Harvard

Michelle Obama wrote Yara Shahidi's recommendations for all four colleges she applied to—including her top choice Harvard, where Mrs. Obama attended Law School.

ImeIme Umana made history when she was elected the first Black female president of the Harvard Law Review—its 131st leader.

A new study from Drexel University says that Black people are 2.8 and 1.7 times more likely to die during encounters with police than White people and Hispanics, respectively.

What may not have been a traditional graduation speech has now captured the heart and souls of many.

Yale University said it would continue to name a residential college after John C. Calhoun, a 19th century slavery defender. University officials decided, however, to stop addressing residential faculty as masters.

Harvard University's president acknowledges the school's complicity in slavery. She will unveil a plaque honoring four slaves who lived and worked on the campus.

Harvard agreed with a committee's recommendation to replace the law school's shield, which incorporates a slave-owning family's crest. A student movement, strengthened by a racial incident, pressured the University's governing body to make the change.

A committee at Harvard recommended removing the law school's official shield over its link to slavery. This comes amid protests and heightened racial tension at Harvard and other universities regarding historic symbols of racism.

Harvard appoints first African-American faculty dean. This comes on the heels of a medical school student petition calling demanding diversity.

Haben Girma is our new hero. The 27-year-old lawyer is the first deaf-blind alumna of Harvard Law School.

  Harvard University Accepts A Record Number Of Black Students Amid recent encouraging reports of African-American students getting accepted to most or all of the Ivy League schools, comes new data suggesting that Harvard University may be leading the way on diversity. According to Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, the highly ranked institution’s class […]

The story of David Boone reads like a movie.  David was homeless all throughout high school, sleeping in the park, staying with friends, and getting caught up in unnecessary beefs with local gang members.  The nights were cold and the days were long, and there were days when David wasn’t sure where his food or […]