Abbott Lowell News Today

His younger brother, Abbott Lowell, served as president of Harvard University. His younger sister, Amy Lowell, won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Yet Percival Lowell, founder of the Lowell

Harvard may intend to reduce the proportion of Jews in its student body to 1-2%, according to a newsletter published by Jewish alumni.

Foxx asserted parallels between anti-Semitism at Harvard in 1922 and today.

Nearly 100 years ago a young astronomer named Cecilia Payne changed the way we see the stars in the sky because she was able to look into their burning heart and see something no one else ever had

Harvard has done much for this country in its 400-year history. Today, it may be about to render further service by unwittingly helping to dismantle identity politics. When a group representing Asian Americans recently confronted Harvard with hard evidence that its admissions policy discriminates against them, and mirrors the university’s dishonorable anti-Semitic past, it also sounded what could be the death knell for the shameful practice of using racial preferences.

When the Supreme Court hears Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard this year, more will be on the line than just a few admissions spots. The strength of our commitment to the ideals of a colorblind meritocracy, where hard work and drive is rewarded irrespective of one’s background, will be tested.

Harvard’s use of a “personality score,” which it uses to attack Asian American character, is a particularly coarse form of discrimination.