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Education
Harvard dean unhappy with impact of SCOTUS ruling on admissions
Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana expressed disappointment over the university’s inability to consider race in admissions, stating, ...
Michelle De Pacina
Harvard probed over alleged harassment of students during anti-CCP protest
House officials initiated a probe into Harvard University after students protesting a speech by Chinese Ambassador Xie Feng on April 20 were...
Culture
‘Mr. Asian Sensation’ pageant returns to Harvard after 14-year hiatus
The Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association (HRCSA) recently revived the “Mr. Asian Sensation” pageant after a 14-year hi...
Ryan General
Boston
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...
Bryan Ke
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...
Carl Samson
Asian American History
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 ...
Chandler Treon
‘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...
Entertainment
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...
William Yuk
‘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...
Government
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...
Crime
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...
News
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...
Rebecca Moon
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...
Issues & Racism
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...
Khier Casino
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...
Editorial Staff
Social Media
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...
Grace Kim
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...
Thy Nguyen
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...
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