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A day after the robbery of a FedEx driver in Harvard, Massachusetts, was caught on video, four people believed connected to the theft were arrested in Rhode Island following a police chase that ended in a crash on Interstate 95, police say. The vehicle crashed near the Providence-Cranston line, according to Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez, and several people inside…

A FedEx driver was robbed by two men while delivering a package.

Police in Harvard, Massachusetts, say a FedEx driver was robbed Thursday afternoon by two men who threatened violence. The robbery happened on Stow Road just before 12:45 p.m., Harvard Police Chief James Babu said in a statement shared on Facebook. The driver was delivering a package to a home when a vehicle pulled up alongside his van. Two masked men…

The number of Black students starting at Harvard Law School has hit a 60-year low following the end of race-based admissions.

The number of Black students starting at Harvard Law School this fall has hit a 60-year low. The drop in enrollment comes after the U.S. Supreme Court decision that ended race-based admissions. Attending Harvard Law is a major milestone for students. Graduates include some of the nation’s most prominent Black lawyers, including the Obamas, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, and...

There was a slight decline in the numbers of Black students in Harvard University’s freshman class, which follows a Supreme Court ruling which struck down affirmative action in higher education. The data released Wednesday showed that 14% of students identified as Black, a drop of 4% from the class before it. Sixteen percent of students identified as Latino, an increase...

Harvard University and three graduate students have settled a federal lawsuit accusing the Ivy League school of ignoring complaints of sexual harassment by a renowned professor and allowing him to intimidate students by threatening to hinder their careers. The suit filed in Boston in 2022 was dismissed without court costs and with prejudice, according to an order by federal Magistrate…

With the conclusion of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, Harvard University is celebrating a historic and record-breaking medal count by its student athletes and alumni. Harvard athletes won 13 Olympic medals at the 2024 Games, breaking its prior record of 12 medals that was set at the first modern Olympics in 1896. The 13 medals include eight gold, one silver…

Harvard University has now won its most Olympic medals since the dawn of the modern Games in 1896. With cyclist Kristen Faulkner and sprinter Gabby Thomas adding team victories to their personal ones in Paris, alumni and student athletes of the venerable Cambridge Ivy League school have now won a total 12 medals, the school says. That ties the school’s…

A rare plant has begun its even rarer bloom this week at Boston’s Arnold Arboretum, the Harvard institution says, and locals only have a limited time to see it. The titan arum, or otherwise known as the corpse flower, blooms once every seven to 12 years and smells like rotting meat. The bloom lasts just a few days. The arboretum…

A swimmer died early Thursday morning at a pond in Harvard, Massachusetts, police said. The person went under the water about 250 feet from shore near Barba’s Point in Bare Hill Pond, and a friend who was there called police about 12:28 a.m., according to Harvard police. Rescuers from around the area rushed to the pond and searched for the…

The gates at Harvard Yard are scheduled to open at 7am, with commencement beginning at 9:30.

Sunday’s protest is the latest in a series of demonstrations that have been going on for about three weeks on campus.

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There was a temporary shutdown in Harvard Square on Sunday with protesters out on the heels of Harvard punishing some students who were part of the pro-Palestinian encampment there.

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There was another protest in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Sunday after it was reported Saturday that some Harvard students who were involved in the pro-Palestinian encampment are now facing consequences from the school just days after they agreed to end their protest. Both the Harvard Crimson and the Boston Globe revealed Saturday that five undergraduate students were forced to withdraw from…

At least 12 seniors will be prevented from graduation, while five other students were ordered to withdrawn from Harvard and at least 30 more were placed on probation, the Boston Globe reported Saturday.

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The student protest group Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine said in a statement that the encampment “outlasted its utility with respect to our demands.”

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The student encampment at Harvard University has been cleared. The organization Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine announced Tuesday morning that their protest was done after university officials agreed to discuss their questions about the endowment.