- Harvard University revives research into use of psychedelic drugs sixty years after backlash against Timothy Leary's experiments https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10547121/Harvard-University-reviving-research-use-psychedelic-drugs.html 4 comments worldnews
- Harvard University to end investment in fossil fuels https://www.reuters.com/world/us/harvard-university-will-allow-fossil-fuel-investments-expire-2021-09-10/ 13 comments worldnews
- For decades, ExxonMobil has deployed Big Tobacco-like propaganda to downplay the gravity of the climate crisis, shift blame onto consumers and protect its own interests, according to a Harvard University study published Thursday. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/13/business/exxon-climate-change-harvard/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_latest+%28rss%3A+cnn+-+most+recent%29 1307 comments science
- India orders Twitter to take down tweets critical of its coronavirus handling - New Delhi made an emergency order to Twitter to censor tweets in the country, Twitter disclosed on Lumen database, a Harvard University project. The social network has complied with the request. https://techcrunch.com/2021/04/24/india-orders-twitter-to-take-down-tweets-critical-of-its-coronavirus-handling/ 3 comments worldnews
- Harvard University president Lawrence Bacow announced Tuesday that he and his wife, Adele, tested positive for the coronavirus. https://whdh.com/news/harvard-university-president-wife-test-positive-for-coronavirus/ 13 comments worldnews
- Scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison & Harvard Medical School has found evidence that suggests meditating daily may slow brain aging. In their paper published in the journal Neurocase, they describe their study of a Buddhist monk who meditates daily & what they learn from him. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13554794.2020.1731553 21 comments science
- New Harvard study says music is universal language https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/11/new-harvard-study-establishes-music-is-universal/ 32 comments science
- President Andrew Yang would charge Harvard at least $300 million a year to establish a university in Ohio https://www.newsweek.com/andrew-yang-harvard-endowment-presidential-campaign-1463272 61 comments politics
- Interview with Harvard University Professor of Philosophy Christine Korsgaard about her new book "Fellow Creatures: Our Obligations to the Other Animals" in which she argues that humans have a duty to value our fellow creatures not as tools, but as sentient beings capable of consciousness https://phys.org/news/2019-06-case-animals-important-people.html 461 comments philosophy
- Harvard study proposes new way to probe universe before the Big Bang https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/04/harvard-study-proposes-new-way-to-probe-universe-before-the-big-bang/ 12 comments science
- Harvard University has “shamelessly” turned a profit from photos of two 19th-century slaves while ignoring requests to turn the photos over to the slaves’ descendants, according to a lawsuit https://apnews.com/1105a521e969423b8f5a64609b804621 20 comments law
- USC and Harvard University scientists have developed a novel way for a drug to zero in and repair damaged nerves and cells deep inside the ear using in vitro animal models — a potential remedy that could restore hearing for millions of elderly people and others who suffer hearing loss. http://news.usc.edu/140224/new-study-shows-hope-for-hearing-loss/ 13 comments science
- I’m Economist Jeff Miron of Harvard University. Let’s talk about the War on Drugs. AMA. https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/6sng9n/im_economist_jeff_miron_of_harvard_university/ 511 comments politics
- Mark Zuckerberg calls for universal basic income at Harvard speech http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/25/mark-zuckerberg-calls-for-universal-basic-income-at-harvard-speech.html 78 comments politics
- Harvard University students start anti-Trump 'Resistance School' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4380842/harvard-university-start-anti-trump-resistance-school.html 20 comments politics
- The universities that produce the most unicorn founders? Stanford, Harvard, UC – and the Indian Institutes of Technology https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/03/the-universities-that-produce-the-most-unicorn-founders-stanford-harvard-uc-and-the-indian-institutes-of-technology?utm_content=buffer73510&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 36 comments india
- Maradona to give speech at Harvard University http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/13732/extra-time/2017/01/31/32171412/diego-maradona-is-going-to-harvard-university 48 comments soccer
- Wyss Institute at Harvard University has designed "Human Organs-on-Chips": Microchips lined by living human cells that could revolutionize drug development, disease modeling and personalized medicine https://wyss.harvard.edu/technology/human-organs-on-chips/ 4 comments science
- Just one in five Americans obtains gun without background check, survey finds|"The share of Americans who obtained a gun without first undergoing a background check is dramatically lower than previous estimates, researchers at Harvard and Northeastern universities have determined." https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/02/guns-state-background-checks-study 34 comments politics
