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Harvard drops single-sex club ban after lawsuit by fraternities, sororities - Reuters UK
Harvard University on Monday said it would discontinue its policy of sanctioning students who joined single-sex clubs, citing a lawsuit by a group of U.S. fraternities and sororities who said the crackdown amounted to sexual discrimination.
harvard - Reuters4:24pm PDT - June 29th, 2020
Harvard drops single-sex club ban after lawsuit by fraternities, sororities - Reuters
Harvard University on Monday said it would discontinue its policy of sanctioning students who joined single-sex clubs, citing a lawsuit by a group of U.S. fraternities and sororities who said the crackdown amounted to sexual discrimination.
harvard - Reuters4:21pm PDT - June 29th, 2020
Medtech assessor Elektra Labs is offering free evaluations of COVID-19 biosensors to doctors
As COVID-19 cases in the US continue to spike and doctors and researchers try to marshal any and all technological resources to help patients, understand the disease, and fight off the spread of the epidemic, one startup that monitors and evaluates medical de…
harvard - TechCrunch6:42am PDT - June 29th, 2020
How inequality at Harvard Business School breeds inequality in corporate America
- Black students comprise under 10% of students in MBA programs nationwide.
- Harvard Business School, known as the number one broker of corporate power, shows even more dramatic statistics — its classes have been roughly 5% Black for at least …
harvard - Business Insider
4:30am PDT - June 26th, 2020
Scientists Taught Mice to Smell an Odor That Doesn’t Exist
With direct brain stimulation, mice learned to recognize an imaginary scent—and helped researchers understand a key piece of the olfactory puzzle.
harvard - Wired4:00am PDT - June 25th, 2020
You can now get a Botox treatment plan with help from AI
Using Botox to enhance your cheekbones or alter your appearance is all the rage, thanks to the Kardashians and Hadids of the world. One doctor is trying to bring Botox back to its wrinkle-fighting basics — with the help of artificial intelligence. Peachy is a…
harvard - Mashable7:00am PDT - June 24th, 2020
IN BRIEF: Law student sues Harvard over tuition costs of remote courses - Reuters
A Harvard Law School student has brought a proposed class action against the university over its decision to move in-person law courses online because of the coronavirus pandemic without reducing tuition.
harvard - Reuters4:54pm PDT - June 23rd, 2020
The right mix of cold calls and warm introductions will help diversify your network — but use them correctly or your business will suffer
- Diversity has long been treated as a second-order consideration in business, but numerous studies show that teams with a mix of ethnicities and genders perform better than more homogenous teams.
- It's time for business leaders to re-examine h…
harvard - Business Insider
10:13am PDT - June 23rd, 2020
17 online computer science classes from MIT you can enroll in for free
- edX is a non-profit online education platform founded by MIT and Harvard that offers free and affordable classes.
- The site features 210 MIT courses, including 17 computer science classes you can enroll in completely free. You can also pay a …
harvard - Business Insider
1:29pm PDT - June 22nd, 2020
Use AI responsibly to uplift historically disenfranchised people during COVID-19
In the rush to “help now,” we cannot throw responsible AI out the window. In fact, in the age of COVID-19 is more important than ever before to understand the unintended consequences and long term effects of the AI systems we create.
harvard - TechCrunch7:15am PDT - June 22nd, 2020
Analysis: Why Trump is already sowing doubts about November's vote
Every congressional leader seeking majority support follows the mantra: "When you have the votes, vote." The sentiment applies to presidential politics, too
harvard - CNN4:59am PDT - June 21st, 2020
10 books on race and leadership MBA professors at top schools like Stanford, Harvard, and Kellogg are recommending to incoming students
- To prepare the next generation of business leaders post-COVID-19 and address systemic racism in light of the George Floyd protests, MBA professors are changing up their reading lists for their fall classes.
- Their top picks for what to read t…
harvard - Business Insider
6:00am PDT - June 19th, 2020
Mail.ru cofounder Dmitry Grishin has a new $100 million fund; he gives a look here
Grishin Robotics is an eight-year-old, Sand Hill Road venture firm that until now, has focused exclusively on the smart hardware industry. A newly closed $100 million fund will see it widen its aperture a bit, however, to include online gaming and interactive…
harvard - TechCrunch4:58pm PDT - June 18th, 2020
The number of Black students in MBA programs hasn't increased for more than a decade
- Black Americans comprise under 10% of students in MBA programs on average, and that number hasn't grown over the past decade.
