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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.

Protesters against the war between Israel and Hamas were voluntarily taking down their tents in Harvard Yard on Tuesday after university officials agreed to discuss their questions about the endowment, bringing a peaceful end to the kinds of demonstrations that were broken up by police on other campuses. The student protest group Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine said in a…

A New Hampshire man who pleaded guilty to a charge tied to a plot to extort Harvard University for bitcoin by making bomb threats was sentenced Thursday. William Giordani, 55, of Manchester, New Hampshire, was arrested last year on charges including making an extortionate bomb threat. That charge was dropped, and in January he pleaded guilty in federal court to…

Harvard University announced Thursday that it is reinstituting standardized tests as a requirement for admission beginning with the class of 2029, joining other colleges that are again mandating tests for those hoping to enter the schools. In June 2020, Harvard began a temporary test-optional policy under which students could apply to the college without submitting scores. The change was adopted…

Harvard held off reigning three-time champion Notre Dame 169-161 to win the NCAA Fencing Championships at French Field House. Harvard’s men did not win any individual titles on the final day but did enough to hold off Notre Dame. Columbia was third with 149 points. Princeton (131) and Penn State (130) rounded out the top five in the 27-team field....

Video shows a Harvard student confronting a contractor on campus for tearing down posters of hostages taken by Hamas.

A person working at Harvard was caught on camera tearing down Israeli hostage posters, leading to a confrontation with a student who tried to stop him. The video, now circulating on social media, shows the student approach the worker and question why he was taking the fliers down. In the video the pair can be heard arguing over Harvard policy…