Harvard
GOP Mega-donor Who Bought The Constitution Now Owns Harvard’s Grad School
Billionaire Ken Griffin is also a major funder of Ron DeSantis’ education plan, which has paved the way for school book bans.
Harvard Tells Grad Students to Get Food Stamps to Supplement The Unlivable Wages It Pays Them
The university is hosting an event encouraging graduate students to apply for federal food assistance.
Bosses Give Workers Bullshit ‘Manager’ Titles To Avoid Paying Overtime: Study
A new study shows that firms of all types are giving workers phony managerial titles in order to avoid paying them overtime
Watch an 'Artificial Fish' Made of Human Heart Muscle Swim
The faux-fish swam for 108 days and could pave the way toward a working artificial heart for transplants.
The Pandemic Has Thrown this College Application Cycle Into Chaos
The promise of on-campus learning and return of 'gap year' students has led to a flood of applications—and a record number of rejections.
Scientists Just Found a ‘Restless’ Supermassive Black Hole Wandering in Space
We’ve always thought of supermassive black holes as stationary objects sitting tight while everything swirls around them. Until now.
North and South Korea Unite Against Harvard Professor’s ‘Comfort Women’ Claims
North Korean state-run outlet called the professor a “disgusting money grubber.”
The Mind-Boggling Theory That We Could Be Descended from Martians
Amir Siraj, a student studying astrophysics at Harvard University, talks about the potential spread of life throughout the Milky Way in a VICE News interview.
Harvard Has 22,000 Human Remains. Some of Them Were Probably Slaves
Harvard has a collection of 22,000 bodies going back more than a century, and some of them were likely enslaved. Now, it's apologizing and conducting archival research to determine if and how they may be repatriated.
How a News Anchor Got the Harvard Job That Wasn’t
Indian TV journalist Nidhi Razdan alleged a “sophisticated” phishing scam that led her to believe she was a professor at Harvard.
Harvard’s Top Astronomer Believes Aliens Tried to Contact Us in 2017
In his new book, Dr. Avi Loeb argues ‘Oumuamua, which passed by Earth in 2017, wasn’t a comet but rather alien technology.
As Coronavirus Shuts Down College Campuses, Students Scramble for Stability
"My parents found out that I'm gay, and they kicked me out,” said one Harvard student. “I've been relying, really, on the university for housing."