Aug 30 Watch 4:47 Harvard admissions case could determine the future of affirmative action The Trump administration came out against Harvard University's admission practices on Thursday. A legal battle brought by a group of Asian Americans against one of the most selective schools in the world is heading to federal court this fall, and… Continue watching
Jan 26 Watch 8:26 How the U.S. became the hip-hop nation By Charlayne Hunter-Gault The Grammys are catching up with public opinion by recognizing hip-hop artists in its top categories this year. At Harvard University's Hiphop Archive & Research Institute, the genre and its history is the subject of academic study as a brilliant… Continue watching
Oct 03 Column: How conservative activists are using Asian Americans to argue against affirmative action By Natasha K. Warikoo In August, the Justice Department sought lawyers to investigate whether Harvard University has discriminated against Asian Americans in favor of black and Latino applicants. In her column, Harvard professor Natasha Warikoo explains how such efforts are an attempt at a… Continue reading
Sep 13 Chelsea Manning, Sean Spicer named as visiting Harvard fellows By Jennifer Hijazi Manning, a transgender activist and security expert who was jailed for releasing confidential information to WikiLeaks, and Spicer, known for acerbic exchanges with reporters during his tenure as White House press secretary, join former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski and… Continue reading
Feb 16 Broad Institute wins heated dispute over CRISPR patents By Sharon Begley, STAT The U.S. patent office ruled on Wednesday that hotly disputed patents on the revolutionary genome-editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 belong to the Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, dealing a blow to the University of California. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 3:05 At Ohio rally, Trump ‘unofficially’ announces defense pick Mattis By PBS NewsHour President-elect Donald Trump used a rally in Cincinnati on Thursday night to “unofficially” announce retired Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis as his secretary of defense, telling the audience to keep the news hushed. Meanwhile, at Harvard University's traditionally civil post-election… Continue watching
Nov 07 After ‘scouting report’ scandal, second Harvard men’s team found rating female athletes’ looks By Ryan Connelly Holmes Harvard’s male cross country team used spreadsheets to discuss members of the women’s cross country team, sometimes using sexually explicit language, the school's newspaper discovered. Continue reading
Nov 04 Watch 5:25 News Wrap: Unemployment rate drops below 5 percent By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reported that U.S. employers added a net 161,000 jobs in October, dipping the unemployment rate a tenth of a percent to 4.9. Also, there are guilty verdicts in New Jersey Governor Chris… Continue watching
Nov 04 Harvard cancels men’s soccer season after players sexually rated female athletes By Ryan Connelly Holmes Harvard University's men’s soccer team, which currently sits in first place of the Ivy League, will forfeit the rest of its games this season. Continue reading
May 19 Watch 7:28 Helping baby boomers find a meaningful second act By PBS NewsHour Millions of Baby Boomer bosses across the nation are nearing retirement age, but an innovative fellowship program at Harvard University aims to give them a second act. The Advanced Leadership Initiative helps former executives bring their professional acumen to bear… Continue watching