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 News Hour 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 News Hour 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
May 01 Malia Obama will attend Harvard University after gap year By Darlene Superville, Associated Press President Barack Obama's daughter Malia will take a year off after graduating high school in June before attending Harvard University in 2017, the president and his wife said Sunday in a long-awaited announcement. Continue reading
Sep 18 Thanks to Ig Nobels, we now know how long it takes elephants to pee By Margaret Sessa-Hawkins Thursday evening marked the 25th first annual Ig Nobel awards. The awards are meant to “celebrate the unusual, honor the imaginative — and spur people’s interest in science, medicine, and technology.”… Continue reading
Jun 17 Watch 3:23 To cope with Ebola tragedy, this Harvard scientist turned to guitar-heavy alternative rock By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 23 LGBT advocates say FDA gay blood donor policy revision is long overdue, but ‘not enough’ By Joshua Barajas The FDA said in a statement that it will "recommend a change to the blood donor deferral period for men who have sex with men from indefinite deferral to one year since the last sexual contact."… Continue reading
Nov 24 Why you don’t want a high-tech ambulance if you’re in cardiac arrest By Jason Kane "Advanced Life Support" ambulances may lead to more death, according to a new study by Harvard University researchers. Continue reading
May 24 Watch Eurozone’s Possible ‘Lehman Moment’: What it Means for U.S. As the U.S. election season heats up amid rising debt, Europe's woes, expiring Bush-era tax cuts and a scheduled round of spending cuts, the Congressional Budget Office warned the economy could head back into recession. Judy Woodruff speaks with Harvard… Continue watching