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Harvard Students Create Site to Help Ukraine Refugees Find Housing
Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people fleeing Ukraine to those in safer countries willing to take them in
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A Harvard Nutritionist Shares the 6 Best Brain Foods: ‘Most People Aren't Eating Enough Of' These
Food and mental health are inextricably linked, says Harvard nutritionist and brain expert Dr. Uma Naidoo. Here are the six brain-boosting foods most Americans lack in their diet.
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3 Women Sue Harvard, Allege School Ignored Sexual Harassment
Three Harvard University graduate students allege in a lawsuit that the school ignored complaints about sexual harassment by a professor
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Jennifer Garner Celebrated as Hasty Pudding's Woman of the Year
“Alias” actor Jennifer Garner is being celebrated for her star power both on- and off-screen.
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Harvard Work Guru on the Make-Or-Break Questions About Jobs of the Future in U.S.
Rachel Lipson of Harvard’s Project on Workforce says there are many unanswered questions about the future of work post-pandemic, but a few clear trends.
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Harvard Epidemiology Professor Shares Advice for a COVID-Free Holiday Gathering
With Thanksgiving just days away, there’s new concerns that the COVID-19 winter surge has arrived in many parts of the country, and new advice on the ultimate way to plan a COVID-proof gathering. Terry McSweeney reports.
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Lab-Grown Woolly Mammoths Could Walk the Earth in Six Years If Geneticist's New Start-Up Succeeds
Tech entrepreneur Ben Lamm is helping fund a project by Harvard geneticist George Church to revive the woolly mammoth by genetically engineering Asian elephants.
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Ivy League Sports Return as Way They Went Out: Cautiously
The Ivy League is returning to the playing fields this fall with plans for a full football season even as the delta variant of COVID-19 continues to spread
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A Top Harvard Astronomer Is Studying UFOs, Thanks in Part to Pentagon Report
The hunt for UFOs, or what are now officially called “unidentified aerial phenomena,” is hot these days — but too hot for the halls of academia. One professor is trying to change that.
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Harvard-Bound Senior Asks That $40K College Scholarship Be Given to Others
At her graduation from a Massachusetts high school, a Harvard-bound senior asked that her school give tens of thousands of dollars it had awarded her for a college scholarship to someone attending a community college instead.
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‘Hard Work Finally Paid Off': San Diego Teens From Immigrant Families Accepted Into Harvard
Two San Diego teens whose families migrated to the United States in search of a better life were accepted to Harvard University, and now, they dream of giving back to the communities who saw them grow.
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Daughter of Mexican Indigenous Farmworkers Accepted to Harvard With Full-Ride Scholarship
A student from eastern Coachella Valley won a full-ride scholarship to attend Harvard University, one of the most prestigious universities in the entire country.
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Viola Davis Is Named Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Viola Davis was named Woman of the Year on Friday by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals. “Viola has inspired our company with her incredible grit and determination, and we cannot wait to celebrate her successes, strong character and wonderful talent,” said Jessica Moore, the group’s president, in a statement. Davis is scheduled to be honored April 22 in an...
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A Harvard Psychologist Says Humans Have 8 Types of Intelligence. Which Ones Do You Score the Highest in?
According to Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner, there are multiple types of human intelligence—each representing different ways of how we process information. And understanding where you have an advantage can help you achieve success.
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Cornel West Announces He's Leaving Harvard After Tenure Spat
Cornel West announced Monday that he will be leaving Harvard for the Union Theological Seminary in New York, weeks after the famed philosopher and activist said the university denied his request for tenure. In an interview with The Boycott Times Monday, West said he could “only take so much hypocrisy,” despite finding “much love” at Harvard. West confirmed the news…
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Biden Picks Geneticist as Science Adviser, Puts in Cabinet
President-elect Joe Biden has chosen a pioneering geneticist to be his science adviser and is elevating the job to a Cabinet position
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Meet Noah Harris, the First Black Man Elected Student Body President in Harvard's 384-Year History
“I hope the message is that Black men, and young African Americans in general, belong at these universities.”
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A Wave of Black Students Takes Presidencies at Top-Tier Universities
Harvard University undergrad Noah Harris arrived at a Black Lives Matter protest in June in his home state of Mississippi bearing sunglasses, a bandana mask and a “say their names” sign. By summer’s end, he led his classmates in raising $300,000 for Black advocacy and civil rights organizations, NBC News reports. His work grabbed the attention of his fellow Harvard…
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Appeals Court Clears Harvard of Racial Bias in Admissions
A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld a ruling clearing Harvard University of discrimination against Asian American applicants. Two judges on the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston rejected claims from an anti-affirmative action group that accuses the Ivy League University of imposing a “racial penalty” on Asian Americans. The decision delivers a blow to the group,...
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Feds Say US Colleges ‘Massively' Underreport Foreign Funding
A scathing report from the Trump administration on Tuesday concluded that top U.S. universities have “massively underreported” funding they accept from China, Russia and other nations described as “foreign adversaries.”