- Universities haven't done enough to recruit Black students, who often have smaller professional networks, and also …
harvard - Business Insider
10:24am PDT - June 18th, 2020
Intercom announces the promotion of Karen Peacock to CEO
Three years ago almost to the day, Intercom announced that it was bringing former Intuit exec Karen Peacock on board as COO. Today, she got promoted to CEO, effective July 1st. Current CEO and company co-founder Eoghan McCabe will become Chairman. As it turns…
harvard - TechCrunch9:15am PDT - June 18th, 2020
A new hedge fund run by a one-time minor league baseball player is set to spin off from billionaire Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors
- John Wolff, a portfolio manager for Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisors, is getting ready to start his own fund.
- Wolff, who focused on technology, media, and telecommunications, is planning on getting seed capital from Cooperman, a billionaire w…
harvard - Business Insider
6:53am PDT - June 18th, 2020
Analysis: Don't assume China has the military edge over India
Recent studies from the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in Boston and the Center for a New American Security in Washington suggest India maintains an edge in high-altitude mountainous environments, such as the one where the 2020 face…
harvard - CNN7:29pm PDT - June 17th, 2020
Google Cloud launches Filestore High Scale, a new storage tier for high-performance computing workloads
Google Cloud today announced the launch of Filestore High Scale, a new storage options — and tier of Google’s existing Filestore service — for workloads that can benefit from access to a distributed high-performance storage option. With Filestore High Scale, …
harvard - TechCrunch9:00am PDT - June 16th, 2020
Harvard University Won’t Require Sat, Act for Admissions Next Year
Hundreds of schools have gone test-optional in recent months, at least for the coming admission cycle; Princeton University remains a holdout in Ivy League
harvard - The Wall Street Journal7:59pm PDT - June 15th, 2020
Facebook's former 'conscience' Chris Cox quit last year after clashing with Mark Zuckerberg. Now that he's back, employees wonder if things will be different. (FB)
- Chris Cox, a beloved Facebook employee who quit a year ago amid clashes with Mark Zuckerberg, is returning.
- Cox and Zuckerberg disagreed with the direction of the company, including on plans to more closely integrate its apps.
- His r…
harvard - Business Insider
5:55am PDT - June 13th, 2020
'Peddling in an addictive drug called anger': Steve Jobs' former lieutenant compared Facebook to companies selling cigarettes and opioids
- A close adviser of the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs said Facebook peddles in anger, and compared it to selling drugs of cigarettes.
- "It's just like tobacco, it's no different than the opioids," Joanna Hoffman said at the CogX conference this we…
harvard - Business Insider
2:53am PDT - June 13th, 2020
The US is not done with the coronavirus pandemic, and a Harvard expert says we need to shift the blame game from reopening to fixing our testing and contact tracing system
- After weeks of lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus, the US is on its way to reopen the economy. However, a number of states have been reporting spikes in new cases throughout the country.
- While the culpability could appear to b…
harvard - Business Insider
12:25am PDT - June 13th, 2020
OpenStack adds the StarlinkX edge computing stack to its top-level projects
The OpenStack Foundation today announced that StarlingX, a container-based system for running edge deployments, is now a top-level project. With this, it joins the main OpenStack private and public cloud infrastructure project, the Airship lifecycle managemen…
harvard - TechCrunch10:22am PDT - June 11th, 2020
More than 112,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US, and 100,000 more will die from it by September, a health experts says
The US surpassed 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases Wednesday night as new hotspots emerge and hospitalizations go up in some states.
harvard - CNN10:17pm PDT - June 10th, 2020
A Harvard health expert predicts an additional 100,000 US coronavirus deaths by September
- A Harvard health expert said he expects the US to surpass 200,000 deaths sometime in September.
- Close to 113,000 people have already died from the coronavirus in the US.
