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Kendall Square: An Incubator for Allston
Once a post-industrial wasteland, the now-vibrant Kendall area could provide a model for Harvard as it reboots plans to transform the underdeveloped Allston neighborhood into the University’s research hub.
In Test of Student Bodies' Cognitive Abilities, Harvard Comes in Second to MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology edged out Harvard in a study comparing cognitive skills released earlier this month. Unlike other college ranking systems, this study analyzed results from online games that use neuroscience to measure five aspects that contribute to intelligence: speed, attention, flexibility, memory, and problem solving.
The Game Boasts A Colorful History of Pranks
Every year, the hard-working students of Harvard and Yale shut their books for a weekend and loosen up by tailgating, ...
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Sophomore Wesley Saunders drives to the basket during the Harvard men's basketball team's 69-54 win over MIT on Friday night at Lavietes Pavilion. Saunders registered 11 points on six shots before leaving the game late in the second half with cramps.
Gangnam, MIT-style
A rapidly spreading viral sensation is debunking negative stereotypes of MIT students as boring. In a matter of days, MIT has received more than four million hits on their version of the popular "Gangnam Style."
MIT > Harvard? Flyby Investigates.
Last week’s earthquake marked the start of tectonic changes in the Cambridge area—U.S. News and World Report just released their 2012 "World's Best Universities" rankings and MIT has leapfrogged over both Cambridge and Harvard to claim glory in the form of a #1 ranking.
MIT Professor: Exoplanet Research Is a Burgeoning Field
In a lecture hosted Wednesday by the Origins of Life Initiative, an interdisciplinary center focused on the development of life on Earth and the possibility of life on other planets, MIT professor Sara Seager listed conditions necessary for an extraterrestrial habitable planet and noted the speed at which other such planets are being discovered.
University of Texas Joins Harvard-Founded edX
The University of Texas announced its participation in the Harvard- and MIT-founded online education venture edX at a press conference Monday morning.
First Day of School for Harvard Online
Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I” attracts 722 students to Sanders Theater. Its online equivalent, Computer Science 50x, has drawn more than 100 times that number of students.
Coffee and Eyesight, Kissing and Swine Flu, and More
If you're straining to read this, put down the Starbucks—Harvard researchers recently found a link between glaucoma incidence in adults and consumption of more than three cups of coffee a day. Between squinting and sipping, Harvard researchers have made multiple discoveries in the past few weeks, from using genetics to figure out when the Neanderthals were most likely to have mated with modern humans to discovering that Mexicans are more likely than Britons to abstain from kissing to prevent the spread of swine flu.
‘Tis the Season for College Rankings
It's the most wonderful time of the year for elite institutions of higher education: the release of college rankings. And Harvard has much to be jolly about as top accolades roll in once again.
