In the first year of Harvard’s renewed early admissions program, the yield for the class of 2016 soared to nearly 81 percent, a significant increase from last year’s rate of 77 percent, the University announced on Thursday.

Actor Scott Leo “Taye” Diggs and illustrator Shane W. Evans said that parents and educators can use picture books to help young children come to terms with their racial backgrounds during an event at the Harvard Graduate School of Education on Thursday.

Descending upon Harvard en masse, prospective members of the Class of 2016 scurried from event to event this weekend to get a taste of life on campus before making their final decisons.

Students need to be trained as human rights defenders, said M. Kerry Kennedy at an Askwith Forum event at the Graduate School of Education on Wednesday.

The teaching profession in the United States needs a makeover, the president of America’s largest labor union—the National Education Association—said at the Graduate School of Education on Tuesday.

Harvard may admit as few as 3 percent of the students waiting to hear their decisions this Thursday and overall, the College might admit about 5.5 percent of students who applied under early action and regular decision to the Class of 2016.

Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society announced the next phase of its collaboration with Lady Gaga’s new Born This Way Foundation just days after the pop sensation’s much-trumpeted visit to Harvard to launch the organization.

Lady Gaga descended on the Harvard campus Wednesday to launch her Born This Way Foundation before a packed audience in Sanders Theatre.

Students shared difficult personal experiences during two youth summits planned in conjunction with the launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation on Wednesday.

The announcement of the upcoming launch of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation has brought national attention to Harvard’s anti-bullying campaign in recent weeks, but anti-bullying has long been on the minds of those at the Graduate School of Education.