Harvard

Woman robbed, punched in the face in Harvard Yard

adamg — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:18:34 -0400

Harvard buys up more of Western Avenue in Allston

adamg — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:11:47 -0400

The surprise isn't that Harvard bought something new, of course, but that there was something on Western Avenue it didn't already own.

Harvard sewer project releases toxic chemical into Allston air

adamg — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:09:45 -0400

Oopsies, our bad, contractor says of Aug. 1 styrene release; state, city halt work, related to the $1-billion science center project.

Allston residents can now swim for free at the Harvard pool

adamg — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:23:36 -0400

Evenings during the summer. Harry Mattison has the details.

Lying is such an ugly word

adamg — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:32:24 -0400

The New York Times documents what might be a conflict-of-interest scandal among certain Harvard Medical School psychiatrists, notably one who helped create a huge new market for anti-psychotic drugs in children who somehow managed not to report most of the $1.6 million he got paid by drug companies to university officials.

Are there a lot of pregnant Harvard grads this year?

adamg — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:38:18 -0400

Fuffer takes a photo that seems to indicate so.

Third Harvard student attacked this month

adamg — Wed, 21 May 2008 23:59:57 -0400

Tackled from behind on Grant Street around 9 a.m. by a Hispanic guy in his 20s with a prominent scar on his forehead.

If you have $34 Billion in the bank, are you still a non-profit?

rickburnes — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:45:30 -0400

Quite a discussion over at Blue Mass Group about the possibility of taxing the endowments of Harvard ($34b, according to the Globe) and other private universities in the Commonwealth.

Note to Harvard folks: Locked-down campus wifi unavailable to visitors doesn't make you any friends in this discussion.

Somebody's lion

adamg — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:56:21 -0400

Harry Mattison reports:

... Construction workers on Western Ave... have found several granite lion statues buried at the [Harvard] Science Complex site ...

How do you separate a Harvard student from a sheep?

adamg — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:04:39 -0400

Harvard University Police want to find out.