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A Harvard Law School clinic has sued federal immigration officials for failing to release records about the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention facilities. The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program said in a lawsuit filed in Boston federal court that it submitted records requests to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, but the...

Jennifer Garner has been named Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals, based not just on her career as an actor, but also because of her record as a philanthropist and entrepreneur.

Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who argued for a new vision of human nature in “Sociobiology” and warned against the decline of ecosystems, has died. He was 92.

Jason Bateman has been named the 2022 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.

A Harvard University professor charged with hiding his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program has been found guilty on all counts in a federal court in Boston.

The decision was “prompted by the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases locally and across the country, as well as the growing presence of the highly transmissible Omicron variant,” administrators said Saturday.

Harvard University is going remote for the first three weeks of January, the prestigious school said Saturday. The decision was made in light of the rising COVID-19 cases in the Cambridge area and nationally, administrators said in a statement released to the Harvard community. “Please know that we do not take this step lightly. It is prompted by the rapid…

Students will be able to apply to Harvard University without submitting SAT or ACT scores for at least the next four years

Rachel Lipson of Harvard’s Project on Workforce says there are many unanswered questions about the future of work post-pandemic, but a few clear trends.

It’s never too late to start eating in a way that gives you the best possible chance of staving off dementia as you age and making sure that your brain stays sharp and healthy. Here are the foods a Harvard nutritionist tries to avoid.

After quitting her consulting job, Emilina Lomas turned her passion for fitness and health into a lucrative career as a freelance writer—making up to $10,000 per month. She shares her top tips on how to make money on Fiverr.

For the ranking, U.S. News analyzed the data of 1,750 schools from 90 countries across 13 different variables.

Five New England universities are among the top 10 U.S. colleges, according to a new ranking that puts two of them at the very top of the list. Massachusetts Institute of Technology topped the Niche 2022 Best Colleges in America list, followed by Harvard University in second place. Yale University ranked No. 4, Brown University No. 8 and Dartmouth College…

Harvard, already the nation’s wealthiest university, grew its endowment to more than $53 billion in the latest fiscal year, the Ivy League school reported in its annual financial report released Thursday. The $11.3 billion in growth over the the previous fiscal year was driven by a 33.6% return on its investments. N.P. “Narv” Narvekar, the CEO of Harvard Management Co.,…

A daily diet of colorful fruits and vegetables can help make your brain strong, sharper and smarter, studies show. Here’s what a Harvard nutritional psychiatrist eats to strengthen her memory, focus and overall health.

Princeton University maintained its spot as the highest-ranked university in the country.

Harvard University to end investments in fossil fuels

New England is home to half of the top 10 colleges and universities in the country, according to a new report.  On Monday, the college information database Niche published its 2022 Best Colleges report, comparing more than 1,000 colleges and universities across the United States based on student reviews and data from the federal Department of Education.  MIT topped the…

Harvard professor Avi Loeb talks about the Galileo Project, which will use a system of AI-powered telescopes to get high-resolution images and data to try to identify unidentified aerial phenomena – also known as UFOs.

With the delta variant spreading and the fall semester looming, colleges across Massachusetts are scrambling to make decisions about COVID-19 protocols. Boston University, MIT and Harvard have all decided to keep their indoor mask mandates in place. Students and staff will be required to mask up indoors regardless of vaccination status. Northeastern University and Boston College are among the schools…