Harvard University

The nation’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, will be part of a Harvard University remote public health forum next week. Fauci will be joined Wednesday by Harvard University President Lawrence S. Bacow; Michelle A. Williams, Dean of Faculty of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health; and CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Sanjay Gupta, according to a release...

A Harvard University professor already facing federal charges for allegedly lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program now faces additional charges of failing to report income from a Chinese university to the IRS, federal prosecutors said. Chemistry professor Charles Lieber, 61, was indicted by a grand jury on two counts of failing to file reports of foreign bank…

For students heading to Colby College in Maine this fall, coronavirus testing is expected to be a routine part of campus life. All students will be required to provide a nasal swab every other day for two weeks, and then twice a week after that. All told, the college says it will provide 85,000 tests, nearly as many as the…

One of the best-known landmarks on Harvard University’s campus has been vandalized. Someone used black spray paint to tag the base of the John Harvard statue in Harvard Yard with the words “DEVIL WORSHIP.” The bronze sculpture, created in 1884, honors clergyman John Harvard, the university’s first benefactor. The vandalism was reported Saturday morning to the Harvard University Police...

A Harvard University spokesperson said the vandalism is under investigation.

Rep. John Lewis gave Commencement speeches at Harvard University and Boston University in 2018.

A federal hearing which asks for a temporary restraining order to keep Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from barring international students living in the country from being deported had been put off until Friday. Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute for Technology, Northeastern and Georgetown University are all a part of the lawsuit that is pushing back against...

More of the nation’s top colleges are joining forces to sue the federal government over its plan from having immigration officials force international students out of the country.

Several colleges and universities, including Harvard, MIT and Northeastern, are part of a lawsuit pushing back against the federal government’s plan to have ICE force out students whose schools will only offer online classes in the fall.

Northeastern University announced Wednesday afternoon that it would join Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in filing a federal lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over new rules barring international students from living in the country while taking online courses. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court in Boston, asks...

Only 40% of Harvard University’s undergraduate students will be returning to campus this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Harvard University announced Monday it will only allow 40% of its undergraduate students to return to campus this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences announced on the university’s website that first-year students and some undergraduates would be allowed to return while other students will continue to learn remotely. Providing coronavirus cases don’t surge by...

The next set of students who apply to college at Harvard will not need to submit any standardized test scores, the university said Monday. The announcement, posted on the admissions page, cites ongoing concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and the challenges that some would-be students may face in submitting SAT or ACT scores. “We understand that the COVID-19 pandemic has…

A Harvard University professor pleaded not guilty Tuesday to lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program. Charles Lieber appeared via videoconference before a federal court magistrate judge in Boston because of the coronavirus pandemic. He didn’t speak, other than to answer questions from the judge and enter his not guilty plea. Lieber, the former chair of the...

A top Harvard University professor was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Boston on charges of lying about his ties to a Chinese-run recruitment program, prosecutors said. Dr. Charles Lieber, 61, will be arraigned in federal court in Boston on two counts of making false statements to investigators regarding his involvement in China’s Thousand Talents Plan, a program…

Doctors say the common cold is actually caused by coronaviruses which many of us get in the winter, rather than in the summer. Researchers at Harvard University compared the common cold and COVID-19 to see if the virus may turn out to be seasonal as well.

A review of Harvard University’s ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein found that he visited the school’s campus more than 40 times after his 2008 sex crimes conviction and was given his own office

Harvard University on Monday addressed a question that’s top of mind for students, families, faculty and staff around the U.S. — what will the fall semester look like this year? The university said it will be open for fall 2020, but officials are preparing for a scenario that involves all or nearly all learning to be conducted remotely as the…

Harvard University announced Wednesday it will turn down $8.7 million in federal coronavirus relief, a day after President Donald Trump excoriated the wealthy Ivy League school over taxpayer money it stood to receive.

After mounting pressure, Harvard is refusing millions in federal coronavirus relief money.