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Harvard University announced this week that it is moving classes online in response to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow told students that they should not return to campus when spring break ends on March 23.

Harvard Law School hosted a lecture event last week during which a guest lecturer made the case that police forces should be abolished in the United States.

A study of presidential campaign donations by university and college professors around the nation revealed that almost two-thirds of the donations from Ivy League professors went to Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.

Harvard Law School is refusing to explain why a professorship named after late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has been left unfilled for almost three years.

Former Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed Wednesday he was “shaped by the American Heartland” despite his elite upbringing and education.

One computer science professor at Harvard University is making it easier for his students to cheat. In his undergraduate courses, Professor David J. Malan employs a “regret clause” that says that he will not report cheating violations to the Harvard administration as long as the culprits admit to it.

Harvard University Chemistry Chairman Charles Lieber has been charged with fraud over his financial ties to China. Federal authorities allege that Lieber was paid millions of dollars by the communist Chinese government to create “collaborative projects.”

A group of Harvard Law School students protested during a first-year recruitment reception hosted by the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison over the firm’s relationship with ExxonMobil.

A group of professors at Harvard University have established the “Ethnic Studies Rise” coalition in response to the administration’s decision to deny tenure to a Latina colleague.

A Harvard University medical student from China is facing federal charges after allegedly stealing cancer research materials from a lab at a Boston hospital and attempting to smuggle it out of the United States.

The DOJ is moving forward with its investigation into the Harvard University admissions office. Activist groups have accused Harvard of discriminating against Asian-American applicants during the admissions process.

Harvard University’s guest speaker Anand Giridharas recently told students that donations to charity by the wealthy are a deceptive means of covering the injustices that the elites have created in society.

Harvard and Yale student protesters that derailed the annual football game between the schools will be required to complete five hours of community service if they want to avoid criminal charges.

50 Harvard students occupied a campus building on Monday to protest the university’s decision to deny tenure to professor García Peña, who they argue should be part of a ethnic studies program they are also demanding. Over  4,000 students signed a petition that calls on the university to release confidential communications between Harvard officials regarding Peña’s tenure review.

Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman, one of the anti-Trump witnesses at yesterday’s impeachment inquiry, is reportedly playing a critical role in Facebook’s establishment of its content oversight board, colloquially dubbed the “Facebook Supreme Court.”

Pete Buttigieg has a great résumé — and no achievements. He is a consummate Harvard bulls**tter — who is leading in Iowa and New Hampshire.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — The 136th edition of The Game between Harvard and Yale has been delayed at halftime after protesters took over the field.

Editors of the Harvard Crimson student newspaper are criticizing their peers over the decision to reach out to ICE for comment about campus protests against the federal agency.

A new poll conducted by the Institute of Politics at Harvard University found that only 35 percent of young Republicans are comfortable sharing their political opinions on college campuses around the country.

The editors of the Northwestern University student newspaper issued a long-winded apology this week for simply covering an on-campus speech by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions.

Students are calling on Harvard Law to offer “right-of-center” legal clinics, as they argue the school lacks intellectually diverse offerings for conservative law students.

A new peer-reviewed study appears to confirm what critics of political correctness have long suspected: that publicly apologizing for controversial statements or opinions doesn’t work, and may, in fact, be counterproductive. According to the study, liberals and women are more likely to desire punishment for a controversial person if they issued a public apology.

MBA programs at elite universities around the United States reported a significant decline in applications this year. International students are reportedly headed for Canada or Europe because the U.S. is not “welcoming.”

Harvard announced this week that it will implement new measures to protect against admissions fraud that will ensure recruited athletes are actually capable of playing their sport at the collegiate level.

Harvard campus activists demanded an apology from the student newspaper for the basic journalistic practice of seeking out a comment from ICE for a story concerning a campus protest against the agency.

NBC News is on the defense ahead of the release on Tuesday of Rowan Farrow’s book that includes claims of company-wide sex abuse.

American colleges and universities around the country are abandoning “Columbus Day” in favor of new holidays. From USC and Kansas State to Harvard, well-known universities are giving Christopher Columbus the cold shoulder.

Harvard student Kelley Babphavong condemned her university’s discriminatory admissions procedure in an appearance on Fox & Friends this week.

A United States District Court Judge ruled this week that Harvard University does not discriminate against Asian-Americans in its admission process. Here are some of the key takeaways from the decision.

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Harvard University does not discriminate against Asian Americans in its admissions process.

Harvard University President Larry Bacow apologized recently after he faced a backlash for comparing a proposed university donor policy to slavery.

A new study suggests that 43 percent of white Harvard students are either athletes, legacy students, relatives of major donors, or children of faculty and staff.

The Clarion Project has issued an analysis showing how billions of foreign dollars have been infused into American colleges and universities.

Harvard President Lawrence S. Bacow said that the university “regrets” accepting donations from convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

A Harvard higher education expert predicts that 25 percent of American colleges will shut their doors within the next two decades based on rising costs and falling admissions.

Harvard University President Larry Bacow published a “welcome message” this week to the Harvard community in which he condemned immigration policies under President Donald Trump.