Ivy League

Science's Weirdest Discoveries Celebrated At Ig Nobel Awards

Winning researchers included two scientists who studied the sex lives of constipated scorpions, and a person who made a life-size crash test dummy of a moose.
By Mark Pratt, AP

New Study Suggests Spiders Snooze Just Like Humans

Footage taken of baby jumping spiders showed patterns that looked a lot like sleep cycles: The spiders’ legs twitched and parts of their eyes flickered.
By Maddie Burakoff, AP

Harvard Returns Standing Bear’s Tomahawk To Nebraska Tribe

Members of the Ponca tribes in Nebraska and Oklahoma visited the Massachusetts university on June 3 for the ceremonial return of the artifact.
By Philip Marcelo, AP

Jacinda Ardern Says New Zealand Felt 'Responsibility' To Act On Guns After Christchurch

"We knew that we needed significant gun reform, and so that is what we did,” Ardern told students at Harvard University's commencement ceremony.
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The One Big Lie About Where You Go To College

The earnings boost from having gone to a top school is “indistinguishable from zero” for most people.
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Harvard Pledges $100 Million To Research, Atone For Role In Slavery

The university plans to identify and support the descendants of enslaved people who labored at the Ivy League campus.
By Collin Binkley, AP

Department of Justice Describes College Bribery Ring

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is charging nearly 50 people for participating in a nationwide bribery ring that U.S. attorney Andrew Lelling called the “largest college admission scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice.”
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Harvard Freshmen's Site Helps House Ukraine Refugees

Over 18,000 prospective hosts have signed up on UkraineTakeShelter.com since the site was created in early March.
By Rodrique Ngowi, AP

Ted Cruz Imagines 'Taking Peyote' Nude During His Upcoming Yale Appearance

Something you just can't unsee.
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Jason Bateman Named Hasty Pudding’s Man Of The Year

The actor will be given his pudding pot at a roast at Harvard University on Feb. 3.
By AP