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Pompeo Cancels Harvard Event Over Manning Hire

Another former CIA official resigned his own fellowship over the hire

By Abigail Abrams September 14, 2017

Harvard Just Accidentally Listed Anthony Scaramucci As Dead

This week is not turning out well for former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci. On Monday, he was removed from his role under President Donald Trump, ousted after just ten days. And then later...

By Raisa Bruner August 1, 2017

Harvard Revokes Acceptance of 10 Incoming Freshmen Accused of Sending Lewd Memes

At least 10 incoming freshmen were accused of sending explicit memes

By Madeline Farber June 5, 2017

Mark Zuckerberg Gave Harvard Grads Important Dating Advice

On Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg gave the commencement address for Harvard University. In drizzly weather, the tech mogul spoke passionately about purpose and community. But of course he reminisced about his time at the college, from...

By Raisa Bruner May 25, 2017

Ivy League Graduates and Other Monsters

Denise is set on attending a top medical school. Michelle heads off to a jazz conservatory. Olivia wants to make a documentary film. Alex sets up a coding business with her brother. Finally, there’s Caroline,...

By Samuel P. Jacobs April 13, 2017

‘Call to Action’: Harvard Students Launch Resistance School to Combat President Trump

The school has inspired comparisons to Dumbledore's Army

By Katie Reilly April 6, 2017

One of President Trump's Biggest Critics Likes His Supreme Court Pick

Norm Eisen has been one of President Trump's biggest critics on ethics issues, even going so far as to join a lawsuit against him over his business dealings. But there's one area where he backs...

By Ryan Teague Beckwith March 9, 2017

Harvard Law School: No LSAT? No Problem.

Harvard says that the move away from sole reliance the LSAT is intended to diversify the range of applicants they receive

By Ryan Kilpatrick March 9, 2017

Clinton and Trump Aides Clash at Harvard Conference

Deeply divided camps offered an unfiltered oral history of their campaigns at Harvard's quadrennial postmortem.

By Zeke J Miller / Cambridge, Mass. and Philip Elliott / Cambridge, Mass. December 1, 2016

Harvard to Penalize Students in Frats, Sororities

The university looks to push groups toward gender inclusion

By Charlotte Alter May 6, 2016

Mumps Outbreak at Harvard May Threaten Graduation

"I'm desperate to get students to take it seriously that they shouldn't be infecting one another"

By Daniel White April 28, 2016

Exclusive All-Male Harvard Club Says Letting in Women Could Increase Sexual Misconduct

A report linked finals clubs with high levels of "nonconsensual sexual contact"

By Daniel White April 13, 2016

Uncle Sam Wants You to Hack the Pentagon

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute April 11, 2016

Rethinking Honesty In the Fight for Equal Pay

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute April 5, 2016

6 Tips from a Harvard Linguist to Make You A Better Writer

Writing well is a science

By Eric Barker March 9, 2016

Harvard Law School Supports Removing Shield With Ties to Slavery

It's based off the bookplate of a slave owner

By Maya Rhodan March 4, 2016

U.S. Scholar Embroiled in India's Battle for Tolerance

Sanskrit expert Sheldon Pollock has found himself targeted by Hindu hard-liners

By Rishi Iyengar March 3, 2016

Millennials Increasingly Support Ground War In Syria, Not Joining Military

A new survey of young voters finds increasing support for a ground war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) after the attacks in Paris, though the vast majority of the same...

By Zeke J Miller December 10, 2015

Black Professors’ Portraits Defaced at Harvard

Police will investigate situation as a hate crime

By Victor Luckerson November 20, 2015

American Rents Are Too High, Report Finds

More people are renting that ever before, but incomes aren't keeping pace with the bills

By Katy Steinmetz September 21, 2015

Why the Public Shouldn't Pay for Sports Arenas

These are today's best ideas

By The Aspen Institute September 15, 2015

Exclusive All-Male Harvard Club Will Start Admitting Women

The Spee Club is the first of eight so-called "final" clubs to invite female students to join

By Eliza Berman September 12, 2015

U.S. News & World Report Releases Best Colleges List

The rankings assess nearly 1,800 colleges and universities on 16 criteria

By Nash Jenkins September 9, 2015

Meet the First Openly Transgender Swimmer to Compete in the NCAA

Incoming Harvard freshman Schuyler Bailar will compete on the men's team after coming out as transgender

By Nolan Feeney July 1, 2015

Why Linkin Park Launched A Venture Capital Firm

Remember Linkin Park? The nu-metal band rose to popularity in the late 1990s/early 2000s with the album Meteora and, arguably, peaked in fame with a Jay Z collaboration of mashup tracks, Collision Course. In its...

