to a video posted on social media. @mnamponsah & @joycekim324 report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
More than 400 people gathered in front of Widener Library Monday evening for a vigil marking the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel. @mnamponsah and @azusalippit report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
The Harvard University Police Department is investigating a “bias crime” after a Jewish freshman’s mezuzah briefly went missing from her doorway in Thayer Hall last month, says HUPD spokesperson Steven Catalano. @mnamponsah and @joycekim324 report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
new from @joycekim324 and I for @thecrimson : Pro-Palestine Harvard students were banned from Widener Library for 2 weeks after participating in a silent study-in thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…
Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine activists met on Friday with President Alan Garber and Harvard Corporation Fellow Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar ’93 for a discussion about the endowment. @mnamponsah and @azusalippit report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/9…
The Harvard University Police Department is investigating after a mezuzah went missing from the doorway of a Jewish freshman’s dorm in Thayer Hall early Tuesday morning. @mnamponsah and @joycekim324 report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/9…
Harvard Executive Vice President Meredith Weenick told affiliates on Friday that the University is prepared to use police to end disruptive large-scale protests. @HaidarEmma and @cam_kettles report. thecrimson.com/article/2024/8…