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Students

Harvard Student Submits Rap Album as His Senior Thesis

BOSTON — While other Harvard University students were writing papers for their senior theses, Obasi Shaw was busy rapping his. Shaw is the first student in Harvard’s history to submit a rap album as a senior thesis in the English Department, the university said. The album, called “Liminal Minds,” has earned the equivalent of an […]

May 21, 2017

News Roundup

Harvard Researchers Find Copy of Declaration of Independence

BOSTON — Harvard University researchers say they’ve discovered a second parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence. The Boston Globe reported Friday researchers Emily Sneff and Danielle Allen found the copy in a records office in southern England. The only other parchment copy is maintained by the National Archives in Washington. The two dated the […]

April 23, 2017

Students

Harvard Publicly Acknowledges Historical Ties to Slavery

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard University publicly acknowledged its deep ties to colonial-era slavery on Friday, casting a light on parts of its history that long remained in the shadows. At a conference that Harvard organized to explore the relationship between colleges and slavery, university President Drew Faust said the school must confront the grimmer parts […]

March 5, 2017

Students

Harvard Students Protest Ex-pharma Exec Shkreli’s Talk

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard students are protesting a campus appearance by indicted former pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli. The former CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals is slated to talk about investing at a Wednesday night event organized by the Harvard Financial Analysts Club. Another student group, the Harvard College Global Health and AIDS Coalition, says the appearance […]

February 15, 2017

Students

Harvard Scholars: Travel Ban Deprives U.S. of Best, Brightest

BOSTON — Harvard Medical School professor Thomas Michel was so excited about recruiting Iranian researcher Soheil Saravi, he put Saravi’s name on the door of his Boston lab when his new hire got his visa. Then President Donald Trump’s travel ban took effect, blocking Saravi from entering the U.S. “It’s interesting. This is a door. […]

February 1, 2017

News Roundup

Study: College Endowments Have Worst Year Since 2009

BOSTON — Hundreds of U.S. colleges lost money on their investments last year, continuing a downward slide that threatens to put a pinch on budgets, according to a new study. Among 800 schools included in the study, the average endowment shrank by almost 2 percent, the worst performance since the economic recession in 2009. The […]

January 31, 2017

Faculty & Staff

Cornel West: We’re All Responsible for ‘Gangster’ Trump

In his lecture at Harvard, Dr. Cornel West waxed introspective about the courage he believes is necessary to speak truth to power during Donald Trump’s presidency.

January 25, 2017

Students

Guillermo: Anti-affirmative Action Foes Continue with Fake Conclusions

Conservatives fighting affirmative action think they’ve learned from the Fisher case and are essentially relitigating it, this time with an emphasis on Asian American “victims.”

December 27, 2016

Students

Cornel West Returning to Harvard Faculty

Dr. Cornel West—arguably one of the nation’s most visible Black public intellectuals—will rejoin the faculty of Harvard University.

November 20, 2016

Students

Guillermo: Trump’s Son-in-law Benefits from White Affirmative Action

Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is an example of another kind of affirmative action—for wealthy Whites.

November 20, 2016

Students

Before Election Day, Harvard Takes a Stand Against Sexist Locker Room Talk

After discovering a salacious scouting report where men’s soccer team members rated women’s team members, Harvard has canceled the team’s remaining season.

November 6, 2016

Campus Climate

Harvard Reaches Tentative Deal with Striking Dining Workers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. ― Harvard University says it has reached a tentative labor agreement with its striking cafeteria workers. The school announced Tuesday that it agreed to a five-year contract with the labor union representing Harvard’s 750 dining workers. University officials declined to provide details about the deal, which must be approved by members of the […]

October 25, 2016