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Ivy League stories: 32 news summaries

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OPINION

 Ivy League Crimes 
 Are More Equal 
 Than Others 

To grab headlines, commit or fall victim to murder at Harvard or Yale

Sep 18, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - The killing of Yale grad student Annie Le dominated headlines around the world, "but every murder is uniquely dramatic," Jack Shafer writes for Slate. Why this one? It involves a magic word. "Three murders at a Midwestern college equal one murder at Harvard or Yale," Shafer... More »

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media • newspaper • New York Times • Yale University • Ivy League • crime • murder • homicide • tabloids • media coverage • Oklahoma State University • Harvard University • Annie Le • Raymond Clark • Nancy Grace

 High-Profile 
 Murders 
 Haunt Yale 

Race and class issues feature heavily in killings from past

Sep 15, 09 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - Graduate student Annie Le's murder is just the latest in a series of high-profile killings to rock Yale University in recent history, reports Gawker, which dubs the university "Murdertown of the Ivies." The Yale killings too often feature a troubling mix of race, class, and bungling by authorities,... More »

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Yale University • Ivy League • crime • murder • New Haven • manslaughter • Annie Le

(Newser) - Harvard and Yale remain the richest schools in the US, but both are getting a lesson in economics. The endowments of the Ivy Leaguer shrank by about 30% over the last year thanks to risky investments, reports Bloomberg. Harvard's fell $11 billion to $26 billion and Yale's dropped $7 billion... More »

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Ivy League • Harvard • colleges and universities • endowment • Yale

 Harvard Crimson Runs 
 Holocaust-Denier Ad 

Ad run in error due to 'miscommunication," says newspaper prez

Sep 9, 09 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - First, Yale censors Muhammad cartoons in a new book, then the Harvard Crimson runs an ad from a Holocaust denier, notes Gawker. "Can you provide, with proof, the name of one person killed in a gas chamber at Auschwitz?" asks the ad from the "Committee for Open Debate... More »

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Ivy League • Holocaust • Harvard • Harvard Crimson • Yale • National Holocaust Museum • Holocaust denier • Bradley Smith

(Newser) - Harvard University has teamed with a clothing maker to launch its own menswear line—and it's not doing much to dispel preppy stereotypes. The Harvard Yard line, billed as "a contemporary men’s wear collection based on classic Ivy League style," features short-sleeved plaid shirts, patterned jacket, seersucker... More »

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fashion • Ivy League • clothing • Harvard • menswear • Harvard University • Jay-ZTV

OPINION

Gates' Rage: It's Class, not Race

'Gates is Ivy League pissed with a dash of Black anger. Not the other way around.'

Jul 24, 09 8:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Skip Gates isn’t outraged because he was the victim of racial profiling. He’s outraged because the cops didn’t recognize his Ivy League credentials, a fellow black Ivy Leaguer writes anonymously on This Week in Blackness and Salon. "He didn’t resent being identified as Black; he... More »

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Ivy League • police • race relations • racism • Harvard • Henry Louis Gates Jr • Skip Gates

Watson Waves Goodbye to Harry Potter

Seeking 'normal' life, Hermione gets ready
for Ivy League

Jul 11, 09 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - After 10 years at Hogwarts, Emma Watson is ready to move on to the Ivy League, the New York Daily News reports. The Harry Potter actress, who’s been playing the boy wizard’s pal Hermione Granger since she was 9, is taking a break from acting—and movie shoots,... More »

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Harry Potter • Ivy League • Daniel Radcliffe • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince • Emma Watson • actress

(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

(Newser) - The credit crunch is starting to hit even top-tier universities, the Wall Street Journal reports. Both Moody’s and S&P stripped Dartmouth of its AAA rating this week. It’s the 20th college Moody’s has downgraded this year. “That’s comparable to the rate of downgrades... More »

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Ivy League • college • Standard and Poor • Moody's • endowment • Triple-A credit rating • credit rating

 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

Harvard Applications Hit Record High

School's tuition policy helps draw 29,000 hopeful students

Jan 21, 09 5:12 PM CST
(Newser) - It's getting even harder to get into Harvard. A record 29,000 high school students have applied to be freshmen, an increase of 5.6% from the previous record set last year, the Boston Globe reports. School officials attribute the increase to a combination of the slow economy and its... More »

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Ivy League • college • Harvard • college applications

Glossies


 Is There Life 
 After Lost 
 for Fox? 

