The Ig Nobel prizes - a play on the name of the Nobel prizes awarded every October from Stockholm and Oslo - are given out by the Harvard-based humour magazine Annals of Improbable Research.

Disgraced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who resigned his job in March of 2008, could be back on the upswing. He's been asked to deliver a speech at Harvard University.

Michael I. Norton and Zoe Chance, from Harvard University set out to find if men were telling the truth about buying Playboy for the articles. What they found may surprise you.

The public perception of 373-year-old Harvard University declined significantly, according to a research firm. The standing of "public Ivies" has increased. Hard economic times are cited as a reason for the shifts in media representations.

Debate rages over the poisoning incident that occurred at Harvard University Medical School in August. The university insists that the cause remains unknown. However, independent experts insist it was intentional.

Researchers from the University of Chile and Harvard Medical School have worked on a project that allows the blind to join the real world through the use of a video game console.

Prominent epidemiologists at the Harvard School of Public Health said Friday that the swine flu vaccine will be sorely missed during the peak of the pandemic's spread.

According to a Harvard study, North American businesses are not prepared to deal with widespread employee absenteeism in the wake of the swine flu's return this season.

No race problems in America? Plenty of folk had negative comments about Professor Gates simply stirring a tempest in a teapot, but the fact remains he has received so many death threats Harvard is suggesting he leave his home.

President Obama turned the backyard of the White House into a “man sanctuary,” as he knocked back a cold one with Harvard scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Sergeant James Crowley of the Cambridge, police department and wing-man Vice President Joe Biden

Barack Obama called the incident between Sergeant Crowley and Professor Gates a “teachable moment.” Some media critics maintain, however, the media exacerbated the problem, taking sides to promote a point of view or failing to give salient facts.

The incident involving Harvard University scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates and the Cambridge, Massachusetts police department has put on display the combustible conflict of race, class and generational divide.

Dr. Kwame Okoampa-Ahoofe, Jr., a Bronx-based Ghanain scholar, stated on his blog that he was both amused and not surprised by the events surrounding Dr. Gates, and claims that the Black Studies scholar not only hates whites, but Native Africans as well.

Obama is in the eye of the storm. Crowley's a racial profiling expert. Bill Cosby and other prominent black figures blasted the President. A Bronx-based Ghanaian scholar familiar with Dr. Gates claims he hates both whites and Native Africans. Much more.

President Obama addressed the White House Press Corps on the incident involving Prof. Gates, whom he called "a friend," and the Cambridge Police, whom he said "acted stupidly." Curiously, Obama made no mention of Gates' reported hostile heated rants. Why?

Advocates of candidate Obama promised us America would enter a new Golden Age of social harmony with his election. Yet actions by liberals, even Obama himself, have led to some of the worst social conflicts in years. It is up to him, and us, to fix it.

Harvard Prof. Henry Louis Gates, Jr, the pre-eminent U.S. black scholar, claimed racial profiling after his arrest by Cambridge Police on disorderly conduct charges. The blogosphere is now exploding with charges of racism. UPDATE: Charges dropped by CPD.

Harvard child psychiatrist Joseph Biederman has been advocating powerful medication for mental illnesses such as ADHD and bipolar disorder for decades. His methods are now coming under scrutiny.

A new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers shows that tobacco manufacturers have continually changed the ingredients and the design of their cigarettes over time.

A new report out today from Harvard University shows that 10% of all active users on Twitter are responsible for 90% of all tweets.