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Ex-Harvard track coach pleads guilty to child porn charge

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FILE - In this Tuesday, May 28, 2019, file photo, German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with the media as she arrives for an EU summit in Brussels. Merkel is set to address Harvard University graduates. The Ivy League school is hosting its 368th commencement ceremony Thursday, May 30, with a keynote speech from Merkel. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Merkel tells Harvard grads to tear down ‘walls of ignorance’

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Former Vice President Gore to speak at Harvard’s Class Day

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In this March 7, 2017, file photo, rowers paddle down the Charles River past the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Harvard, once a bastion of academic freedom, is no more

By Ralph Z. Hallow - The Washington Times

Union protesters march at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., Wednesday, May 1, 2019. Students plan campus-wide protests on Wednesday over what organizers say are increasing incidents of harassment and discrimination.(AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Harvard grad student union stages sit-in over labor dispute

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Cheryl Juaire, center, of Marlborough, Mass., center, leads protesters near the Arthur M. Sackler Museum at Harvard University, Friday, April 12, 2019, in Cambridge, Mass. Juaire, whose son Corey Merrill died of an opioid overdose in 2011, led the demonstration by parents who have lost a child to opioid overdose, campaigning for the removal of the Sackler family name from the building at Harvard. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds)

Parents press Harvard to remove Sackler name from art museum

By STEVE LeBLANC - Associated Press

Maryland man resigns from board amid Harvard review

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FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2018 file photo, Laverne Cox poses at the nominations announcement for the 25th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in West Hollywood, Calif. Cox is scheduled to speak at a conference on gender equality, Tuesday, April 2, 2019, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Actress Laverne Cox to discuss gender equity at Harvard

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President Donald Trump, center, greets U.S. Senate candidate Luther Strange after speaking at a campaign rally, Friday, Sept. 22, 2017, in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

News industry leaders fighting back against claims by Trump

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press

In this July 17, 2018, photo, Tamara Lanier holds an 1850 photograph of Renty, a South Carolina slave who Lanier said is her family's patriarch, at her home in Norwich, Conn. The portrait was commissioned by Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz, whose ideas were used to support the enslavement of Africans in the United States. Lanier filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 in Massachusetts state court, demanding that Harvard turn over the photo and pay damages. (John Shishmanian/The Norwich Bulletin via AP)

Harvard ‘shamelessly’ profits from photos of slaves, lawsuit says

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press

In this July 17, 2018, photo, Tamara Lanier holds an 1850 photograph of Renty, a South Carolina slave who Lanier said is her family's patriarch, at her home in Norwich, Conn. The portrait was commissioned by Harvard biologist Louis Agassiz, whose ideas were used to support the enslavement of Africans in the United States. Lanier filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 in Massachusetts state court, demanding that Harvard turn over the photo and pay damages. (John Shishmanian/The Norwich Bulletin via AP)

The Latest: Harvard suit aims to spark national reckoning

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FILE - This photo combo of images shows the Amazon, Google and Facebook logos. A review into competition in the U.K.'s digital market says the country needs tough new rules to help counter the dominance of big tech giants like Facebook, Google and Amazon. The independent review published Wednesday, March 13, 2019 says global tech giants don't face enough competition and that existing rules are outdated and need to be beefed up. (AP Photo, file)

Big tech companies cast as monopolies in UK government study

By KELVIN CHAN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Harvard choir that rejected W.E.B. Du Bois pays him tribute

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Harvard gets $100M donation for new arts, theater center

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This undated image provided by the Mineralogical and Geological Museum of Harvard University shows a rare gold specimen called the &quot;Ram's Horn.&quot; A team of scientists used neutrons from a particle accelerator at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico to learn more about the specimen's structure and formation process. (Mineralogical and Geological Museum of Harvard University via AP)

Neutrons used to examine priceless Harvard gold specimen

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 13, 2018 file photo, the John Harvard statue looks over Harvard Yard at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. A final round of arguments is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019, in federal court in Boston in a trial alleging racial bias in the university's admissions system. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Admissions bias lawsuit against Harvard in judge’s hands

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

Harvard denies claims in suits from fraternities, sororities

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Gettysburg College picks Harvard VP to be its next president

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Angela Merkel named commencement speaker at Harvard

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