- The main model being used by officials to estimate the impac…
harvard - Business Insider
7:56pm PDT - June 10th, 2020
RT @simonateba: YOUR REACTION - HOW WOULD THEY STOP TRUMP? If you missed this Friday, Harvard-Harris released their latest poll showing if…
mark8989 (@mark89894)
7:57pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @EpiEllie: People love to claim to we can’t change people’s behavior. But did you know the idea of “designated drivers” is only normal…
singingreaper.bsky.social (@singingReaper)
7:57pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @Enraged_Indian: Modi has tweaked several data methodologies to fool the world. GDP is just one of them. “Official estimates place annu…
Lady Andolan Jeevi (@LadyDramadragon)
7:57pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @IAMCouncil: Indian Americans and allies gathered at Harvard Square in Cambridge, MA to protest the ongoing brutal violence against Kuki…
RVAIDYA2000 (@rvaidya2000)
7:57pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @pan_accindex: @EpiEllie A Harvard professor also said we should let CVD19 kill as many as possible as quickly as possible & joined up w…
Luqman Yamin (@luqmannyamiin)
7:57pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @RobertKennedyJr: Long shot candidate — or frontrunner? A new Harvard-Harris poll puts my favorability rating at 47% — higher than Trump…
PatchyGroundFog (@cathyslifeSP)
7:57pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @NAACP_LDF: "As Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. identified, America’s elitism problem—being inextricably tied to racial subjugation—requ…
Lawrence Hamm (@LawrenceHamm7)
7:56pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @goddeketal: In 2018, Prof. Anderson from @Harvard warned we had five years to combat climate change and predicted no Arctic ice after 2…
Fr Doug-High priest of church of painful truth (@DougEck3)
7:56pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @BigOyin007: Tacha left #BBNaija since 2019 and never looked back but she somehow trends every season! Her relevance and consistency sho…
Titan (@soldier_titan)
7:56pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @Enraged_Indian: Modi has tweaked several data methodologies to fool the world. GDP is just one of them. “Official estimates place annu…
jaiparkash (@mathurapuri)
7:56pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @EpiEllie: People love to claim to we can’t change people’s behavior. But did you know the idea of “designated drivers” is only normal…
(@Frostbite___)
7:56pm PDT - July 23rd, 2023
RT @balachundhar: Dive into the captivating dance of science and spirituality, where wonder meets logic and the unexplained finds its place…
Sindhu Tivyashri (@SindhuJ99)
1:25am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @KanekoaTheGreat: In an open letter posted on his Facebook account, Michael Moore pledged to cover the fines of electors if they voted a…
Sheri Lynn (@slaspito)
1:25am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @KanekoaTheGreat: #20 @elonmusk should consider allowing Dr. Robert Epstein to examine the #TwitterFiles. He's a Harvard-educated resea…
Deborah (@NellsArk)
1:25am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @dandinohill: Rachel Dolezal lied about being an African American, and was disgraced, dismissed and fired. Lizzie Warren lied about bei…
Jeeny Cahill (@CahillJeeny)
1:24am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @TruthWins52: @DschlopesIsBack Charles Lieber of Harvard, busted at Boston Logan in Feb. 2020 with Chinese CCP, biologicals hidden in s…
leftfielder (@leftfielder)
1:24am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @sweetdreamsTN_: Music fact: Alex Turner was born with a unique lyrical talent that only 5% of musicians have. While participating in a…
xoanonn (@xoanonn)
1:24am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @JoJoFromJerz: Joy Reid graduated from Harvard University. Ketanji Brown Jackson received her undergraduate & legal education at Harvard…
Sundar Dom (@Sundar_Dom)
1:24am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @KanekoaTheGreat: In an open letter posted on his Facebook account, Michael Moore pledged to cover the fines of electors if they voted a…
LeeshaMak (@leeshamak)
