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Harvard University will halt construction of a new science complex in Boston's Allston neighborhood after completing the building's foundation, university president Drew Faust said Thursday, citing the Ivy League school's "altered financial landscape."
The president of Dartmouth College has apologized to his counterpart at Harvard University over profanity-laden taunts made by Big Green athletes to Harvard players during a squash match.
Harvard University's law school will stop offering a year of free tuition to students who go into public service law after graduation, Law School Dean Martha Minow announced this week.
Harvard University has announced that Jay Light, the dean of its business school, will step down from the post next June.
The head of an ethics program at Harvard University strongly defended the choice of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer to deliver a lecture on integrity in the nation's financial markets.
Harvard University has entered into a 15-year agreement to buy power and renewable energy certificates from a wind energy farm to be built in Maine.
One of six Harvard Medical School researchers sickened after drinking coffee laced with a toxic chemical said Monday he does not see how the poisoning could have been accidental, but has no idea who might be responsible.
Harvard University said Friday it lost $1.8 billion in operating cash in the last fiscal year as a result of investing it alongside the university's endowment.
One of the most extensive collections of rare Chinese books outside China will be freely available as Harvard University has agreed to digitize the titles.
Harvard University has acquired the manuscripts, correspondences, and other papers of two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike, a member of the university's class of 1954.
The 2009 Ig Nobel winners, awarded Thursday at Harvard University by the Annals of Improbable Research magazine:
Two New York men have pleaded not guilty in connection with a fatal shooting at a Harvard University dormitory.
Citing what it calls a "leadership deficit" in the nation's schools, Harvard University is introducing a doctoral education program aimed at attracting top talent to transform the U.S. education system by shaking up the status quo.
The head of Harvard University's student newspaper is blaming an ad that questioned the Holocaust on "a miscommunication."
The total value of Harvard's endowment plunged nearly 30 percent in the last fiscal year as the Ivy League institution's portfolio was battered by the worldwide recession, the university's management company said.
Many American businesses are unprepared to deal with widespread employee absenteeism in the event of an outbreak of swine flu, according to a Harvard School of Public Health study released Wednesday.
The college class of 2009 faces a daunting task finding jobs in the worst economy since the Great Depression, employment counselors and job placement specialists say.
A white police sergeant whose arrest of a black Harvard professor ignited a national furor over race relations was twice before accused of racial bias, but cleared in both cases, according to internal affairs files released Wednesday.
Two senior investment managers have been hired by the company overseeing Harvard University's endowment, which has absorbed a steep drop in value during the recession.
A third suspect charged in a fatal Harvard University dormitory shooting was ordered held without bail Monday, and a prosecutor for the first time identified which defendant was the alleged shooter.
The chief White House spokesman said a Thursday meeting of the president, a Harvard University scholar and the policeman who arrested him will be "about having a beer and de-escalation."
Prosecutors dropped a disorderly conduct charge Tuesday against prominent black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who was arrested by a white officer at his home near Harvard University after a report of a break-in.
Black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. says he's ready to move on from his arrest by a white police officer, hoping to use the encounter to improve fairness in the criminal justice system and saying "in the end, this is not about me at all."
Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation's pre-eminent black scholar, is accusing Cambridge police of racism after he was arrested while trying to force open the locked front door of his home near Harvard University.
Salsa musician and actor Ruben Blades celebrated his 61st birthday Thursday with a nostalgic visit to his archive collection at Harvard University.
Iraq latest crucible for Harvard mediation Negotiations solve tribal disputesCAMBRIDGE - No longer locked in one big war, Iraq has become a land of a hundred little wars. And this promised to be one more of them, as two well-armed tribes clashed over a coveted swath of land.
The Science of TemptationThe power to resist temptation has been extolled by philosophers, psychologists, teachers, coaches, and mothers. Anyone with advice on how you should live your life has surely spoken to you of its benefits.
Is price gouging in wake of a hurricane wrong?Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is killing sometimes morally required? Is it possible, or desirable, to legislate morality? Such questions are explored in a new book by Harvard professor Michael J.
Is price gouging in wake of a hurricane wrong?Should government tax the rich to help the poor? Is the free market fair? Is killing sometimes morally required? Is it possible, or desirable, to legislate morality? Such questions are explored in a new book by Harvard professor Michael J.
