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Education Department opens investigation into foreign ties at Harvard and Yale

The Boston Globe | 2.12.2020

We Dug Into Data to Disprove a Myth About Women in STEM

Slate | 2.11.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Science historian Sarah Richardson profiled by Bennett McIntosh

Harvard deferred him. So he made a rap video to show why the school should let him in

The Boston Globe | 2.10.2020

Harvard chemistry chief’s arrest over China links shocks researchers

Nature | 2.10.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard Professor Accused of Misleading Government Investigators

Harvard faculty votes overwhelmingly to call for divesting endowment from fossil fuels

The Washington Post | 2.9.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Harvard faculty vote, governing board divestment

Harvard University's famed Hasty Pudding roasts Ben Platt, youngest Man of the Year

USA Today | 2.9.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Photo Recap: The 70th Annual Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman and Man of the Year

Harvard leads U.S. colleges that received $1 billion from China

The Philadelphia Inquirer | 2.9.2020

A Young Composer Takes on Opera's Oldest Myth

The New York Times | 2.2.2020

Read more on this topic in Harvard Magazine's article: Composer Matthew Aucoin finds the next notes of his classical music career

Alan Dershowitz finds himself thrust into academe's margins

Inside Higher Ed | 2.2.2020

If business leaders are serious about doing good, they can start by paying their taxes

The Washington Post | 1.29.2020