Crawford Greenewalt Jr., Archaeologist Who Dug at Sardis, Dies at 74

19 May 2012, 12:48 pm

Professor Greenewalt, an archaeologist, transformed scholars’ understanding of a kingdom’s capital.... Read More »

'Bad' Fat May Hurt Brain Function Over Time

18 May 2012, 8:50 pm

FRIDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women who eat a lot of "bad" saturated fat may hurt their overall brain function and memory over time, Harvard University researchers report.... Read More »

Road to IPO: Hits and misses in Facebook's 8-year history

18 May 2012, 2:34 pm

February 2004: Mark Zuckerberg starts Facebook as a sophomore at Harvard University. March 2004: Facebook begins expansion to other colleges and universities.... Read More »

Road to IPO: Milestones in Facebook's history

18 May 2012, 2:26 pm

Key developments in the eight years since Facebook Inc.'s creation:February 2004: Mark Zuckerberg starts Facebook as a sophomore at Harvard University.March 2004: Facebook begins expansion to other colleges ...... Read More »

Interim director of Harvard primate center steps down

17 May 2012, 11:00 pm

The interim director of Harvard’s New England Primate Research Center, who was appointed in September after an internal investigation found patterns of problems at the center, announced his resignation in an e-mail sent early this morning. The news comes in the wake of the disclosure that a cotton... Read More »

Milestones for Facebook: New data use policy

11 May 2012, 1:56 pm

Some key developments in the eight years since Facebook Inc.'s creation: February 2004: Mark Zuckerberg starts Facebook as a sophomore at Harvard University.... Read More »

UPenn also called Elizabeth Warren a minority in diversity report

10 May 2012, 2:48 pm

Harvard University may not be the only school that thought Massachusetts Democratic Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren was a Native American.... Read More »

Are Harvard’s Realignment Throes Unique—or a Cautionary Tale?

10 May 2012, 2:44 pm

A look at the bumpy road from vision to verity Harvard University Library ( HUL ) is poised to launch a massive reconfiguration of its services in July. Reorganizations usually trigger anxiety in any work setting, so the mandated realignment of 73 libraries into streamlined reporting structures and ... Read More »

Harvard, MIT to partner in $60 million initiative to offer free online classes to all

9 May 2012, 1:14 am

Harvard University is joining the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer free, online courses under the superbrand “edX.” The announcement instantly makes it a major player in the burgeoning online education sector. MIT announced in November that it would create special courses featuring... Read More »

Harvard-MIT's edX Brings Research Focus to Cloud Ed

7 May 2012, 11:19 am

(Harvard and MIT launch edX. Video: Courtesy of edX ) Harvard University announced last week it would be joining MIT’s efforts around massively open online courses (MOOCs).... Read More »