Nearly half of drinkers who take GLP-1 medications have reported declines in consumption, with the effect higher among those at risk of unhealthy alcohol use, a new Harvard study shows. The work, published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry, explores an unexpected side effect of GLP-1s used to treat diabetes and obesity.
A district judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit the Trump administration brought against Harvard to obtain more admissions data in its quest to determine if the university is still using affirmative action. U.S. District Judge Myong Joun wrote the Justice Department did not take the proper procedural steps to obtain the admissions information before bringing…
Recently updated election models from Harvard University forecast a strong chance of Democrats winning a majority of seats in the House and the Senate in the midterm elections. The chances of Democrats taking the House is as good as 96 percent, the Harvard model forecasts. According to the model, the chances of Republicans winning the…
Demand for individual applicant records as part of purported civil rights review fails on procedural grounds A federal district court judge dismissed a lawsuit on Monday filed by the Trump administration seeking individual applicant records from Harvard, finding the government failed to meet procedural requirements before filing the lawsuit against the university. Judge Myoung J Joun did not rule on the merits of the case, rather he granted a request from Harvard to dismiss the case on procedural grounds, finding that the justice department failed to demonstrate it took necessary steps to seek voluntary compliance before moving for judicial enforcement. Continue reading...
A federal judge dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit against Harvard University over admissions records, citing procedural deficiencies.
New campuses and “we’re not Harvard” signals have drawn some wealthy donors to give to universities where they hadn’t sent checks before.
This propulsive, globe-trotting tale brilliantly skewers the corruption and corporatisation of higher education It’s no secret that academia is on the blink; Canadian author Randy Boyagoda’s new novel, which is equal parts satire, dystopia and exposé, tells the story of all that’s wrong, glitchy and broken. Set across Sri Lanka, the United States and Italy, it centres on a cast of students, parents and professors, and their dealings with a common antagonist: the university. The first character we meet is Sri Lankan teen Devi, who is set on obtaining offers from “Ochpys” – her acronym for Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, Princeton, Yale and Stanford. To help her realise her dream, Devi’s family of modest means – her mother, father, maternal grandmother and two brothers – hire themselves out as mourners at the funerals of the wealthy. Most of this money goes towards paying Johannes, her tutor on WhatsApp who, unbeknown to Devi, is a hard-up Indian student at Arcadia Tech, an undistinguished university in the US. Meanwhile, Jack, a statistician at the same institution, has taken on an additional teaching load to meet the fees of the elite college his daughter Katrina attends in New England. Soon he catches on to a grade-fixing scheme aimed at flailing international students, run by his teaching assistant Allard Hamburger. Jack is left in disbelief when, to buy his silence, the university puts him on paid administrative leave instead of launching an inquiry into a scandal that has left one student dead by suicide. Continue reading...
A 24-year-old physics graduate dies after her family pays millions to a man who lied about getting her into university.
BOSTON (AP) — Tey Barbour had 18 points as Harvard got its season underway with a 73-45 win over MIT on Monday.Barbour had five rebounds for the Crimson.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gracie Merkle scored 22 points on 10-of-11 shooting and No. 17 Minnesota had a 12-0 run in the fourth quarter of an 82-62 win over Harvard on Monday in the season-opener for both teams.
We learned a lot about Minnesota's 2026-27 team on Monday night.
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Harvard University over its alleged failure to provide admissions records that the Justice Department demanded to ensure the Ivy League school stopped using affirmative action in admissions
"In 2021, allegations were brought against [Gino] claiming that she committed research misconduct, which triggered an approximately 18-month long inquiry and investigation by HBS administrators and faculty," and eventually to her tenure being revoked and her being fired.
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the final arguments ahead of Election Day Tuesday. On today's show, former Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry, Democratic Congresswoman Suzan DelBene, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and Siena Research Institute Director Don Levy. (Source: Bloomberg)
Trump administration officials had sought admissions data from Harvard, including student application essays, to see if the school was complying with a court decision banning affirmative action.
AI in White House press releases, a 'brutal' but surprisingly popular class at Harvard, Life Magazine rises again, and the dwindling justification of day light savings: Join Nathan Hager, David Gura and Lisa Mateo for a roundup of headlines you may have missed, but gotta see. (Source: Bloomberg)
It's been some 75 years since the term Unidentified Flying Object (or UFO) was coined to describe the mysterious airborne phenomena witnessed by pilots and the public. Now, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) are the focus of a new Scientific Advisory Council, led by Avi Loeb of Harvard, which is investigating the staggering number of first-person accounts, video and documents recently released by the government. Correspondent Luke Burbank looks at how scientists hope to study these sightings, to possibly answer the question: Are we alone?
