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Gordon Brown will spend a few days teaching politics at Harvard in the week before Labour's annual conference.

Harvard has pulled ahead of Princeton in the latest edition of the U.S. News & World Report university rankings, while a stronger emphasis on graduation rates drove other changes.

A Delaware man charged with faking his way into Harvard was accepted at Stanford University after he was kicked out of the Ivy League school, ...

In a report to be released Friday, Harvard and USC economists say legislation being considered would slow cost increases and free up money for companies to raise wages and hire more workers.

National healthcare legislation in Congress could slow the growth of medical costs, allowing employers to create 250,000 to 400,000 new jobs a year over the next decade, economists from Harvard University and USC are predicting.

Two weeks after a noted black scholar accused a white police sergeant of racial profiling for arresting him at his home near Harvard University, the men hoisted mugs of beer Thursday evening at the White House with President Obama and Vice President Biden.

The 911 caller who reported a possible break-in at the home of black Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. did not mention race in the call, according to a statement issued by her attorney.

The president said he 'could have calibrated those words differently,' referring to his comments on the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and that he has talked to arresting officer Sgt. James Crowley.

A suburban Boston police sergeant accused of racism after he arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home insists he won't apologize over his treatment of the Harvard professor.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Getting into Harvard University got tougher this year as a record number of students applied to the school's undergraduate program, many drawn by attractive financial aid offers during the recession.