1:24am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @KanekoaTheGreat: In an open letter posted on his Facebook account, Michael Moore pledged to cover the fines of electors if they voted a…
NightLight (@BriteNightLight)
1:24am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @pompqmoq: (literally) 18 years in the making @Harvard_Press: publication day of Wang Hui’s magnum opus THE RISE OF MODERN CHINESE THOUG…
PompeyRascal (@pompeyrascal)
1:23am PDT - July 19th, 2023
Dr Richa Mishra, Institute of Technology, Nirma University presented her research work in the 9th International Research Symposium on Problem-Based Learning (IRSPBL23): Transforming Engineering Education organized by MIT and Harvard University, ALBORG, University at Boston, USA https://t.co/rmmoQZA4RZ
Nirma University (@NirmaUniTweets)
1:23am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @KanekoaTheGreat: In an open letter posted on his Facebook account, Michael Moore pledged to cover the fines of electors if they voted a…
Bomba Claat (@ClaatBomba)
1:22am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @pompqmoq: (literally) 18 years in the making @Harvard_Press: publication day of Wang Hui’s magnum opus THE RISE OF MODERN CHINESE THOUG…
Carol Lopez (@CarolLo73433681)
1:22am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @JoshKraushaar: Harvard home base: “The city of Cambridge, Massachusetts recently removed algebra and all advanced math from its junior…
Beverly Resists (@BeverlyFolkers)
1:21am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @bfry1981: So this is problematic https://t.co/8PHq2UN7UQ
Kimmo Huovilainen (@chihuu)
1:21am PDT - July 19th, 2023
do you guys have any idea how hard it is to get barbie/oppenheimer first weekend tickets?? harder than getting a harvard acceptance for sure. https://t.co/yRuzM6FZb9
pasta (@orang3juic3lvr)
1:21am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @Vltra_MK: Harvard Scientist Exposes CIA Mind Control Weapons Still Being Used Today | Len Ber & Robert Duncan https://t.co/SP4SwAPnyH
☀️ (@farahani_simin)
1:21am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @PrismPerception: ALIENS in the OCEAN?! Harvard Astronomer Obtains EVIDENCE of Interstellar https://t.co/YZwgMVSYBJ via @YouTube
Jaime H (@MrsPosterity)
1:21am PDT - July 19th, 2023
So this is problematic https://t.co/8PHq2UN7UQ
Brian E. Frydenborg SLAVA UKRAINI! No to Trump/GOP (@bfry1981)
1:20am PDT - July 19th, 2023
Did you know that, according to Harvard Business Review, people spend around 80% of their time in meetings or answering colleagues’ requests? Use https://t.co/xqXfT50tmP, the right meeting management tool to save your time and effort to drive effective meetings outcomes. #meeting https://t.co/9uACknI1yI
adam.ai (@adamdotai)
1:20am PDT - July 19th, 2023
Buhari’s Former Special Adviser Gets Fresh Appointment At Harvard University (PHOTO) https://t.co/jZteNS7atz
ireporteronline (@iReporteronline)
1:20am PDT - July 19th, 2023
RT @michaelharriot: He’s a Harvard legacy We’ve go to do something about white affirmative action
Cocoa (@StassiLanoir)
6:08am PDT - July 16th, 2023
RT @thejaredsichel: Conservatives are wise to build new institutions. But while they retreat into strongholds, they must also consider that…
MCR (@mcr2kx)
6:08am PDT - July 16th, 2023
RT @matthewstoller: I think we should do a deal on affirmative action. Harvard/Yale/etc gets to do whatever they want, but no more Harvard…
Giacomo Marinaio Muirgheasa (@heimaeyita)
6:08am PDT - July 16th, 2023
RT @michaelharriot: He’s a Harvard legacy We’ve go to do something about white affirmative action
Dione Robertson (@dionerobertson)
6:07am PDT - July 16th, 2023
RT @RWPUSA: RFK, Jr., admitted to Harvard University after apparently getting kicked out of two boarding schools for using drugs, is Exhibi…
b (@RickEBlair)
6:07am PDT - July 16th, 2023
RT @JoJoFromJerz: Joy Reid graduated from Harvard University. Ketanji Brown Jackson received her undergraduate & legal education at Harvard…
Pablo Delgado (@PabloDe02040775)
6:07am PDT - July 16th, 2023
RT @EngFlecha: Study from Harvard: "Developing bonds with your teammates helps you work smarter and also boost your morale. Form a group wi…
Teresa Morlà Folch (@Teresa_Morla)
6:06am PDT - July 16th, 2023
RT @akshay_pachaar: Harvard university is offering FREE world class education in Data Science! Courses cover: - Python - Data Visualizatio…
ronald (@rogaho)
6:06am PDT - July 16th, 2023