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Arrested Professor: This Is What Happens to Blacks in America
Harvard faculty, students, and the surrounding community are mulling over a disturbing incident that went down last week. Last Thursday, prominent African-American scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. was arrested in his home after a woman saw him trying to unlock his jammed door and assumed he was a robber. Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct.
Immigrant Takes Unimproved SAT, Gets into All Ivy Leagues
Lukasz Zbylut, who came to America only five years ago with a limited understanding of English, has secured admission to all seven of the country's Ivy League schools. The Polish immigrant chose to accept admission to Harvard, where he plans to study politics, law, and philosophy. Of the 21 schools Lukasz applied to, only MIT rejected him.
Smells Like a College Tuition Price War
Top-tier schools have been singing their fight songs in a deeper tenor these days. Engaging in an act-and-answer dance of "anything you can do I can do better," Yale announced a plan to slash tuition, following its Ivy competition to the North. Just a few weeks ago, Harvard rolled out its new tuition criteria that promises not to charge more than 10 percent of the income of families earning up to $180,000 a year.
Go Co Ed Without Going Totally Broke
Harvard, often considered the Ivy-est of the Ivy Leagues, has taken steps to make education more affordable there. I'm sure that ponytail guy in Good Will Hunting would turn his nose up at a more accessible Harvard, but I think it's a really meaningful step forward for higher education.
So, how much more affordable are we talking?
Where Are You at With That New Year's Resolution?
OK, so it's April. How are you doing with that New Year's resolution to get fit? A good majority of people who create resolutions have given them up by April.Be Healthy and Green at the Same Time!
We are all (hopefully) trying to be a little more conscious about how green we are these days, especially with Earth Day just around the corner. You know I am a big fan of multi-tasking, so I was thrilled to come across these tips on being healthy while being green from the April 2007 issue of the Harvard Health Letter:
Harvard's Postpartum Weight Loss Advice
As a mother of two small children, I can attest to the fact that the childbearing years are an especially risky time for weight gain. You gain weight when you are prego and have so little free time after the baby is born it is difficult to figure out when to cook, let alone eat healthy, let alone exercise.
Well, a recent study from Harvard has some really easy and doable recommendations for new moms to follow in their quest to return to their pre-pregnancy weight.
Harvard's Guide to Healthy Eating
Not your grandmother's food pyramid.
According to the smart people at Harvard, the rules of healthy eating have changed. Eating a “balanced diet” is no longer the most important goal.
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Top Model + Kitty Subtitles = Best Thing You'll See All Day
I thought my crush on Rich from Fourfour could not get any deeper, but the man keeps proving me wrong. (Yes, I know he's gay and partnered, but I challenge you to not adore the guy. Impossible.) This time around, he's made a one-two punch by combining my cat-lady tendencies with my love/hate relationship with Top Model.
Tom Gets a Crash Course in Law From Friends at Harvard
Instead of performing stunts on the set of Wichita yesterday, Tom Cruse made a surprise appearance on the campus of Harvard University. The actor shocked an auditorium full of unsuspecting students by dropping into a lecture being given by his personal lawyer Bertram Fields. Cruise arrived to the two hour class fashionably late but earned extra credit points by staying an hour afterward to chat and snap a few photos with the crowd of students who gathered as the news spread around campus.
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