Harvard University President Claudine Gay announced Tuesday afternoon that she will step aside, following new accusations of plagiarism. Her resignation comes just six months after she was appointed in the top job. Gay’s departure follows heightened scrutiny of allegations that she plagiarized parts of some of her published works and in the wake of a […]
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Obama lobbied to save Harvard President Gay
Former President Barack Obama reportedly lobbied to prevent Harvard President Claudine Gay from being forced to resign following her early December testimony before Congress on campus antisemitism. Obama lobbied on behalf of his alma mater’s president when her answers during testimony led to increased calls for her resignation, according to a new report. According to […]
Harvard University is wealthier than 120 nations
Harvard University isn’t only among the most prestigious U.S. institutions of higher learning — it’s also the richest. Harvard and other elite schools have drawn fierce criticism in recent weeks for their handling of student protests related to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, with some alumni threatening to withdraw large donations and to blacklist […]
UPenn, Harvard raked in $20 million from Saudis
Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania received $19,772,237 in donations from Qatari and Saudi entities over the past two years, including from both nation’s governments, according to data collected by the Department of Education. Under federal law, colleges and universities that receive donations from foreign sources that total at least $250,000 must disclose such […]
Upenn, Mit, Harvard presidents ‘cancelled’
The growing chorus of donors, politicians, business leaders and other prominent figures calling for the immediate ouster of University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill has reached a crescendo after her disastrous testimony at a House hearing earlier this week. During Tuesday’s House hearing, Magill, along with the presidents of Harvard and MIT, did not explicitly […]
America’s worst college for free speech? Harvard!
Harvard University has been ranked as America’s worst college for free speech, with its attitude to open expression described as “abysmal”. The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) has today published its annual rankings of US colleges for how freely students feel they can speak. Harvard, the Ivy League college based in Massachusetts, sits […]
How will Harvard’s admission process change after ruling?
Receiving an acceptance letter from Harvard University is seen as the American golden ticket — official entry into a college that has produced eight U.S. presidents, more billionaires and millionaires than most any other schools, and some of the world’s most lauded thinkers. Harvard is also notoriously hard to get into, with only 3.2% of […]
Tom Hanks says truth is ‘no longer emperical’ at Harvard speech
Actor Tom Hanks lectured new graduates on truth during his commencement speech at Harvard University Thursday. Hanks himself attended Chabot Community College in California, but he received an honorary doctorate degree and a Harvard volleyball in homage to his Castaway character’s prop, Wilson, during the ceremony. The actor attempted to motivate graduates to pursue “sacred” […]
Harvard Cancels Men’s Soccer Season Due To Lewd Emails
The Harvard men’s soccer team has been suspended for the remainder of the season after the school discovered the team had repeatedly written and circulated vulgar, sexually explicit “scouting reports” about new recruits on the women’s team, in a practice that continued up to this year. “The decision to cancel a season is serious and […]