Read more Harvard stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/13259/harvard.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:27:26 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73834/spitzer-to-give-ethics-lecture-at-harvard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Harvard University ethics center is hosting a lecture by none other than Eliot Spitzer tomorrow. The disgraced governor will speak about when it's right for the government to intervene in the markets. Despite the intellectual theme, his former madam tells the Daily News that Spitzer is a "man without...http://www.newser.com/story/73834/spitzer-to-give-ethics-lecture-at-harvard.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 17:12:08 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73115/go-to-harvard-study-the-wire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Wire is about to get an Ivy League makeover. Harvard plans to offer a course on the HBO series about life in Baltimore's ghettos, the New York Post reports. The show "has done more to enhance our understanding of the challenges of urban life and the problems of urban...http://www.newser.com/story/73115/go-to-harvard-study-the-wire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 12:40:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72888/prof-gates-cop-crowley-have-another-round.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe black college professor and the white cop at the center of a racial firestorm this summer, and who later famously had beers on the White House, were spotted last night having a round at a bar in Cambridge, Mass. Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley chatted over suds...http://www.newser.com/story/72888/prof-gates-cop-crowley-have-another-round.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 29 Oct 2009 21:45:12 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72511/harvard-probes-poisoning-at-med-school-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarvard Medical School is investigating after six workers in the pathology department were poisoned by coffee prepared near their lab. The researchers and students were treated and released after suffering dizziness, low blood pressure, and other symptoms during the August incident. "As the investigation continues, we are being prudent and...http://www.newser.com/story/72511/harvard-probes-poisoning-at-med-school-lab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 15:47:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70679/congressman-defiant-over-die-quickly-jab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Democratic congressman who belittled Republicans for promoting a health care plan that wants the ill to "die quickly" ratcheted up his rhetoric even more today. Noting that some Republicans had demanded he apologize, Florida's Alan Grayson took to the House floor with an apology of a different sort: "I...http://www.newser.com/story/70679/congressman-defiant-over-die-quickly-jab.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 18:38:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69455/college-calorie-info-could-be-backfiring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagColleges that bombard students with calorie counts and similar information to discourage overeating—and the dreaded "freshman 15" pounds—may be causing bigger diet problems instead, reports Newsweek . Many schools are rethinking their strategy in the wake of rising numbers of eating disorders, and a growing sense that a simplistic...http://www.newser.com/story/69455/college-calorie-info-could-be-backfiring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 Sep 2009 19:36:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69160/harvard-yale-18b-poorer-as-endowments-drop-30.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHarvard and Yale remain the richest schools in the US, but both are getting a lesson in economics. The endowments of the Ivy Leaguer shrank by about 30% over the last year thanks to risky investments, reports Bloomberg. Harvard's fell $11 billion to $26 billion and Yale's dropped $7 billion...http://www.newser.com/story/69160/harvard-yale-18b-poorer-as-endowments-drop-30.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Sep 2009 8:35:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68931/harvard-crimson-runs-holocaust-denier-ad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFirst, Yale censors Muhammad cartoons in a new book, then the Harvard Crimson runs an ad from a Holocaust denier, notes Gawker. "Can you provide, with proof, the name of one person killed in a gas chamber at Auschwitz?" asks the ad from the "Committee for Open Debate on the...http://www.newser.com/story/68931/harvard-crimson-runs-holocaust-denier-ad.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 3:47:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67998/wikipedia-labels-obama-harvard-puppet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOops. Wikipedia's new editorial oversight didn't start soon enough to block a statement in President Obama's Wiki profile that he's a "puppet" of Columbia and Harvard Law. Mystery writer "Mrjazzguitar" substituted the word in the kind of prank that Wikipedia hopes to curtail with its new policy to monitor all...http://www.newser.com/story/67998/wikipedia-labels-obama-harvard-puppet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 28 Aug 2009 4:02:00 CDT