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School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix

AP News 8 days ago

Indiana school sued for punishing teens over racy summer photos posted on MySpace Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation. The American Civil Liberties Union, in ...

Harvard brand takes a hit in tough times

Reuters Life! Online Report 8 days ago

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Tough economic times have hurt Harvard University's public standing in the media over the past nine months, while schools perceived as a safer educational investment have benefited, a research firm said. Global Language Monitor, which ranks colleges ...

Harvard University again world's best: Chinese ranking

AFP American Edition 8 days ago

Harvard University in the United States is once again the world's top institute of higher education for 2009, according to a Chinese ranking that is dominated by American colleges. Stanford University was second, followed by the University of California at Berkeley, said ...

Harvard: Lab workers poisoned by tainted coffee

AP Features 13 days ago

Six Harvard University medical researchers were poisoned in August after drinking coffee that was laced with a chemical preservative, according to university officials. In an internal memo first reported in the Boston Herald's Sunday editions, the school said the coffee came from ...

Education reformer Theodore Sizer dies at 77

AP News 16 days ago

Theodore Sizer, a leading education reformer and former Ivy League educator, dies at age 77 Theodore Ryland Sizer, a passionate leader in education reform who led Ivy League education departments and progressive high schools, has died after a long battle with colon ...

Harvard says it took cash hit on investments

AP News 22 days ago

Harvard says it lost $1.8 billion in cash investments, on top of endowment loss Harvard University said Friday it lost $1.8 billion in operating cash in the last fiscal year as a result of investing it alongside the university's endowment. The loss ...

Scientists grow mice heart muscle strip that beats

AP Features 23 days ago

Scientists have grown a piece of heart muscle — and then watched it beat — by using stem cells from a mouse embryo, a big step toward one day repairing damage from heart attacks. Think of Dr. Kenneth Chien as a heart ...

Radio Host Pardon

AP News 24 days ago

Nationally syndicated radio host Tom Joyner holds up the signed pardon given to him from Samuel Glover, right, director of the South Carolina Dept. of Pardon, Probation and Parole, as Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., third from the right, smiles ...

Harvard to digitize 51,000 rare Chinese books

AP News 28 days ago

Harvard to digitize its collection of rare Chinese books in a 6-year-deal with China One of the most extensive collections of rare Chinese books outside China will be freely available as Harvard University has agreed to digitize the titles. Representatives from the ...

Harvard acquires archive of author John Updike

AP News 31 days ago

Harvard acquires archive of Pulitzer Prize winning author, and alumnus, John Updike Harvard University has acquired the manuscripts, correspondences, and other papers of two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike, a member of the university's class of 1954. The Boston Globe reports ...

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