A fire alarm halted the Stephen Colbert and Yo-Yo Ma event after about 40 minutes as Harvard Graduate Student Union protesters gathered outside.
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More than 200 Harvard Graduate Students Union members rallied outside University Hall as the union began its second strike of the year.
Police say two men were charged after being caught stealing tools and materials from the closed Mary McClellan Hospital in Cambridge, New York.
Harvard regained sole top spot in the Ivy League with two weeks left in the regular season after blanking Columbia.
Ohio State Highway Patrol dispatcher John C. Ceculski was chosen for the 2026 Telecommunication Award at the Cambridge Dispatch Center.
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Unrestricted funds at Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences dropped sharply from fiscal 2023 to fiscal 2026, even as the school posted a surplus.
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