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Bystander video captured an incident in which police in Cambridge, Mass., are seen punching a black Harvard student who was naked in the median.

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Video Shows Police Tackling, Punching Black Harvard Student

12:26pm April 17, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Police in Cambridge, Mass., had responded to calls of a naked man in the street. "Cambridge affirms that Black Lives Matter, but it must be true in practice as well," the city's mayor said.

Instead of just "he" and "she," Harvard and other colleges are introducing gender-neutral pronouns like "ze" into their registrars.

More Universities Move To Include Gender-Neutral Pronouns

3:44pm November 09, 2015

More colleges are expanding gender options for transgender and non-binary students. One leader in LGBTQ student life at Harvard discusses the update to the college's applications.

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Pump jacks and wells work in an oil field on the Monterey Shale formation in California. Economist Michael Porter says that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a "game changer" for the U.S. economy.

America's Next Economic Boom Could Be Lying Underground

11:18am June 13, 2015

by Chris Arnold

When it comes to improving the standard of living for Americans, the middle class could use some help. One Harvard economist says the help is underground, in the form of oil and natural gas.

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People walk through the University's iconic Harvard Yard. This week, a faculty study that secretly photographed students to monitor their attendance in lectures has come under fire.

Harvard Secretly Photographed Classrooms To Monitor Attendance

9:34am November 07, 2014

by Sam Sanders

Some students and faculty are upset about the surveillance, but lots of colleges do this kind of thing all the time.

A group of professors at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass., has slammed the school's new sexual assault policy, saying it gives victims an unfair advantage.

Harvard Law Professors Say New Sexual Assault Policy Is One-Sided

10:32am October 16, 2014

by Tovia Smith

A group of 28 law professors has written an open letter criticizing the university's new sexual assault policy, citing due process concerns and saying it gives victims more rights than the accused.

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