All posts tagged "Harvard"

  • Edward Blum, the director of the Project on Fair Representation, during a news conference in Washington, Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, announced the filing of two lawsuits challenging the alleged racial preference admissions policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill . (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
    Tides may turn for Asian discrimination in Ivy League admissions

    In an interview with The Korea Times, Virginia-based director of the Project on Fair Representation Edward Blum, who filed lawsuits against Harvard and UNC says, “The number of Asians admitted 20 years ago is...

    • Posted November 21, 2014
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  • Asian female students at Harvard University were targeted in an e-mail death threat.
    Harvard sued over push for fossil fuels divestment

    BOSTON (AP) — Seven Harvard University students have filed a lawsuit asking a judge to force the university’s governing body to divest from fossil fuel companies. The lawsuit filed Wednesday alleges investment in those companies violates the...

    • Posted November 20, 2014
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    Harvard, UNC sued over alleged discrimination against Asian applicants

    BOSTON (AP) — Affirmative action policies at Harvard University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have been challenged in court. A lawsuit against Harvard alleges the university limits the number of Asian-Americans it admits...

    • Posted November 17, 2014
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  • Asian female students at Harvard University were targeted in an e-mail death threat.
    [DAILY MAIL] Harvard University Asian students receive death threats

        A death threat emailed to several hundred students at Harvard has some fearing for their lives. Sent yesterday, the letter claims that an individual will be coming to the prestigious university’s Cambridge, Massachusetts, campus later...

    • Posted October 7, 2014
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  • Asian female students at Harvard University were targeted in an e-mail death threat.
    Harvard gets record $350M donation from Hong Kong group

    BOSTON (AP) — Harvard’s public health school has received a $350 million gift — the largest single donation in the history of the university — to bolster research into major global health threats. Harvard president Drew Faust...

    • Posted September 8, 2014
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  • John Lee Google Korea CEO
    New leader takes helm at Google Korea

    By Kim Yoo-chul Google has appointed John Lee as the new head of its Korean subsidiary, the U.S. firm announced Tuesday. The position had been vacant for three months since the departure of former CEO Yeom Dong-hoon...

    • Posted November 27, 2013
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  • Harvard University's Annenberg Hall(AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
    For Korean students, it is Harvard, MIT all the way

    No matter how trends change, it is still Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology all the way for Korean students. That has held true even as the number of Korean students heading overseas for their...

    • Posted November 18, 2013
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