(AP) — Grayson Saunier threw two touchdown passes and added 107 yards rushing and a TD on 18 carries, Cameron Best-Alston had two of Dartmouth's five interceptions, and the Big Green beat Harvard 24-14 on Friday night to move into a tie atop the Ivy League standings. Dartmouth (4-3, 3-1) snapped a four-game skid against the Crimson, beating them for just the fourth time in the last 23 games.
On the early edition of Balance of Power, Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz discuss the latest from the campaign trail. On today's show, Stonecourt Capital Partner Rick Davis, Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center Visiting Democracy Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino, Democratic Candidate for Utah's 2nd Congressional District Peter Crosby and Bokeh Capital Partners Founder Kim Forrest. (Source: Bloomberg)
Plus: Hackers break into Binance, Harvard student journalists wreck a Trump administration official, and more...
Harvard economist Jason Furman told Axios that if he were to return to his old job as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers today, he would rely on AI tools over staff economists for much of the council's day-to-day analytical work. The big picture: Unsurprisingly, this made some waves in the online discourse, particularly the loose-knit community formerly known as Econ Twitter. Many veterans of the economic policy trenches see real risks in future policymakers becoming overly reliant on AI — or at a minimum think that Furman is underestimating the importance of human economists in advising the nation's leaders. What they're saying: "CEA work, at least in my experience, is highly bespoke as you're explaining the data flow (and much else) to very busy people who don't want only market-shop analysis," Jared Bernstein, the CEA chair under President Biden, wrote on Substack . "Yes, they want and need that — what will the markets make of this CPI, jobs, GDP, etc. report — but more so they want to know how this report fits into our narrative, our agenda, the president's trip today to Iowa." He adds that within a White House, "the human skill of reading-the-room is paramount. I'm far from an AI expert, but my sense is it sucks at that and probably always will, a conclusion that derives in no small part from listening to its creators!" Zoom in: Claudia Sahm, a former Federal Reserve economist, raised an issue that we've often heard from senior people in fields like consulting and investment banking: If you get rid of junior positions, where will future senior leaders come from? Furman's staff "went on to found the Yale Budget Lab, run Treasury economic policy and a Fed institute, serve in later [administrations], and publish research on trade, environment, and taxes. That's what '20 staff' become," she wrote on X . "No model does that." Bloomberg chief U.S. economist Anna Wong argues that the "ability to now not depend on anyone, as a senior person, is ve
Data: Harvard Youth Poll, Fall 2026; Chart: Emily Peck/Axios Nearly two in three U.S. adults younger than 30 who plan to vote in next month's congressional midterm elections say their main motivation is to oppose President Trump and his policies, according to a newly released Harvard Youth Poll . The big picture: Seventy-seven percent of respondents disapprove of the president's handling of the economy, including about half of young Republicans. And just 9% say the U.S. is headed in the right direction — the lowest in the survey's history. Why it matters: Economic populism is driving emotions, along with concerns about war, AI, billionaires, deportation tactics, social policies and corruption. Majorities of respondents support Medicare for All, a wealth tax and bans on congressional stock trading. What we're watching: Just one in three Americans ages 18-29 say they'll definitely vote — a substantial drop from 40% who said so in 2022. Notably, most of that drop is driven by Republicans. Only 34% of Republican respondents said they'll definitely vote, down from 46%; 50% of young Democrats say they'll definitely vote, essentially unchanged. Just 22% of independents they'll definitely vote, down from 26%. Data: Harvard Youth Poll; Chart: Emily Peck/Axios Zoom in: Topping the list of what young people consider serious threats to their long-term financial security: rising prices and the cost of living (79%), followed by the power of large corporations (68%) and trade wars (68%). Nearly half said their household is struggling to make ends meet or getting by with limited financial security. By the numbers: 63% say their votes for U.S. House or Senate will be cast in opposition to Trump, while 14% say they're motivated by support of the president and 17% say he's not a factor. Two-thirds disapprove of the job Democrats are doing in Congress; 74% disapprove of congressional Republicans' performance. Stunning stats: For the first time in the poll's history, the share of young
