PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 10-Jun-2014 A shot against heart attacks? Harvard researchers say simple ‘genome editing’ may dramatically lower risk of such crises in future Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists collaborating with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed… Read More ›
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Harvard’s annual ‘IncestFest’ party where students ‘are encouraged to hook up with each other’ branded ‘offensive and insensitive’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:16:50 EST, 11 October 2012| UPDATED:16:50 EST, 11 October 2012 Students at Harvard University have lambasted one of its halls of residence for naming a party ‘IncestFest’ – at which students are reportedly encouraged to make… Read More ›
Understanding the brain by controlling behavior
Contact: Peter Reuell preuell@fas.harvard.edu 617-496-8070 Harvard University Using precisely-targeted lasers, researchers manipulate neurons in worms’ brains and take control of their behavior In the quest to understand how the brain turns sensory input into behavior, Harvard scientists have crossed a… Read More ›
Revealed: Harvard cheating scandal which could see over 100 students thrown out of elite college was discovered because of a TYPO
By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED:18:42 EST, 14 September 2012| UPDATED:18:42 EST, 14 September 2012 The Harvard cheating scandal which has rocked the world-famous university and cast doubt on more than 100 students began with a minor typing error, it has been… Read More ›
Harvard psychology professor ‘faked data and fudged results in monkey experiments’
Marc Hauser, 52, researched evolutionary roots of human abilities Probe by Office of Research Integrity found Hauser responsible for six cases of scientific misconduct Allegedly fabricated data in a paper on monkeys’ ability to learn syllables Currently works with at-risk… Read More ›
Harvard Students in Cheating Scandal Say Collaboration Was Accepted: A Lesson in Entitled Behavior
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA published: August 31, 2012 Harvard students suspected in a major cheating scandal said on Friday that many of the accusations are based on innocent — or at least tolerated — collaboration among students, and with help from… Read More ›
Harvard University probes plagiarism outbreak involving 125 students
Half the students in Ivy League college’s Introduction to Congress class may have copied each other’s Paul Harri guardian.co.uk, Thursday 30 August 2012 19.59 EDT The scandal may be the largest cheating ring to have hit an elite Ivy… Read More ›
Illness, medical bills linked to nearly two-thirds of bankruptcies: Harvard study (2009)
Public release date: 3-Jun-2009 – Most of those bankrupted by illness were middle class and had insurance – More than three-quarters (77.9 percent) were insured at the start of the bankrupting illness – Two-thirds were homeowners and three-fifths had gone… Read More ›