Clarence Thomas speaks for 1st time in 7 years from bench
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Clarence Thomas did something at a Supreme Court argument Monday for the first time in nearly seven years — he spoke...
Harvard basketball star withdraws amid academic cheating scandal
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Harvard basketball co-captain Kyle Casey plans to withdraw from school amid a cheating scandal that also may involve other athletes, according to several reports...
Afrika Bambaataa named Cornell visiting scholar
ITHACA, New York (AP) - Hip hop pioneer DJ Afrika Bambaataa has been appointed to a three-year term as a visiting scholar at Cornell University...
Princeton gives Aretha Franklin honorary doctorate
EURWeb - Aretha Franklin was awarded an honorary doctorate from Princeton University on Tuesday, in recognition of her outstanding career.
Homeless Cleveland student earns scholarship to Harvard
When his family split up in the summer after eighth grade, David Boone, Cleveland student from MC2STEM High School, spent many nights sleeping on park benches...
St. Louis teen goes from homeless shelters to Ivy League
Eboni Boykin is a senior at Nomandy High School and she cannot wait to leave her St. Louis environment of abandoned homes and broken-down business store fronts...
NCAA grad rate hits all-time high at 82 percent
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - College athletes are outperforming other students in the classroom, and they're doing it at a record rate...
First black Ivy League president stepping down
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) - Ruth J. Simmons announced Thursday that she will leave her position as Brown University's president at the end of the current academic year...
Student goes from refugee camp to the Ivy League
VIDEO - It's a long way from the soccer fields of Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp to the Ivy League -- but Morris Kaunda Michael made the journey...
15-year-old goes to Harvard after being accepted to 13 colleges
After weeks of debate, 15-year-old Saheela Ibraheem settled on attending Harvard after being accepted to 13 colleges -- including six of the eight Ivy League schools...
