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Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States.

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Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue

Harvard under fire for helping elite skip the queue
Nov 24,2023 8:41 pm

...By Robin Levinson-KingBBC NewsHarvard University is facing a crisis after a landmark court case exposed how it gives the relatives of alumni a leg-up...

How delay to Israel offensive benefits US

How delay to Israel offensive benefits US
Oct 26,2023 8:51 am

... " Along with very real concerns about a spiralling conflict, the US is probably attempting to reposition itself after its initial " one-sided response" in support of Israel provoked criticism, says Stephen Walt, a professor of international affairs at Harvard University...

Nobel economics prize awarded to Claudia Goldin for work on gender pay gap

Nobel economics prize awarded to Claudia Goldin for work on gender pay gap
Oct 9,2023 8:21 am

... Prof Goldin currently teaches labour market history at Harvard University in the US...

Who is Plaid Cymru's Adam Price?

Who is Plaid Cymru's Adam Price?
May 11,2023 3:31 am

... Mr Price stood down as an MP in 2010 before going to study at the prestigious Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in the US...

Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard University as dual fellow

Jacinda Ardern to join Harvard University as dual fellow
Apr 26,2023 11:00 pm

...By Nadine YousifBBC NewsFormer New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has announced she will join Harvard University as a fellow later this year...

Iran protests: LGBTQ community rises up

Iran protests: LGBTQ community rises up
Apr 18,2023 9:10 pm

... We are countless Afsaneh Rigot, a researcher in technology, law and human rights at Harvard University, says: " Seen globally, queer people in Iran face some of the harshest penalties for their existence...

'Major moment in MS research' as new Octopus trial starts

'Major moment in MS research' as new Octopus trial starts
Apr 4,2023 8:41 am

... A Harvard University study in 2022 showed compelling evidence that the Epstein-Barr virus that causes glandular fever triggers the process...

Brenda Page: Ex-husband guilty of murdering 'brilliant' scientist in 1978

Brenda Page: Ex-husband guilty of murdering 'brilliant' scientist in 1978
Mar 9,2023 12:20 pm

... Harisson was born in Ripon in North Yorkshire and studied at Queens College Cambridge, before later becoming a tutor in biology at Harvard University in the United States...

The Papers: Tory rebels 'ready' as Corbyn pledges to stop PM

Mar 4,2023 9:50 am

Boris Johnson said he would Step Up efforts to negotiate a new Brexit deal

Coverage of the ongoing row over the suspension of Parliament continues to dominate The Front pages.

The Sun says it is "All Systems Go-Jo" after the withdrawal deal by increasing The Number of meetings his officials have with counterparts in Brussels.

The BuzzFeed website claims Downing Street is examining what it calls "a series of ".

They include creating new bank holidays to stop Parliament sitting, ignoring legal judgements, or even advising The Queen to not give Royal Assent to any bills that further delay Brexit.

The Independent is one of A Number of outlets focusing on what they call.

The Sun takes a more unflattering approach, calling Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn a "Rabble Rouser" after with demonstrations.

'Dictatorial powers'

The Daily Telegraph reports that The Commons speaker, John Bercow , has been in an attempt to stop parliamentary proceedings being suspended.

Writing in the same paper, the Tory MP Iain Duncan Smith urges Mr Bercow to retain his impartiality, saying "his good record of reform in Parliament may be lost in the mire of the Brexit debate. "

The Daily Express , meanwhile, claims, over fears of being dragged into the political turmoil at Westminster.

The Daily Mail 's Ephraim Hardcastle column ponders whether that may have been prompted by his decision to decline the traditional offer of an audience with The Queen upon becoming leader, noting that "HM will not have forgotten".

The Times reports that to block a no-deal Brexit, while Gina Miller writes a column in The Guardian on over the decision to suspend Parliament.

In it, she says it "will set a horrifying precedent that will mean Mr Johnson will be able to exercise dictatorial powers whenever he sees fits".

'Britain's best battler'

There is plenty of coverage of Ruth Davidson 's decision to step down as the leader of the Scottish Conservatives, with many carrying pictures of her welling up as she made The Announcement .

Scotland's edition of The Times claims The Party is considering following Ms Davidson's decision.

An editorial in the Daily Record says that Scottish "independence seems more likely than ever" after "Britain's best battler raised the White Flag ," while Peter Geoghegan writes on that Ms Davidson's "resignation raises serious questions for the Conservative Party north and south of The Border ".

The UK-wide papers are almost universal in praise of the former leader and the manner of her Departure .

Ruth Davidson fought back tears in her resignation speech

Fraser Nelson writes in The Daily Telegraph that after she "taught her party that The Impossible can be pulled off".

John Crace 's sketch in The Guardian , saying that "amid the Tory hypocrites and chancers, a conscience stirred".

The Daily Mail is one of A Number of papers to report on scientists discovering that there is.

Experts at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology analysed genetic data from almost 500,000 people, and concluded that genetics hereditary factors account for between 8-25% of same-sex sexual behaviour when the whole genome is considered.

Five specific genetic variants were found to be more closely associated with homosexuality, including one linked to the sense of smell.

HRT cancer risk

The Times leads on the publication of research which suggests is double previous estimates.

The study, which was led by scientists at Oxford University, also discovered that The Risk of contracting the disease as a result of taking the hormones is increased for at least 10 years after treatment is stopped.

An editorial in the Daily Mail urges Health Secretary Matt Hancock to ensure guidance on The Treatment is updated urgently, saying "women deserve to be appraised of all the facts - especially when the decision to have treatment can end in tragedy".

The i newspaper runs claims that to put forward the case about The Risk of their activities causing earthquakes.

The Paper prints sections from the email trail where representatives from The Company discuss which seismologist they should choose to write to local residents near Blackpool before fracking began last year.

We've become used to Team GB's athletes bringing home medals in recent years - and now Britain's vocational workers have given us something to celebrate too.

The Times reports on the, Russia, where the UK has won two gold medals, a silver, a bronze, and 15 medallions of excellence.

Nicola Woolcock writes that competitors "go through Olympian levels of training and resilience coaching" to prepare. Our biggest successes this year came in The Fields of beauty therapy, aircraft maintenance and car Painting .



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