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News Articles: Harvard

A general view of Harvard University campus is seen on April 22, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard releases report detailing its ties to slavery, plans to issue reparations

A committee formed by Harvard President Lawrence Bacow found that Harvard faculty and staff enslaved 70 people from the school's founding in 1636 to the banning of slavery in Massachusetts in 1783.

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  • Ayana Archie

Opinion: 5 steps we must take to vaccinate the world's vulnerable—and end the pandemic

Three doctors present their proposal to get vaccines to everyone in the world. "We already have the resources, knowledge and systems," they write. Global leaders just have to make it happen.

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  • Edward Cliff,
  • Isaac Chan,
  • and 1 more
In 2014, an advocacy group first filed a lawsuit, saying that Harvard's race-based considerations for applicants discriminated against Asian American students in process.

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Harvard University, shown here, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration over a rule change that would have barred international college students from taking fully online course loads in the United States. In court on Tuesday, a judge announced that the government would rescind the directive.

ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In The U.S.

A federal judge announced on Tuesday that ICE has reached an agreement with schools that sued it over the rule change. The directive will now be rescinded nationwide.

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  • Rachel Treisman
Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying in the United States.

Schools, Businesses, Cities Push Back On Rule Blocking Some International Students

The Trump administration says it will ban international students in the fall if their education is online-only. Colleges and businesses say that decision could devastate the economy.

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  • Matthew S. Schwartz
Simge Topaloğlu, a Turkish citizen pursuing her doctorate at Harvard University, was caught off-guard by a new international student visa regulation put forward by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week.

'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': International Students Blindsided By ICE Rule Change

As Harvard and MIT challenge a new visa requirement that doesn't allow for online-only curricula, students face difficult choices.

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  • Max Larkin

The Breakroom: The Equifax Hack, Amazon's HQ, And 'It'

The Breakroom returns to discuss the week’s news, including the success of the horror film “IT” and Harvard admissions. We’ll also talk about Amazon’s...

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