Harvard

• Harvard president Claudine Gay steps down amid mounting controversies

  Gay announced her departure, which came just months into her tenure, in a letter as she faces accusations of plagiarism and fallout from congressional testimony on antisemitism.

  U.S. News

  Jan 2
  
• After affirmative action ruling, activists sue Harvard over legacy admissions

  Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, filed the suit Monday on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England.

  U.S. News

  Jul 3, 2023
  
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• U.S. Supreme Court orders stop to considering race in college admissions

  In a 6-3 decision, the court struck down admissions plans at Harvard and the University of North Carolina, the nation's oldest private and public colleges, respectively.

  U.S. News

  Jun 29, 2023
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• China protests: Hundreds call for Xi to resign at rallies across U.S.

  About 50 protesters chanted slogans in both languages, such as "We don't want dictatorships, we want elections!" and ``Step down, Xi Jinping.''

  World

  Nov 29, 2022
• Harvard holds remains of 7,000 Indigenous and enslaved persons: report

  According to reports, the human remains 'were obtained under the violent and inhumane regimes of slavery and colonialism' and were used to promote 'spurious and racist ideas.'

  World

  Jun 9, 2022
• Beloved NDG curbside community garden sunflowers deemed a traffic hazard

  Sunflowers in an NDG curbside community garden have grown too high, according to the borough, causing a traffic hazard and now must be removed.

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  Aug 4, 2021
• Trump immigration policy sparks anxiety among Canadians studying in U.S.

  A new policy stipulates that international students who take a fully virtual course this fall will not be allowed to remain in the U.S..

  Canada

  Jul 9, 2020
• Every college rejected him after high school. Now, he’s going to Harvard Law

  'I made the best of the worst situation,' Rehan Staton said of his upbringing.

  Trending

  Jul 8, 2020
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• Coronavirus fears prompt Ontario university to move classes online — should others?

  Laurentian University announced on Wednesday that it would be suspending all classes "as a precaution" amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

  Health

  Mar 11, 2020
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• ‘Moral obligation’: Antigua seeking reparations from Harvard University

  Prime Minister Gaston Browne recently wrote a letter to the institution's president seeking reparations because its famed law school was founded with the wealth of a sugar plantation owner who enslaved Antiguans.

  World

  Nov 9, 2019