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Harvard grad students strike over pay, health, protections

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Fire reported in classroom building at Harvard

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, the statue of John Harvard looks over Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. A settlement was announced Wednesday, Nov. 27, in a 2015 federal suit by the National Association of the Deaf, arguing that Harvard failed to provide captioning for its online courses, podcasts and other educational programs. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, FIle)

Settlement reached in suit over video captioning at Harvard

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

This Oct. 8, 2019 photo shows one wall of the Glass Flowers exhibit at the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, Mass. The Glass Flowers date back to the 19th and early 20th centuries, and were intended to dazzle the public while educating botany students. They have been on display continuously at Harvard since 1893. This third-floor gallery at the Harvard Museum of Natural History is one of the institution's most beloved _ and most visited _ treasures. (Tracee Herbaugh via AP)

Realism of Harvard’s Glass Flowers still dazzles

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FILE - In this Wednesday, July 3, 2019, file photo, Queen Latifah performs during the dress rehearsal for the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular in Boston. Harvard is set to award the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal to Queen Latifah and six other recipients on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019, according to the Cambridge, Massachusetts, school's Hutchins Center for African and African American Research. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

Queen Latifah to receive Harvard black culture award

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Queen Latifah to receive Harvard black culture award

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In this Monday, Dec. 10, 2018, file photo, a bust of the Nobel Prize founder, Alfred Nobel on display at the Concert Hall during the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm. (Henrik Montgomery/Pool Photo via AP, File)

The Latest: Standing ovation for Nobel winner

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In this July 16, 2019, photo, people stop to record images of Widener Library on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, that Harvard does not discriminate against Asian Americans in its admissions process. The judge issued the ruling in a 2014 lawsuit that alleged Harvard holds Asian American applicants to a higher standard than students of other races. Burroughs said Harvard's admissions process is not perfect but passes constitutional muster. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

Affirmative action foes appeal Harvard admissions ruling

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In this July 16, 2019, photo, people stop to record images of Widener Library on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, that Harvard does not discriminate against Asian Americans in its admissions process. The judge issued the ruling in a 2014 lawsuit that alleged Harvard holds Asian American applicants to a higher standard than students of other races. Burroughs said Harvard's admissions process is not perfect but passes constitutional muster. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

Federal judge sides with Harvard in admissions discrimination case

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this July 16, 2019, photo, people stop to record images of Widener Library on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs ruled, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2019, that Harvard does not discriminate against Asian Americans in its admissions process. The judge issued the ruling in a 2014 lawsuit that alleged Harvard holds Asian American applicants to a higher standard than students of other races. Burroughs said Harvard's admissions process is not perfect but passes constitutional muster. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

Federal judge upholds affirmative action at Harvard

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Harvard president sorry 13th Amendment comment offended some

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Ex-Harvard track coach gets 3 years in child porn case

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FILE - In this April 3, 2017 file photo, students walk past the &quot;Great Dome&quot; atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass. MIT said Media Lab director Joi Ito resigned Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019, after reports he had a more extensive fundraising relationship with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein than previously acknowledged. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

MIT scandal highlights thorny ethics of university donations

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FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019 file photo, students walk near the Widener Library in Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. University and federal officials confirmed that incoming Harvard University student Ismail Ajjawi, 17, of Lebanon, was refused entry into the U.S. after landing at Logan International Airport in Boston on Friday, Aug. 23. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Harvard student denied US entry arrives in time for classes

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Harvard economist suspended for ‘unwelcome sexual conduct’

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In this Jan. 23, 2018, file photo, former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder delivers his State of the State address at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. Snyder says he has turned down a fellowship at Harvard University following social media backlash over his administration's role in the Flint water crisis. He tweeted Wednesday, July 3, 2019, that being a senior research fellow would have been too 'disruptive' because of 'our current political environment and its lack of civility.' (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File) **FILE**

Snyder withdraws from Harvard fellowship amid Flint backlash

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FILE - In this March 20, 2019 file photo Tamara Lanier attends a news conference near the Harvard Club, in New York. Lanier, of Norwich, Conn., is suing the Harvard University for &quot;wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation&quot; of images she says depict two of her ancestors. Descendants of a Harvard professor who commissioned a series of 1850 photos of slaves say they're backing the lawsuit against the university. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)

Woman suing Harvard over slave portraits gets key support

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In this file photo, Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks with reporters before he and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., try to bring up the legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. On June 20, 2019, the AP reported Mr. Flake, now retired from the Senate, will be a visiting fellow at Harvard University in the fall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Republican Jeff Flake, a Trump nemesis, heading to Harvard

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FILE - In this April 26, 2019 file photo, Kyle Kashuv, a survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Fla., speaks at the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action Leadership Forum in Indianapolis. On Monday, June 17, 2019, Kashuv said that Harvard University revoked his acceptance over racist comments he made online and in text messages about two years ago. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

Harvard pulls Parkland grad’s admission over racist comments

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press