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If activists want to help young people, they should start before college.

The US Supreme Court v Harvard University decision is a backwards step for racial equality and has echoes of our own treatment of Māori students, writes Lianne Dalziel

A physicist from Harvard University has recovered 50 spherical iron fragments from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean that he claims may be material from an interstellar alien spaceship

Higher education experts say universities can implement other strategies like targeted recruitment in underserved communities, eliminating legacy admissions and getting rid of test requirements.

A prominent extraterrestrial-hunting scientist thinks that more than 50 tiny, metal spheres pulled from the Pacific Ocean might be the work of intelligent aliens. Others are skeptical.

The removal of fragments from a possible interstellar meteor has sparked a row between scientists from Harvard and Papua New Guinean authorities.

Dogs and humans share 18 cancer mutation ‘hotspots’, Harvard study shows

A man who might seem rather snooty gradually reveals himself as cultured and restrained, rather like Moore’s art

Feelings seem raw at the court, certainly for the court's three liberal justices, who were on the losing end of some of the court's biggest cases this term, but also for the conservatives.

In America, the supreme court has struck down affirmative action; the French have been rocked by riots. Why can’t we solve racial inequality?

Imagine you were a black or Hispanic applicant who did not want to be given a racial/ethnic preference when applying to Harvard. Or you were an Asian American applicant who feared that your Asian background would be a hindrance. The obvious thing to do, beyond lying on your application, would…