Leading man material, Fox looks forward to time off

Jan 21, 09 3:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Watching his handsome mug on screen, it's easy to see Lost star Matthew Fox following George Clooney's footsteps and moving easily from small screen to big. And while the 42-year-old actor is indeed looking forward to the end of the series and a switch to movie roles, the down-to-earth Ivy... More »

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Ivy League • Lost • actor • Matthew Fox • acting career

Yale's Endowment
Drops 25% to $17B


Dec 16, 08 7:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Yale's endowment is performing like those of other major universities: miserably. The Ivy League school said today that its fund had plunged 25%, or $5.9 billion, to $17 billion since July, the New Haven Independent reports. Yale's president warned of a $100 million budget shortfall in the 2009 school... More »

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Ivy League • college • Harvard • endowment • Yale

Harvard Pals Mastermind Transition

Law school network continues to propel Obama's rise

Dec 5, 08 2:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama has tapped his Harvard Law School connections to staff his transition team, with 20 of his classmates among the dozens of grads shaping the next administration, Politico reports. “The numbers seem very large to me,” said one presidential historian (from Princeton) about what looks like the... More »

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Barack Obama • Ivy League • Harvard Law School • Harvard • transition team • President Obama • Cassandra Butts

Harvard Endowment Drops $8B in Steepest Loss Ever

Endowment's record plunge threatens school operations

Dec 3, 08 3:10 PM CST
(Newser) - Harvard, the world's richest university, saw its endowment plunge 22% between June and October of this year, the worst loss in its history, the Boston Globe reports. Revenue generated by the endowment, which fell by $8 billion, pays for 35% of the school's operation, and Harvard president Drew Faust expects... More »

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Ivy League • higher education • college • Harvard • budget cuts • endowment • financial crisis • interest revenue • hiring freeze

Tony Blair Nervous on First Day of School

Former British prime minister debuts today
as Yale prof

Sep 19, 08 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - It’s the first day of school for Tony Blair, and the former prime minister confesses to having a case of nerves. “I was never a star student,” says Blair, who is embarking on a 3-year teaching gig at Yale. Blair tells the Yale Daily News he’s... More »

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Tony Blair • Ivy League • Yale

Harvard Bumps Princeton
in Top Colleges List

Smaller class size helps Harvard back to top of influential US News ranking

Aug 22, 08 9:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Harvard has reclaimed sole possession of the top spot in the ever-controversial US News and World Report rankings for the first time in 12 years. Princeton slipped to second, with Yale in third and Stanford and MIT tied for fourth spot. The magazine rates the halls of learning based on... More »

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Ivy League • college rankings • higher education • Harvard • universities • colleges and universities • Princeton • Yale

Ivy Leaguers Start Ahead, Stay Ahead

Take that English degree to Wall Street and you'll still cash in

Aug 1, 08 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - How much you make correlates with where you went to school, a new study finds. Bachelor’s degree holders’ salaries grow at the same rate over the first decade of their careers regardless of the school, the Wall Street Journal reports, but Ivy League graduates’ median starting salary is 32%... More »

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Ivy League • higher education • income • salary gap • Dartmouth • Ohio State University • Harvard • income disparity

OPINION

 'Ivy Retardation' Curse of Elites

Inflated self-worth, narrow view of smarts disadvantage of life at top

Jul 27, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Its advantages are undeniable, but an elite education can also cause a crippling case of “Ivy retardation,” as William Deresiewicz realized while struggling, despite fluency in several languages, to make small talk with his blue-collar plumber in Boston. “The best and the brightest” develop an inflated sense... More »

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education • Ivy League • working class • elite

 Harvard Gets $100M 
 From Rockefeller 

Gift will fund study-abroad and arts programs

Apr 25, 08 3:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harvard fund managers rejoice! The university will get to stock its coffers, already $35 billion strong, with a $100 million gift from David Rockefeller, the largest ever by an alumnus, the New York Times reports. The money will be used to expand the university's arts program and help more... More »

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philanthropy • Ivy League • Harvard • endowment • David Rockefeller

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