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The Latest Breaking News from Harvard University

Warren Buffett and top CEOs say a college degree doesn’t matter. Here’s what really counts in hiring

Business acumen isn’t always learned in school. Just look at Bill Gates.

Fortune

Why America still needs public schools

While the White House’s fight with elite universities such as Columbia and Harvard has recently dominated the headlines, the feud overshadows the broader and more far-reaching assault on K-12 public education by the Trump administration and many states.

The Conversation

The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America

The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism

The Guardian - US

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‘No Colon, Still Rollin’: Cass Bargell, US scrum-half and ostomy advocate, sets sights on World Cup

Hosts England hold few fears for the Harvard graduate who recovered from serious illness and surgery to play with a stoma and a bag

The Guardian - US

Adult Star, 18, Slams Women Who Work 9 To 5 As ‘Failures’, Encourages Them To Join OF

"I still have respect over myself"

Bored Panda

Harvard researcher attacked by ‘five teens’ after asking them to be quiet during a screening of Weapons

Thiago Rentz said the attack happened on Sunday after he asked the teens to quieten down in the movie theater

The Independent UK

The mineral that could protect against Alzheimer’s disease

For nearly a decade, scientists from Harvard University have also been uncovering lithium’s unexpected importance in the brain

The Independent UK

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America's Two-Front War on Science

Universities’ internal culture wars threaten free speech and inquiry, but political attacks on research funding and infrastructure are crippling U.S. scientific leadership.

Reason

Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare

The Trump administration and Harvard University are reportedly close to reaching a settlement that would require Harvard to pay US$500 million in exchange for the government releasing frozen federal funding and ending an investigation into antisemitism on campus.

The Conversation

‘Censorship’: over 115 scholars condemn cancellation of Harvard journal issue on Palestine

In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to Palestine

The Guardian - US

As degrees get branded worthless, LinkedIn’s just revealed the universities that give Gen Z the best shot at corner office jobs

Move over Harvard and Columbia, Princeton and Duke are the schools most likely to fast-track Gen Z to the C-suite.

Fortune

DOJ accuses George Washington University of indifference to anti-Semitism

Trump administration claims GWU failed to address or remedy anti-Semitic abuses despite student and faculty complaints.

Al Jazeera

Trump news at a glance: Lutnick threatens Harvard patents; former Fox commentator bound for UN

Commerce secretary begins process could let the government seize Harvard patents; Tammy Bruce nominated for deputy US ambassador to UN – key US politics stories from 9 August 2025

The Guardian - AU

Trump administration threatens to strip Harvard University of lucrative patents

White House escalates offensive on Ivy League university by calling for review of federally funded research

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As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act

Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers

Space

Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale

For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only two-dimensional

The Independent UK

The Latest: Trump orders federal law enforcers onto streets of Washington, DC

With President Donald Trump suggesting a federal takeover of the nation's capital city, the White House says there will be an increased presence of federal law enforcement on the streets of Washington, D

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College endowment tax is leading to hiring freezes and could mean cuts in financial aid

An increase in the tax on university endowments is creating financial challenges for the wealthiest U.S. colleges

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The Independent UK

Harvard scientist warns interstellar object blasting toward Earth ‘may come to save – or destroy us’

31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to be detected in our solar system

Al Jazeera

Trump signs order requiring universities to disclose admissions data

The US president has led a purge of diversity programming and called for greater transparency in university admissions.

Texas Observer

I Came from Rural Texas to Harvard’s MD-PhD program. Now, Trump Defunded that Program.

These decisions affect not just the archetypal Ivy League student many imagine—they affect people who grew up in places like Lindale.

Fortune

Palantir CEO says working at his $430 billion software company is better than a degree from Harvard or Yale: ‘No one cares about the other stuff’

Sorry, Apple, Google, and OpenAI, Palantir’s billionaire boss Alex Karp says a job at his AI firm is the ‘best credential in tech.’

Geekflare

Free AI Courses from Google & Harvard to Start Learning Today

Learn AI for free from Google, OpenAI, LangChain, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Harvard University and more.

The Guardian - US

US universities’ settlements with Trump ‘will only fuel his authoritarian appetite’

Experts say settlements worth hundreds of millions will further embolden US president’s use of ‘coercive tactics’

The Guardian - US

US medical student suspended for Gaza remarks sues university for ‘intentional discrimination’

Umaymah Mohammad sued Emory University in Atlanta, alleging discrimination during disciplinary hearings

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