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Harvard Scholar Arrested at Mass. Home

'This is what happens to black men in America': Gates to cop

Jul 20, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - A prominent Harvard scholar was arrested last week outside his Cambridge, Mass., home and charged with disorderly conduct after “exhibiting loud and tumultuous behavior,” the Harvard Crimson reports. Henry Louis Gates, a renowned professor of African-American studies, was trying to get into the locked house when a neighbor... More »

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African Americans • police • Massachusetts • racism • scholar • arrest • Harvard • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Cambridge, Mass.

(Newser) - Husbands of the world relax—Barack Obama isn’t perfect after all. The president made a fairly public marital goof today, when he seemingly forgot how he met the first lady. “I don’t know if anybody else will meet their future wife or husband in class like I... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • Moscow • marriage • Harvard • President Obama

 Scientists Find 'Master' Cells 
 For Human Heart 

Stem cells can mature into three different kinds of heart tissue

Jul 1, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers have found a cell that can become three different kinds of heart tissue, the Boston Globe reports. Harvard scientists hope that such “master” heart cells can be used to grow tissue so that researchers can perform experiments or test medications on human heart tissue, instead of animal substitutes. More »

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stem cell research • stem cells • heart disease • heart • Harvard • clinical trials • medication

(Newser) - The Ivy League has a reputation for excellence in all things, but the consignment of its sports programs—particularly the more visible ones like football and basketball—to college athletics’ second tier has alumni clamoring for change, the Wall Street Journal reports. Academic standards limit the pool of top student-athletes... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • Columbia University • Ivy League • NCAA football • Dartmouth • Cornell University • Harvard • Princeton • Brown University • Penn • Yale • NCAA hockey • Lane MacDonald • Marcellus Wiley

Student Booted in Shooting Says Harvard Racist

Friend of accused shooter's girlfriend denies involvement

May 27, 09 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Harvard student ordered off campus in the wake of the fatal shooting earlier this month has accused the university of singling her out because she is black, the Boston Globe reports. Chanequa Campbell has been banned from campus and told she will not graduate. She is friends with the... More »

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racism • Harvard • shooting • Jabrai Jordan Copney • Justin Cosby • Chanequa Campbell

(Newser) - The man shot at Harvard University yesterday has died, the Boston Globe reports. The still-unidentified victim was shot in the entrance of a residence hall, and taken to a hospital in what police described at the time as stable condition. The university says the suspect has likely fled the area.... More »

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university • school shooting • Harvard • shooting

 Man Shot at Harvard Dorm 

Victim hospitalized as shooting incident shakes campus

May 19, 09 3:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police are hunting several suspects after a man was shot and wounded outside Harvard University's Kirkland House residence yesterday, the Harvard Crimson reports. The victim—described as a "college-age" African-American—is not a student, according to university officials. The shooting came as students were cramming for final exams, and... More »

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university • Harvard • shooting

They Don't
Call Him Fido
for Nothing

Dogs are ethical, full
of natural goodness, scientist says

May 16, 09 5:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Science is finally catching up to what dog owners have known all along: Canines are ethical. After thousands of hours studying dogs—once dismissed as "furry automatons," an author said—animal behaviorist Marc Bekoff concluded that they possess the capacity for empathy and compassion, the hallmarks of morality.... More »

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animal behavior • human • canine behavior • empathy • Harvard • emotion • dog • human nature • canines • morality

(Newser) - The secret to a happy life? It's ... complicated. Joshua Wolf Shenk of the Atlantic examines an extraordinary and still continuing 72-year study of 268 Harvard men—JFK and Ben Bradlee are two of the well-known participants—designed to shed light on how to lead a successful life. The subjects were... More »

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psychology • Harvard • happiness • George Vaillant

OPINION

 Women 
 Celebrate 
 Michelle O. 

The 'tough' but 'normal' First Lady has a lot going for her, and is making the best of it all

May 3, 09 12:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama: Whether you see her as a role model for working moms, an angry black woman, a sensible style icon, or an irrepressible hugger, everyone seems to have an opinion about the new first lady. The Guardian got 12 prominent women to muse on the different sides of Michelle;... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • lawyer • Harvard • Princeton • first lady • moms • role model

Bankers Leave Street in Rear View; Head for Academia 

Execs take teaching jobs amid crisis

Apr 21, 09 1:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the financial tornado buffeting Wall Street, some of its leading figures are ditching their careers for work in academia, Time reports. Merrill Lynch’s former president is teaching at Yale; Citigroup’s former merger boss headed to Berkeley; a onetime Goldman Sachs exec is now at Harvard. “It’... More »