- Harvard University abolishes 'master' in titles in slavery row http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-35659685 11 comments worldnews
- Congressman Physicist Weighs Iran Deal. "Rep. Bill Foster earned a doctorate in physics from Harvard University, making him the only Ph.D. scientist in the 114th Congress". http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/07/27/congressman_physicist_weighs_iran_deal.html 5 comments politics
- Misa Bharati's Harvard (mis)adventure: What is with our politicians and foreign universities? http://www.firstpost.com/india/misa-bharatis-harvard-misadventure-what-is-with-our-politicians-and-foreign-universities-2148467.html 3 comments india
- Harvard University rubbishes Lalu's daughter Misa Bharti's claim of being a speaker at India Conference http://ibnlive.in.com/news/harvard-university-rubbishes-lalus-daughter-misa-bhartis-claim-of-being-a-speaker-at-india-conference/533014-37-64.html 14 comments india
- "A new study by a Harvard University economist says lefties generally make less money than righties, and they may be worse off in other areas of life, too." http://boston.cbslocal.com/2014/12/03/harvard-study-lefties-earn-less-than-righties/ 7 comments science
- “If this were happening in medicine, instead of environmental science, it would be laughed out of town,” says Paul Thacker, a fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics. "If the Keystone were a drug, I can’t believe anyone would accept how it’s been evaluated.” http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-02-26/did-the-state-department-fail-obama-on-keystone-xl 3 comments politics
- A new paper by psychologists at Harvard and the University of Cologne suggests that a healthy dose of distrust is an antidote to racism, sexism, and other forms of stereotyping. A mistrustful person, the researchers found, is a less biased one http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-23/racist-sexist-and-other-biased-assumptions-linked-to-trust#r=rss 19 comments science
- guy gets convicted with no evidence, no jury, girl admitted to lying, now his life is destroyed and can't go back to harvard university. http://nicholasalahverdian.com/post/47841884488/13-april-2013-ohio-statement 34 comments politics
- New coating creates ‘superglass’ "A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning, and incredibly slippery, a team from Harvard University reported online July 31 in Nature Communications." http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/08/new-coating-turns-ordinary-glass-into-superglass/ 6 comments science
- Neurons can be reprogrammed long after they’ve matured, study finds. Researchers at Harvard University report that fully matured neurons in the intact brain can be made to switch identity and re-route their fibres to acquire the characteristics of cells in other layers. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/02/26/neurons-can-be-reprogrammed-long-after-theyve-matured-study-finds/ 9 comments science
- Hacker group claims to have broken into servers of 100 universities around the world including Harvard & Stanford, stole & posted 120K records including names, email & phone numbers. Was done to show failing edu standards. http://www.itworld.com/security/300334/group-says-it-hacked-systems-100-major-universities 34 comments technology
- Harvard + MIT = edX: Top universities to create online platform with interactive courses which can be studied by anyone, anywhere, with no admission requirements and without charge. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18191589 20 comments worldnews
- ROTC coming back to Harvard. I hope my university (Brown) follows their lead http://edition.cnn.com/2011/us/03/03/massachusetts.harvard.rotc/index.html 3 comments politics
- The Moral Sense Test:A Web-based study into the nature of human moral judgment. How do human beings decide what is right and wrong? To answer this question, we have designed a series of moral dilemmas...sponsored by the Cognitive Evolution Laboratory, Harvard University http://moral.wjh.harvard.edu/index2.html 8 comments philosophy
- Are you a racist? Take a Harvard University test to find out... (No direct link sorry. Click on "I wish to proceed" and on the next page scroll down to the "RACE IAT" button) https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/takeatest.html 4 comments politics
- Harvard University Being Audited as Part of IRS Probe of Nonprofits http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-01-11/harvard-university-audited-as-part-of-irs-probe-of-nonprofits.html 23 comments business
- Next fall, Harvard University is offering a class on the HBO show The Wire. http://www.doublex.com/blog/xxfactor/wire-101-best-class-ever-0 4 comments reddit.com
- Harvard University’s failed bet that interest rates would rise cost the world’s richest school at least $500 million in payments to escape derivatives that backfired. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ahou7imlbmn8 18 comments business
- DNA reveals Neanderthal redheads — The Harvard University Gazette http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/11.01/19-redhead.html 29 comments science
- First insect sized robotic fly created at Harvard University http://www.madskies.com/126/insectsized-robotic-fly/ 10 comments technology
- Is Mercury from a Broken CFL Dangerous? a professor in environmental health at Harvard University anwsers.. http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/05/ask_treehugger_14.php 2 comments reddit.com