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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.

President Donald Trump says he will ask Harvard University to repay money it received as part of a coronavirus relief package. And Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says that while some big businesses have obtained access to government loans, the intent of the program was not for big public companies to get loans through the Paycheck Protection Program. The White House…

Harvard’s Tajrean Rahman explains how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted her learning and home life

Harvard University’s Selena Zhao explains how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted her senior year and coursework.

The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, along with researchers at Harvard University and MIT launched a new program Friday to test residents and staff at seven nursing homes and assisted living facilities. The “surveillance testing” will allow researchers to hopefully get ahead of a possible COVID 19 outbreak.

Researchers at Harvard University and Children’s Hospital Boston are looking at connections between vaping and smoking and COVID-19. If there is a connection, will it get people to stop either of the bad habits?

Harvard University President Larry Bacow has tested positive for coronavirus. Bacow published a statement on Tuesday saying that he and his wife Adele tested positive on Monday after experiencing symptoms on Sunday. “We will be taking the time we need to rest and recuperate during a two-week isolation at home. I am blessed with a great team, and many of…

Harvard University’s commencement has been postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to an email sent to students on Friday. Lawrence Bacow, president of Harvard University, told students in the email that the university would be unable to hold such a large gathering in the spring while complying with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations. Harvard will host...

Many college students in the Boston area are packing up their dorms as they are forced to leave campus mid-semester as their colleges and universities try to slow the spread of the new coronavirus. Dozens of colleges and universities across New England are closing their campuses and switching to online learning.  Students at Harvard University learned earlier this week...

A person in the Harvard community has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the prestigious university announced Friday.

Out of an abundance of caution due to the coronavirus, Harvard University is moving classes online and having students not return to campus after spring break.

Harvard students Naomi Davy and Rachel Nadboy discuss their takeaways from focus groups conducted in South Carolina ahead of the primary.

A group that opposes affirmative action is urging a federal appeals court to overturn a ruling that cleared Harvard University of discriminating against Asian American applicants. Students for Fair Admissions said in a brief filed Tuesday with the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that the lower court judge was wrong when she found Harvard’s admissions process passes constitutional...

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The U.S. Education Department is investigating foreign gifts made to Harvard and Yale as part of a broader review of international money flowing to American universities, officials said.

The Northeastern Huskies have repeated as men’s Beanpot champions. Again.