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Wall Street • Goldman Sachs • Merrill Lynch • UC Berkeley • college • university • academia • Harvard • Princeton • Yale • bankers • banks • financial crisis

(Newser) - At Harvard and labs across the country, researchers are turning to dogs for clues on how their brains—and ours—work, the Boston Globe reports. “Psychologists have been ignoring animals that were sleeping quietly at their feet,” one professor said, but no longer. Dogs understand pointing better than... More »

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domestication • psychology • Harvard • dog • scientific research • canines • laboratory

File Sharing Lawyer's Stunts Shock Peers

'Insane' Nesson posts absolutely everything in copyright case online

Apr 8, 09 1:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Nesson has thrown out the standard playbook in his defense of a Boston University student being sued by the RIAA for file sharing. The storied Harvard Law professor is posting everything related to the case online, including a secretly taped conversation with the judge and opposing counsel, and even... More »

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Recording Industry Association of America • copyright law • Harvard Law School • Harvard • Charles Nesson • Boston University

$5.2M Wall St. Ties Haunt President's Economic Czar

Is Summers too close to hedge fund pals?

Apr 6, 09 1:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama's chief economic adviser worked as a consultant only one day a week for the DE Shaw & Company hedge fund in New York, which paid him an eye-popping $5.2 million in just two years. Larry Summers was a prized "marquee" consultant who met with clients regularly,... More »

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Wall Street • Harvard • Larry Summers • Obama administration • President Obama • DE Shaw & Co.

 Sorry, Recession Won't 
 Get You Into Harvard 

Top schools see no application shortage despite economy

Mar 30, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sure, a lot of people are cash-strapped, but don’t get your hopes up that the recession will boost your shot at an Ivy League school. Harvard got a record number of applications this year—29,112, a 6% jump from last year. And pricey universities like Yale, Dartmouth, Brown,... More »

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education • Columbia University • Yale University • Ivy League • college admissions • Stanford University • college • Harvard • Dartmouth College • colleges and universities • Middlebury College • Common Application

Watson 'Twitter-Jacked'
With Yale Hoax

'I'm not going to Yale,' says Brit actor

Mar 6, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Harry Potter muse Emma Watson has turned positively witchy, trashing statements that she's headed to Yale, reports the Boston Globe. Turns out a Twitter note gushing "I got into Yale!" wasn't posted by Watson. In fact, she doesn't have a Twitter account, according to her website. Now fans... More »

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Harry Potter • Harvard • actor • Yale • Twitter • Emma Watson • tweet • Bill Maher Grid

Pharma Infiltrates Harvard's Ivory Tower

Med school is in ethics crisis, say some students and profs

Mar 3, 09 10:11 AM CST
(Newser) - The tentacles of big pharma have made their way into the upper echelons of academia, the New York Times reports: Harvard Medical School is packed with professors with industry ties, and that has students concerned. With 149 profs connected to Pfizer and 130 to Merck, fears that the influence of... More »

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Harvard Medical School • pharmaceutical companies • drug companies • professor • Harvard • medical ethics

tech review

 Website Lets You 
 Into Harvard—Free 

Academic Earth offers video lectures from top schools

Feb 22, 09 11:35 AM CST
(Newser) - No notes, no homework, and you can wear your PJs the entire time you "sit in" on Harvard classes—online. Academic Earth's online classes are "unexpectedly irresistible," Farhad Manjoo writes for Slate. "It's like Hulu, but for nerds." The company's collection of videotaped lectures from... More »

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Stanford • online videos • Harvard • Yale • college course • Academic Earth • Richard Ludlow

opinion


 Grads: Be 
 Glad You're 
 Finally Free 
 of This 

Wall Street's collapse is a blessing in disguise

Feb 20, 09 5:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The best asset an imploded Wall Street is providing this year’s college grads is their freedom, Ellen Goodman writes in the Boston Globe. During the boom, bright students streamed to Wall Street, but those days seem over. Sure, without a phalanx of white-collar recruiters after them, many have no... More »

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Wall Street • Harvard • college student • college graduates • Drew Faust

 Spidey's Franco 
 Earns Hasty 
 Pudding Honors 

Harvard troupe treats Man of the Year James Franco to drag queen bar mitzvah

Feb 14, 09 9:04 AM CST
(Newser) - This year's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year: Spider-Man villain and Milk co-star James Franco. He wore a blonde wig, purple heels, and a gold-spangled pineapple-shaped bra to collect his award from the Harvard theatrical troupe last night, the Boston Globe reports. Franco accepted his pudding pot in good cheer,... More »

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Spider-Man • Harvard • actor • Pineapple Express • James Franco • Milk

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