Harvard

The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University’s policies on legacy admissions, which give an edge to applicants with family ties to alumni. Top colleges’ preferential treatment of children of alumni, who are often white, has been facing new scrutiny since the Supreme Court last month struck down the use of affirmative action as a tool...

A former manager at the Harvard Medical School morgue, his wife and three other people have been indicted in the theft and sale of human body parts. And federal officials charged a sixth person in connection with the investigation just last week. It’s a story that has drawn national attention and led to a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all...

A civil rights legal group is challenging legacy admissions at Harvard University, saying the practice discriminates against students of color by giving an unfair boost to the mostly white children of alumni.

The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action represents a sea change in college admissions and garnered reactions from across the world of higher education and politics. The leadership of Harvard, one of the two universities that was being sued in the case, issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to having a body of students who “reflect, and have...

In a landmark decision that will have far-reaching implications in how colleges and universities select their students, the United States Supreme Court has ruled against Harvard and the University of North Carolina’s admissions policy that relied in part on racial considerations. Thursday’s decision by the court’s conservative majority represents a major shift in legal precedent for institutions of higher...

A class-action suit, filed in Massachusetts’ Suffolk Superior Court Friday, seeks “monetary damages for the severe emotional distress caused” by an alleged body part-selling scheme at the Harvard Medical School morgue.

An alleged scheme involving the exchange of human remains stolen from Harvard Medical School’s morgue for money was made public on Wednesday, as unsealed federal charging documents depicted an apparently lucrative black market for body parts.

Officials reacted with “profound sadness and distress” to the federal indictment on Wednesday of a former employee of the Harvard Anatomical Gift Program accused of stealing and selling off donors’ body parts on the black market.

A group of people stole and sold off human remains from Harvard Medical School’s morgue, federal prosecutors say, with a grand jury indicting the morgue’s manager and his wife, among others.

One of the most decorated coaches in women’s hockey history has stepped down after nearly 30 years leading Harvard’s women’s hockey program in the shadow of allegations by players that she engaged in abuses and other misconduct during her tenure. The school said Katey Stone had made the decision to retire. It comes after The Boston Globe published a report...

Tom Hanks told graduates of Harvard University on Thursday to be superheroes in their defense of truth and American ideals, and to resist those who twist the truth for their own gain.

Two Harvard students want to make T-stops in Cambridge, Massachusetts, safer for everyone by installing Narcan inside of Red Line MBTA stations. “There’s a lot of people who are unhoused around here, there’s a lot of people that are kind of living their own walks of life, and there’s some intersection of that with substance use disorders,” explained Jay...

A man is in federal custody for his alleged role in a bomb scare at Harvard.

Court documents said that a caller demanded a large sum of Bitcoin and claimed to have bombs placed around Harvard’s campus.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivered a speech and took questions at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Friday where he spoke about the challenges facing his country including the threat of nuclear weapons from neighboring North Korea. Yoon pointed to a new plan he unveiled with President Joe Biden on Wednesday for intensified nuclear deterrence to…

For the owners of Toro, a 1-year-old Shiba Inu who was recently lost in the woods of Massachusetts, despair was setting in. “It is tough, because you want to stay hopeful, but it is hard, too,” said Matt Detora. For 24 hours, the dog’s owners looked for her after she ran away. They even made flyers, but she was nowhere…

About 100 ceiling panels have been removed from Harvard Station on the MBTA’s Red Line less than a week after one fell, nearly hitting a T rider walking on the platform. Interim MBTA General Manager Jeffrey Gonneville ordered many similar panels to be removed systemwide after the insulation panel fell at the Red Line stop in Cambridge, and the agency…

Cianna Navarro is speaking out after she narrowly missed being struck by a large panel that landed directly in front of her on the Harvard Station platform on Wednesday afternoon.

Days after a ceiling panel fell at the Red Line’s Harvard Station, the woman who was nearly struck by it is speaking out.

Newly-released footage shows a falling ceiling panel nearly hitting an MBTA rider walking on the platform of Harvard Station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Days after the insulation panel fell at the Red Line stop, Interim MBTA General Manager Jeffrey Gonneville ordered many similar panels to be removed systemwide. Interim MBTA General Manager Jeffrey Gonneville said the panel fell “very close” to…