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Mass. college campus pro-Palestine protests
Students on college campuses across the country, including in Massachusetts, are still standing strong in their push for a cease fire in the war in Gaza.
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Pro-Palestine protests continue on Mass. college campuses
Protesting students at Columbia University are closing in on a deal with the school about their demonstrations over the ongoing war in the Middle East. Students in Boston are still protesting, too. They join thousands of college students across the country standing up to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Pro-Palestine protests continue on Boston college campuses
College students in Massachusetts and nationwide have remained resilient in their protests against the war in Gaza. Pro-Palestine encampments have popped up across campus lawns at MIT, Harvard University and other Boston area colleges. These students are standing in solidarity with their peers from Columbia University in New York. Not only are they calling for peace, but they’re demanding...
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Harvard suspends Palestinian advocacy group
Harvard University’s leading Palestinian advocacy group says it has been suspended as protests over Israel’s war in Gaza rock college campuses. The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee announced the suspension on social media Monday. A university spokesperson confirmed to The Boston Globe that Harvard College had suspended the group. The Harvard Crimson reported that it had obtained an email...
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Wife of ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to transporting stolen human remains
The wife of a former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has pleaded guilty to a federal charge after investigators said she shipped stolen human body parts — including hands, feet and heads — to buyers. Denise Lodge, 64, of Goffstown, New Hampshire, pleaded guilty Friday in U.S. District Court in the Middle District of Pennsylvania to a charge of interstate…
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Here's a new, ‘twisted' look at the black hole at the center of our galaxy
Black holes — how do they work? New images of the magnetic field of the black hole at the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, may help us understand them a little better.
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Harvard removes human skin from binding of old book
Harvard Library said it pulled the human skin binding from its copy of “Des destinées de l’âme,” written by Arsène Houssaye in the 1880s.
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Harvard names new provost amid leadership changes
Harvard has named a new provost to oversee the university’s academics after its most recent provost stepped into the interim president role.
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Judge dismisses families' lawsuits against Harvard over morgue scandal
Families who sued Harvard University after loved ones’ remains were stolen and sold on the black market have had their cases dismissed. Paula Peltonovich says she was told her dad, whose body was donated to Harvard Medical School for research, is one of the victims of the morgue scandal. “To know somebody bought something of my father’s, or multiple...
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Judge dismisses suits against Harvard in morgue scandal
Families affected by the theft of human remains from Harvard Medical School’s morgue had their lawsuit against the university dismissed.
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Annette Bening honored as Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Harvard University’s prestigious Hasty Pudding Theatricals named a new honorary member Tuesday.
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Annette Bening honored as Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has honored Annette Bening as its 2024 Woman of the Year.
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Indigenous Ecuadorian woman makes history at Harvard
Amy Chalán became the first indigenous Ecuadorian graduate of Harvard University.
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Young indigenous Ecuadorian woman makes history at Harvard
Amy Chalán, 22, set a precedent by being the first indigenous Kichwa Saraguro from Ecuador to graduate from Harvard in June of last year
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Annette Bening named Harvard's Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
Annette Bening, a two-time Golden Globe winner who recently received her fifth Oscar nomination, was named Thursday as the 2024 Woman of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
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Black Harvard students reflect on fallout from Claudine Gay's resignation
Claudine Gay lasted just six months as Harvard University’s president, and despite acknowledging the missteps that led to her ouster, some Black members of the school’s student body are concerned about the attacks on diversity that have surrounded the conversation.
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Black students say departure of Harvard President Claudine Gay is devastating
Some members of the Black student body at Harvard University, once proud of Claudine Gay’s history-making appointment as the school’s first Black leader, returned to campus this week sorting through the implications her public departure may have on their own futures. “For her to no longer be there, I’m devastated,” said student, RuQuan Brown on TikTok. Days later, the...
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Harvard provides more docs with House committee investigating plagiarism
Harvard University has submitted a new set of documents to the House committee reviewing allegations of plagiarism from former President Claudine Gay, a committee representative confirmed to NBC10 Boston Friday.
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Harvard moves to dismiss families' lawsuits over body part thefts
Lawyers for Harvard and families of anatomical donors who may have had body parts stolen from the medical school’s morgue argued in a Boston court Friday over whether Massachusetts law means the university is liable.
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Harvard seeks dismissal of families lawsuits in body parts theft scandal
Lawyers for Harvard University were in a Boston court Friday arguing that a judge should dismiss lawsuits filed against the school by families of anatomical donors who may have had body parts stolen from the Harvard Medical School morgue.