Harvard
Harvard Admission Rate Drops below 5 Percent
Harvard’s staggeringly low admission rate managed to get even lower this year. Just 1,962 of the 42,749 hopefuls who applied to be part of Harvard College’s […]
Parkland Students Call for Civic Engagement, Accountability at Harvard Panel
On Tuesday morning, a male student shot a 16-year-old girl at a Maryland high school, hurting two people and sustaining a fatal injury following a […]
Five Women Say Director James Toback Sexually Harassed, Assaulted Them at Harvard Club
Five women have accused the movie director James Toback of sexually harassing and assaulting them at the Harvard Club of New York between 1980 and […]
Harvard Business School Graduates Have the Third-Highest Starting Salary Nationwide
Newly-minted Harvard Business School graduates might be the best educated crop of MBA holders nationwide, but they’re not the best paid. According to rankings released […]
Parkland Students to Speak at Harvard Kennedy School
Six student-activists from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School will participate in a moderated conversation at the Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School of Government on […]
Is Harvard Broken?
The soul of the university is up for grabs as it faces questions about student life, PC culture, and how to manage its gazillion-dollar endowment.
Harvard Professor Placed on Leave after Sexual Harassment Allegations
After years of allegations against a prominent government professor emerged in news reports, Harvard announced Sunday that Jorge Domínguez has been placed on administrative leave while an investigation is underway. […]
Harvard Receives Record Number of Applications
Jamaica Plain’s population and Harvard’s applicant pool are almost identical in size. The Ivy League college announced it received an astronomical 42,742 applications for the […]
Harvard’s Free Architecture Course Is Back This Year
Remember last year when the Harvard Graduate School of Design debuted a free online architecture course for anyone to take? It’s being offered again this year—which is […]
Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals Will Allow Women Next Year
For more than 220 years, Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals cast has been an all boys’ club. That’s about to change. On Thursday, the group’s president, […]
Harvard Accepts 14.5 Percent of Early Applicants
The college admission process is a stressful, drawn out, overwrought beast. It’s a series of orchestrated steps and checklist items (become club president, join the […]
Massachusetts Higher Education Leaders Condemn Republican Tax Bill
As the proposed federal tax overhaul makes its way through the Senate, many Massachusetts higher education leaders are united in their view that the Republican […]
Department of Justice Investigates Harvard’s Admissions Policies
The line between illicit discrimination and affirmative action is grey and fuzzy and confusing. And the Department of Justice just isn’t quite sure what side […]
Seven Massachusetts Academics Win Rhodes Scholarship
Massachusetts is filled with people who are as smart as they think they are, the Rhodes Trust confirms. The prestigious Rhodes Scholarship—earned in the past […]
Harvard Has a Chance for Redemption in Saturday’s Rivalry Game at Yale
The Game has returned. After Yale stunned Harvard in last year’s contest to take home its first victory in a decade, the Crimson travel to […]