Ivy League

'Come and Get It': This fictional account of college has plenty of truth baked in

7:01am January 27, 2024

by Linda Holmes

Kiley Reid made a splash with her 2019 novel Such a Fun Age. Her latest book is set at the University of Arkansas, and it's a refreshing look at day-to-day college life outside the Ivy League.

Nemat Shafik, pictured at a Eurogroup meeting at the EU Council in Brussels on May 16, 2011, will be the first woman to serve as president of Columbia University.

Nemat Shafik is named the first woman to be president at Columbia University

3:30pm January 18, 2023

by Kaitlyn Radde

Shafik, who was born in Egypt and grew up in the United States, has extensive experience across global financial institutions and higher education.

Stadiums like the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Conn., will be empty this year after the Ivy League canceled fall sports because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Sports

College Sports Falling Victim To Coronavirus And Financial Stresses

8:36pm July 08, 2020

by Rachel Treisman

The Ivy League has put all sports on hold until at least January, while Stanford plans to discontinue 11 of its 36 varsity programs after this academic year.

Harvard University's Bruce Freeman tries to run around a teammate and a Yale player and into the end zone after catching a pass during the final 42 seconds of The Game against Yale University at Harvard Stadium in Boston on Nov. 23, 1968.

Key 1968 Harvard-Yale Battle Sets Scene For 'The Game' — And Football's Future

12:05pm December 05, 2018

by Michael Schaub

Author George Howe Colt's choice to delve into the lives of the players and coaches in his new book, as well as the turbulent year itself, makes his writing about the actual game pay off beautifully.

Actresses Logan Browning (left) and Ashley Blaine Featherson appear in a scene from the Netflix show Dear White People.

This Time, 'Dear White People' Is Not So Much About Them

5:52pm April 27, 2017

by Eric Deggans

Netflix's hit show, with its incessant and incisive look at race at a fictional Ivy League college, doesn't really focus much on white people at all.

Harvard Men's Soccer Team Sidelined For Rest Of Season Over Sexist Emails

3:20pm November 04, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The team had a tradition of writing and circulating vulgar, degrading and sexually explicit "scouting reports" about the women's soccer team. The practice was revealed by the student newspaper.

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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