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The secret to upward mobility: Friends
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The secret to upward mobility: Friends

Who your friends are may be the key to your economic success story. In a groundbreaking study by Harvard researchers, find out why cross-class friendships may be the key ingredient to the American Dream.

The secret to upward mobility: Friends

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Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

In 2014, an advocacy group first filed a lawsuit, saying that Harvard's race-based considerations for applicants discriminated against Asian American students in process. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption

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Education

Appeals Court Rules Harvard Doesn't Discriminate Against Asian American Applicants

The panel of judges upheld a federal district court's decision from last year, teeing up a possible case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Tuesday

ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In The U.S.

Harvard University, shown here, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology sued the Trump administration over a rule change that would have barred international college students from taking fully online course loads in the United States. In court on Tuesday, a judge announced that the government would rescind the directive. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images hide caption

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Coronavirus Updates

ICE Agrees To Rescind Policy Barring Foreign Students From Online Study In The U.S.

A federal judge announced on Tuesday that ICE has reached an agreement with schools that sued it over the rule change. The directive will now be rescinded nationwide.

Monday

Schools, Businesses, Cities Push Back On Rule Blocking Some International Students

Pedestrians in Harvard Yard in 2019. Schools and businesses have gone to court to stop the Trump administration from barring online-only international students from entering or staying in the United States. Charles Krupa/AP hide caption

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The Coronavirus Crisis

Schools, Businesses, Cities Push Back On Rule Blocking Some International Students

The Trump administration says it will ban international students in the fall if their education is online-only. Colleges and businesses say that decision could devastate the economy.

Wednesday

'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': International Students Blindsided By ICE Rule Change

Simge Topaloğlu, a Turkish citizen pursuing her doctorate at Harvard University, was caught off-guard by a new international student visa regulation put forward by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this week. Jesse Costa/WBUR hide caption

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The Coronavirus Crisis

'I Couldn't Believe My Eyes': International Students Blindsided By ICE Rule Change

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As Harvard and MIT challenge a new visa requirement that doesn't allow for online-only curricula, students face difficult choices.

Tuesday

At Harvard, Grad Students Form A Picket Line Over Wages, Health Care And Protections

Union members protest at Harvard University in May over an increasing number of harassment and discrimination cases. The union began an indefinite strike Tuesday, with one of its key proposals aimed at strengthening protections against harassment and discrimination. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption

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Education

At Harvard, Grad Students Form A Picket Line Over Wages, Health Care And Protections

Union leaders and university officials have been negotiating for over a year, yet a contract has not been agreed to. Grad students began an indefinite strike on the university's last day of classes.

Sunday

Activists Disrupt Harvard-Yale Rivalry Game To Protest Climate Change

Demonstrators stage a protest on the field at the Yale Bowl disrupting the start of the second half of an NCAA college football game between Harvard and Yale, Saturday in in New Haven, Conn. Jimmy Golen/AP hide caption

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Activists Disrupt Harvard-Yale Rivalry Game To Protest Climate Change

The game was delayed for about an hour Saturday when students stormed the field after half-time calling on the universities to divest their multi-million dollar endowments from fossil fuels companies.

Monday

3 Win Nobel Prize In Economics For Work In Reducing Poverty

Esther Duflo of France waves after receiving the Princess of Asturias award for Social Sciences from Spain's King Felipe VI at a ceremony in Oviedo, northern Spain. She is only the second woman to win the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, sharing it with Abhijit Banarjee and Michael Kremer. Jose Vicente/AP hide caption

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Economy

3 Win Nobel Prize In Economics For Work In Reducing Poverty

Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer will share the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.

3 Win Nobel Prize In Economics For Work In Reducing Poverty

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Monday

You Can't Hit Unsend
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Hidden Brain

You Can't Hit Unsend

Social media sites offer quick and easy ways to share ideas, crack jokes, find old friends. But the things we post don't go away. We explore how one teenager's social media posts destroyed an opportunity he'd worked for all his life.

You Can't Hit Unsend

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Sunday

Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White 'Dude Walls' Of Honor

All the portraits hanging on the wall inside the Louis Bornstein Family Amphitheater at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston on June 12, 2018 were of men, nearly all white. The portraits have since been removed. Pat Greenhouse/Boston Globe via Getty Images hide caption

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Shots - Health News

Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White 'Dude Walls' Of Honor

Historic portraits of revered scientists and doctors can be found all over medical schools and universities — and, as it happens, most feature white men. Some say this sends the wrong message.

Academic Science Rethinks All-Too-White 'Dude Walls' Of Honor

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Thursday

These Experimental Shorts Are An 'Exosuit' That Boosts Endurance On The Trail

A Harvard research team's prototype of a portable exosuit is made of cloth components worn at the waist and thighs. A computer that's built into the shorts uses an algorithm that can sense when the user shifts between a walking gait and a running gait. Wyss Institute at Harvard University hide caption

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These Experimental Shorts Are An 'Exosuit' That Boosts Endurance On The Trail

No ordinary pair of shorts, these were designed by Harvard scientists to work with the wearer's own leg muscles when walking or running, and might make a soldier's heavy loads easier to carry.

These Experimental Shorts Are An 'Exosuit' That Boosts Endurance On The Trail

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Thursday

Harvard Profits From Photos Of Slaves, Lawsuit Claims

A sample image of "Papa" Renty and his daughter Delia, taken in 1850, are displayed during a press conference announcing a lawsuit against Harvard University on Wednesday in New York City. Kevin Hagen/Getty Images hide caption

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Harvard Profits From Photos Of Slaves, Lawsuit Claims

Tamara Lanier, the descendant of an enslaved man known as Renty, is suing Harvard for damages. She wants the university to return the photos of her ancestor.