Harvard University

Harvard Revokes Parkland Shooting Survivor's Acceptance Over Racial Slurs

World News | Reuters | Tuesday June 18, 2019

Harvard University has rescinded its admission offer to a survivor of the 2018 massacre at a Florida high school over his past use of racial slurs in an online document posted on Twitter, the student said on Monday.

Harvard Bans Ex-Professor Found Guilty Of 40-Year-Long Sexual Misconduct

World News | Nick Anderson, The Washington Post | Friday May 10, 2019

Harvard University revoked the emeritus faculty privileges of a retired professor and barred him from campus Thursday after an internal investigation found that he engaged in "unwelcome sexual conduct" toward several people over a span of nearly 40 years.

Harvard Sued By Slave Descendant Over 19th Century Images Of Her Ancestor

World News | Susan Svrluga, Mara Reinstein, The Washington Post | Thursday March 21, 2019

When Tamara Lanier was a little girl, she said, her mother would often tell her stories about her great-great-great-grandfather, whom she called Papa Renty. He was from Congo, enslaved on a plantation in South Carolina, Lanier said, and her mother was especially proud he taught other enslaved people to read with a blue-backed spelling book. He woul...

Box Office To Ballot Box Success Is Mamata Banerjee's Election Mantra

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday March 13, 2019

The late Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee once represented the Jadavpur constituency in Lok Sabha. Mamata Banerjee shock-defeated him in 1984. The incumbent Trinamool lawmaker, Sugata Bose, is a history professor at Harvard University in the US.

Push-ups May Reduce Risk Of Heart Disease: 5 Foods That Can Help Too!

Food | NDTV Food Desk | Saturday February 16, 2019

According to a study by Harvard University researchers, active middle-aged men who can pull off 40 pushups at a time, have a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes, as compared to men who could perform less than 10 pushups.

Facebook Rejects Claims That Half of Its Accounts Are Fake

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday January 28, 2019

Aaron Greenspan, who attended the Harvard University with Zuckerberg, claimed that Facebook has been inflating its global user count since 2004

Scoring 171/170 Is Possible. An IAS Topper Did It In Harvard

Education | Written by Anisha Singh | Wednesday January 2, 2019

Ankur Garg, a pass out of prestigious IIT Delhi, topped IAS exam at the age of 22 making him one of the youngest persons to clear IAS exam.

Harvard Has Made A Micro-Robot That Walks Upside Down. Watch

Science | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday December 20, 2018

Engineers have created a micro-robot with sticky feet that can climb up, down and all around in narrow, complex spaces.

Harvard Sued For Sexual Discrimination After Crackdown On Same-Sex Clubs

World News | Reuters | Tuesday December 4, 2018

A group of US fraternities and sororities yesterday sued Harvard University, saying its crackdown on single-sex clubs amounted to sexual discrimination.

Indian-American Sruthi Palaniappan Elected Harvard Student Body President

Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 20, 2018

An Indian-American woman has been elected as the president of the powerful student's body of the prestigious Harvard University.

Scientists Push Back Against Harvard 'Alien Spacecraft' Theory

Agence France-Presse | Thursday November 8, 2018

Oumuamua, the first interstellar object known to enter our solar system, accelerated faster away from the Sun than expected.

How Harvard Selects A Student: One Admitted For Every 19 Rejected

World News | Nick Anderson, Bloomberg | Monday October 22, 2018

The numbers are ruthless: Out of more than 40,000 applications a year to Harvard University, not quite 2,000 make the final cut. Just one admitted for every 19 rejected. Every year high school seniors with straight A's, perfect test scores and stellar recommendations wonder why they didn't make it.

Harvard Discriminates Against Asian-Americans, Lawyer Says At Trial

World News | Reuters | Tuesday October 16, 2018

Harvard University discriminates against Asian-American applicants in order to illegally limit how many it admits, a lawyer for a group suing the school said on Monday at the start of a closely watched trial.

Harvard University Professor Gita Gopinath Appointed IMF Chief Economist

World News | Edited By Debanish Achom | Tuesday October 2, 2018

Indian-origin Harvard University professor Gita Gopinath has been appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund or IMF. She replaces outgoing IMF chief economist Maury Obstfeld, who will retire in December.

'Anti-Nobels' Honour Cannibalism Study And Other Projects With Spoof Prize

Offbeat | Agence France-Presse | Friday September 14, 2018

A nutritional analysis of cannibalism and treating kidney stones on roller-coasters were research projects honored by tongue-in-cheek awards at Harvard University Thursday, designed to make you laugh first, and think later.