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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.”
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Trump Administration Rescinds Rule on Foreign Students Living in US
Facing eight federal lawsuits and opposition from hundreds of universities, the Trump administration on Tuesday rescinded a rule that would have required international students to transfer or leave the country if their schools held classes entirely online because of the coronavirus pandemic. The decision was announced at the start of a hearing in a federal lawsuit in Boston brought by…
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Multiple Mass. Colleges Will Move to Online Classes Amid Coronavirus Outbreak
Harvard University on Tuesday said it would move to remote instruction and ask students not to return from spring break later this month amid the global outbreak of the new coronavirus. MIT announced a similar step hours later.
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Education Department Probes Foreign Gifts to Yale, Harvard
The U.S. Education Department is investigating foreign gifts made to Harvard and Yale as part of a broader review of international money flowing to American universities, officials said.
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The Suicide Prevention Program Gun Rights Advocates Want
Half of the completed suicides in the United States in 2015 were carried out using a firearm, research shows. A program developed by gun owners and public health experts shows you can cut those numbers back with a simple approach.
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Education Department Probes Foreign Gifts to Yale, Harvard
The U.S. Education Department is investigating foreign gifts made to Harvard and Yale as part of a broader review of international money flowing to American universities, officials said. The department said Wednesday it is reviewing whether the Ivy League schools potentially failed to report hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts and donations from countries including Saudi Arabia, Iran,...
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Hasty Pudding Roasts Ben Platt, Youngest Man of the Year
Award-winning actor and musician Ben Platt took a quick jab at President Donald Trump late Friday while being honored by Harvard University’s famed Hasty Pudding Theatricals as its 2020 Man of the Year. Students dressed in drag and elaborate costumes bestowed the golden pudding pot — and a sparkly bra — on Platt, but not before Hasty Pudding members poked…
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Norwich Woman Wants Harvard to Hand Over Slave Photos of her Ancestors
Tmara Lanier has sued Harvard in an attempt to reclaim photos of her ancestors as slaves.
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Elizabeth Banks Honored With Parade, Roast at Harvard
Actor and director Elizabeth Banks was honored Friday as Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s famed Hasty Pudding theater troupe.
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Top Harvard Professor Arrested, Charged With Lying About Income to Feds
A Harvard professor has been arrested after investigators say he lied about how much money he received from a Chinese scientific research organization.
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Harvard Professor Sues New York Times Over Story Related to Epstein
A Harvard University law professor announced Monday that he is suing The New York Times for what he calls “clickbait defamation” over a story the newspaper published related to donations from financier Jeffrey Epstein. Lawrence Lessig filed the lawsuit in response to a story the Times published on Sept. 14 about his thoughts on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology receiving…
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CT LIVE!: The Shops at Yale – Holidays 2019
The Shops at Yale has it all this holiday season, from horse-drawn carriage rides, to ice carving demonstrations, to carolers.
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CT LIVE!: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care on the New Haven Green
Regional Vice President Jason Madrak told us why Harvard Pilgrim Health Care is a part of the New Haven Tree Lighting.
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CT LIVE!: The Bard Yard on the New Haven Green
Sales Manager Wade Mattesen told us about the new house they created for Santa on the New Haven Green.
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CT LIVE!: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Regional Vice President Jason Madrak told Jimmy about the only not for profit health insurance company in Connecticut.
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Tailgating Tradition Started at Yale
The custom of tailgating can be traced back to 1906 at Yale.