Latinos say they also face racial profiling by policeMany Latinos say they know how Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates felt during a recent arrest because they believe police often racially profile Hispanics, too.
Microbe Evolution Gets a Push. By Robert F. Service. ScienceNOW Daily News. 27 July 2009Improved DNA sequencing technology is making reading genomes faster and cheaper every day. But modifying genes in microbes and other organisms still requires slow and painstaking effort.
Henry Louis Gates' 15 minutes robs nation of a much longer dialogueUnless one has been dead for about a week, it is hard to have missed the news that black Harvard academic Henry Louis Gates was arrested at his home in Cambridge, Mass., after a woman reported that she saw a burglary taking place at his house in the early afternoon.
Charles M. Blow New York Times Op-Ed Columnist - Welcome to the 'Club'This week, the fog of racial profiling hung heavy over Harvard Square. The arrest of Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., the eminent Harvard scholar, at his own home thrust the police's treatment of minorities, particularly black men, back into the spotlight.
Obama Slams White Police Officer for 'Acting Stupidly'Despite the national outcry, the white police officer who arrested Harvard's Prof. Skip Gates refuses to apologize. Find out why President Obama is saying there's still work to be done.
Obama: Cops 'acted stupidly' in scholar's arrestA white police sergeant who arrested black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at this home says he followed procedure during the incident, which has drawn criticism from President Barack Obama.
Racial Profiling? Why Was Black Harvard Prof. Skip Gates Arrested?Black Harvard scholar "Skip" Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct after trying to get into his own home. Is it racial profilng?
Charge against Harvard professor dropped - CNN.comA prosecutor is dropping a charge against prominent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. after Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the city's police department recommended that the matter not be pursued.
Prominent Black Scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Sees Charges DroppedThe Cambridge Police and Prof.
Black Harvard Scholar's Arrest Raises Racial Profiling QuestionsPolice responding to a call about "two black males" breaking into a home near Harvard University ended up arresting the man who lives there — Henry Louis Gates Jr., the nation's pre-eminent black scholar.
Prominent Black Scholar Arrested After Racism ChargeProminent Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct after an incident with police responding to a call about someone apparently trying to break into his Cambridge, Mass., home.
Harvard to lay off 275 Harvard University announced this morning that it plans to lay off 275 staff members as the college grapples with budget pressures caused by a precipitous endowment decline. drew.faust.jpg Harvard University President Drew Faust
Harvard University denies agreement with Nigerian governors.It has been reported in some of Nigeria's newspapers and Internet portals that Harvard University recently entered into an agreement with the Governors' Forum to train Nigeria's governors' on capacity building.
Mystery surrounds death of Somali teenBurhan Hassan grew up American, a bright student with dreams of becoming a doctor or lawyer. But now the 18-year-old's family is searching for answers to why he was killed in Somalia.
Student slams Harvard on graduation banA Harvard University senior says the school singled her out because of her race when it barred her from graduating because of her alleged connection to a campus shooting.
Duke historian John Hope Franklin diesJohn Hope Franklin, a revered Duke University historian and scholar of life in the South and the African-American experience in the United States, died Wednesday. He was 94.
Harvard University Student-run haven gives shelter — and a boost — to homelessThe song tells us that there is "no place like home for the holidays," and soon, many on the Harvard campus will be destined for far-flung places, both dear and familiar. The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter (HSHS) helps those who are not fortunate enough to have a home at all.
Resolved to break an addiction in '09? Tips to help it stickExcerpt: No matter the addiction — drugs, gambling, shopping, smoking, alcohol or more — people who want to kick their habit in the new year might find help in a new Harvard University publication.
Online network for solar researchA joint project between IBM and Harvard University is tapping into thousands of computers, in an attempt to discover new solar and energy storage materials. The Clean Energy Project uses distributed computing to number-crunch molecular equations.
IBM, Harvard want your PC for solar power studyScientists at Harvard University and IBM are hoping to harness the power of a million idle computers to develop a new, cheaper form of solar power that could revolutionize the green energy world.
Ig Nobel Prizes: Fertile strippers make more money; Coke kills spermConfirming that Coca-Cola actually is a spermicide and fertile strippers make more money were among the oddball scientific achievements that took home a 2008 Ig Nobel Prize given every year by the Annals of Improbable Research.
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