Kamala Harris (File photo) TOI Correspondent from Washington: Harvard has produced eight US Presidents, Yale has given five, and Princeton has produced three. Few expected Howard University, a largely black university in Washington DC — often phonetically mistaken for Harvard and sometimes called Black Harvard much to alumni disapproval — to make the cut anytime…
This is a representational image (Pic credit: AP) Microsoft has terminated the employment of two individuals who organised an unauthorised vigil at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, to honour Palestinians killed in Gaza during the recent conflict between Israel and Hamas. The employees, Abdelrahman Mohamed and Hossam Nasr, were part of a group called…
From the East Coast to Texas and the capital, protesters are calling on educational institutions to cut financial connections with Israel and provide amnesty to students who have violated regulations, among other demands. The standoffs have elicited both criticism and backing from elected officials, academic staff, and wealthy benefactors. As graduation ceremonies draw near, administrators…
Students at Harvard University escalated their campus protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict, mirroring actions that have erupted at Columbia, Yale and NYU.Hundreds of Harvard affiliates gathered on Wednesday to demonstrate against the suspension of the Palestine Solidarity Committee, with some flooding into Harvard Yard from their dorms while cheering and putting up tents.The protests, spanning…
Harvard University and the California Institute of Technology said they plan to reinstate the SAT or ACT as requirements for admission, joining a growing group of elite US schools returning to standardized tests after a pause prompted by the pandemic.Harvard said the new policy will apply to students seeking admission in fall 2025, backtracking from…
