Watch: Harvard student crosses river in 1500-pound pumpkin to raise money for student lab

A Harvard student had finally achieved his longtime dream of floating in a giant pumpkin across the Charles River in Boston over the weekend...

Harvard University ranks as nation’s worst school for free speech in new report

Harvard University was ranked the worst school in the U.S. for free speech in 2023, according to an annual report by the nonprofit group Fou...

Harvard hires instructor for historic Tagalog language courses

Harvard University has hired its instructor for its first-ever pair of Tagalog language courses. About the preceptor: Lady Aileen Orsal, a F...

Meet Harvard’s first Chinese teacher: Ko K’un-hua

Meet Ko K’un-hua (Ge Kunhua), a Chinese scholar who became Harvard University’s first Chinese instructor during the late 19th century ...

Supreme Court kills affirmative action in college admissions

The Supreme Court today struck down affirmative action programs at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina (UNC), ending a n...

Asian American student with 1590 SAT score blames affirmative action for rejections from 6 colleges

An Asian American student from Florida with a 1590 SAT score who was rejected from six elite universities has joined the Supreme Court case ...

‘How to survive the fall in 3 easy steps’: Michelle Yeoh delivers speech at Harvard Law School

Academy Award-winner Michelle Yeoh delivered a speech to Harvard Law School’s Class of 2023 during the university’s Class Day ceremony at Ho...

Interview: Elephante’s electric quest for artistic liberation

Amid the fame seekers and glory hunters of the music industry, Tim Wu, the electronic artist and producer known as Elephante, finds solace i...

‘Seafood bar for dinner’: Harvard student has TikTok users salivating over school’s dining hall food

A TikTok user has recently gone viral for documenting her meals at Harvard University, from brunch, lunch and dinner to late-night snacks. E...

Meet 26-year-old Ryosuke Takashima, the youngest mayor in Japanese history

On April 23, voters in the coastal city of Ashiya, Japan, elected the country’s youngest mayor in history. Ryosuke Takashima, 26, ran on a b...

Student with 2 published books, 4.2 GPA and 1560 SAT score rejected by Harvard, MIT, Yale and Princeton

A high school student with two successful books, a 4.2 GPA, an SAT score of 1560 out of 1600 and a slew of other accolades was purportedly r...

Harvard to offer its first-ever Tagalog language course in its nearly 400-year history

Harvard University will be offering a course on the Tagalog language for the first time in its history, starting in the 2023 to 2024 academi...

Harvard admits record number of Asian American applicants amid SCOTUS affirmative action fight

Amid allegations of bias against Asian students in its admissions process, Harvard University welcomed its largest proportion of Asian Ameri...

Brenda Song says she had ‘no hesitation’ choosing ‘The Suite Life’ over Harvard

Disney alum Brenda Song recently recalled choosing “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” over attending Harvard University.  In an interview w...

Harvard students stage walkout in front of professor accused of sexual harassment

Over 100 students marched out of a Harvard classroom on Tuesday to protest the first lecture of professor John L. Comaroff this year.  Comar...

The Philippines wins its first World Universities Debating Championship title

The Philippines won its first-ever World Universities Debating Championship (WUDC) after students from Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) ba...

Asian students try to appear ‘less Asian’ to bypass race-conscious admission policies

Asian students studying at top U.S. schools revealed that they made themselves appear “less Asian” on their college applications just to be...

New poll shows majority of Americans oppose affirmative action

A majority of U.S. adults (54%) oppose the consideration of race in higher education admissions, according to a new poll conducted by The E...

US Supreme Court poised to ban affirmative action in college admissions

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments concerning admissions programs that take race into consideration at Harvard University an...

Harvard asserts notifying insurer about high-profile Asian discrimination lawsuit unnecessary

During a federal-court filing on Monday, lawyers representing Harvard University asserted that the institution did not have to notify Zuric...

Chinese Harvard student decides ‘not to learn English anymore’

A Chinese Harvard student has gone viral after sharing a video where she explains why she has decided to “stop trying to learn English.” T...

Duke senior’s commencement speech accused of being plagiarized from Harvard student’s 2014 address

Priya Parkash, Duke University’s commencement speaker for Duke’s Class of 2022, faced heavy criticism after delivering a speech that appear...

Flyers with anti-Asian slurs posted to Harvard UC president’s door days after separate alleged vandalism

Harvard College Undergraduate Council President Michael Y. Cheng has been on the receiving end of racially charged attacks weeks after his ...

Harvard president defends university after Supreme Court accepts admissions case: ‘race matters’

Harvard University President Larry S. Bacow called the Supreme Court’s decision to review a case challenging the school’s use of race in th...

Supreme Court to hear cases alleging Harvard, UNC admissions discriminates against Asian students

The Supreme Court agreed to hear cases on the consideration of race as a factor in college admissions at Harvard University and the Univers...

Harvard student’s ‘Korean Disney princess’ goes viral — and film producers want in

Harvard student Julia Riew created a full script for the first “Korean Disney princess” as part of her senior thesis in playwriting. After...

Harvard says no need for SAT, ACT scores for applicants through 2026

Harvard University will not require SAT and ACT scores from undergraduate applicants until 2026, according to an official announcement relea...

Jeremy Lin ‘Deeply Honored’ to Be Selected as Harvard’s 2021 Class Day Speaker

NBA icon Jeremy Lin was announced as Harvard’s Class of 2021 virtual Class Day Speaker on Monday.  Before becoming a professional bask...

Harvard Sparks Outrage After Telling Students ‘You May Wish That You Weren’t Asian’

Harvard has come under fire for posting offensive messages including, “You may wish that you weren’t Asian” on its “Anti-Asian Racism ...

Harvard Professor Sparks Outrage for Claiming Korean ‘Comfort Women’ Were Willingly Employed in Japan

A Harvard Law School professor has stoked controversy over claims that Imperial Japan had employed “comfort women” under contracts during Wo...

Maryland Businessman Accused of Paying $1.5 MILLION in Bribes to Get His Sons Into Harvard

A Maryland businessman and an ex-Harvard fencing coach were arrested and charged with conspiring to secure the admission of the former’...

Harvard, MIT Sue U.S. for Seeking to Deport Foreign Students Enrolled Only in Online Classes

Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a new visa policy tha...

Two Malaysian Students Beat Out 38,000 People to Get into Harvard

Two Malaysians were accepted into the undergraduate class of 2024 at the prestigious Harvard University after being chosen from an applicant...

Harvard Law School Came After Me for Speaking Up About My Sexual Assault

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Medium and reposted with permission. The opinions expressed in this piece are ...

Harvard PhD Students Create Map Displaying Anti-Asian Aggression in Boston, NYC

Two Harvard University Ph.D. students have created a crowdsourced map displaying anti-Asian aggression in Boston and New York amid the COVID...

43% of White Harvard Students Got Accepted Because of Privilege Loopholes, Study Says

As it turns out, the multicultural images plastered in pamphlets, ads, and social media accounts from Harvard University are all but a facad...