By Daniel Roberts / Fortune June 24, 2015

It’s Getting Harder For the Middle Class to Pay The Rent

They're struggling to meet their payments

By Jonathan Chew / Fortune June 24, 2015

A Little Air Pollution Goes a Longer Way Than You Thought

You knew air pollution was unhealthy, but you didn't know it was this unhealthy

By Alissa Greenberg June 5, 2015

A Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Made Harvard's Biggest Donation Ever

It topped the $350 million record

By Laura Lorenzetti / Fortune June 3, 2015

Five Best Ideas of the Day: February 25

1. The U.S. wants to hack your phone because it doesn’t have the real spies it needs. By Patrick G. Eddington at Reuters 2. Eight universities account for half of all history professors in the...

By The Aspen Institute February 25, 2015

Natalie Portman Joins Calls for Harvard to Sell Off Stocks in Big Energy Firms

Praises campaign of civil disobedience to spur divestment of fossil fuel stocks

By Charlotte Alter February 20, 2015

What College Professors Can Learn From Alan Alda

The actor has long sought to make scholars better communicators, and more schools are starting to get on board

By Jon Marcus January 8, 2015

Harvard Law Hit for Sexual Assault Response

The Department of Education found that Harvard violated Title IX by failing to provide a "prompt and equitable response" to complaints of sexual harassment

By Victor Luckerson December 30, 2014

Five Best Ideas of the Day: December 16

1. Micropayments and digital currencies will ignite an explosion of disruptive innovation. By Walter Isaacson in LinkedIn 2. Latin America is taking the lead with progressive food policies — and putting public health above the...

By The Aspen Institute December 16, 2014

What Twitter Thinks About The Harvard Prof. and His Chinese Takeout

And here's what the Twitterverse had to say

By Elizabeth Barber December 10, 2014

Lawrence Lessig: What I'm Thankful For

I’m thankful for the people willing to be crazy in their time, not for themselves, or for their time, but for a future they know must be. The abolitionists, decades before the 13th Amendment ended...

By Lawrence Lessig November 20, 2014

College Application Essays Don't Matter as Much as You Think

There's good news and bad news when it comes to college essays

By Charlotte Alter and Julia Lull November 14, 2014

How to Be a Better Writer: 6 Tips From Harvard’s Steven Pinker

U want 2B a better writer? Good writing is often looked at as an art and, frankly, that can be intimidating. No need to worry. There are rules — even science — behind writing well....

By Eric Barker November 14, 2014

Burmese Generals Accused of War Crimes

The abuses are described as "too grave to be ignored"

By Charlie Campbell November 7, 2014

Harvard's Secret Picture Scandal

"You should do studies only with the consent of the people being studied"

By Laura Stampler November 6, 2014

'Eventually ... He May Run for Office': TIME on Obama in 1990

He did, and was elected President exactly six years ago, on Nov. 4, 2008

By Lily Rothman November 4, 2014

Harvard in Hot Water Over Sexual-Assault Policy

Critics say new procedures overcorrect for the problem of rape on campus

By Eliza Gray October 23, 2014

Harvard Professors Say New Sex Assault Policy Is 'Stacked Against the Accused'

Letter to university signed by 28 well-known academics

By Sam Frizell October 15, 2014

Harvard Research Reveals a Fun Way to Be More Successful

We all want to be more successful. But everything you read probably sounds like a lot of work. Isn’t there a scientifically proven method that’s a little more… fun? There is. Shawn Achor is the...

By Eric Barker October 15, 2014

Football Head Hits Hushed

‘Dings,’ ‘bell-ringers’ ... regardless of what they’re called, a new Harvard study reveals that potential concussions are being ignored at the line of scrimmage

By Sports Illustrated / Jenny Vrentas October 14, 2014

U.S. Students to Don Yellow in Support of Hong Kong's Democracy Movement

Campaign supports the tens of thousands who have taken to the street in the Chinese Special Administrative Region to demand universal suffrage

By Nash Jenkins September 30, 2014

Teen Set to Graduate High School and Harvard

'All the Hard Work Was Worth It.' Watch This 16-Year-Old Lose It After Learning He Got In to Harvard

More Than Half of American Kids May Be Obese by 35

Harvard: Chelsea Manning Can Visit, Just Not as a Fellow