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Harvard Study: Kids At July 4 Events More Likely To Side With GOP
FLOWER MOUND (CBSDFW.COM) – Celebrating independence seems as natural as baseball, hot dogs, and apple pie, but a Harvard study of voters born between 1920 and 1990 suggests attending just one July 4...
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DeSoto Native Chosen To Be Rhodes Scholar
(credit: The Rhodes Trust) HOUSTON (AP) - A DeSoto native is one of 32 students selected for the prestigious Rhodes Scholars program that gives graduates an all-expenses-paid two years at Oxford...
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Tuition Hikes: Why Higher Education Spends MIllions On Campus Cosmetics
Oh, to be born with a silver spoon. This past decade has seen the gap widen significantly between the wealthy and the working stiff. Gone, at least for most of us, are the days when hard work equaled...
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What’s Next For Fort Worth Councilman Burns?
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) - He made national headlines in 2010 after delivering a passionate speech about bullying during a Fort Worth City Council meeting. And on Tuesday night, councilman Joel Burns...
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Fort Worth Councilman Kept Resignation Plans Quiet
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) – Fort Worth Council Member Joel Burns kept the fact he’d been accepted to the prestigious Harvard Kennedy School to study public administration for a year close to his vest...
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Does Making Up Snow Days Matter? Study Says No
RICHARDSON (CBS 11 NEWS) - Even in the midst of the pure joy that kids call `a snow day,’ lurks the reality that the cancelled classes will one day come at a cost. On Friday, Richardson 5th grader...
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Upsets Mark 1st Full Day Of NCAA Tournament
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The day started with a bracket-crushing blow. More upsets followed. Four overtime games, a record. A buzzer-beater, a pair of late-night scares. OK, now breathe. This was just one day....
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Harvard’s ‘Virtual Classroom’ For Online Students
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BOSTON (AP) – The newest classroom at Harvard’s business school has no desks or chairs. Instead, the professor teaches facing a towering digital screen that...
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Malia Obama To Enter Harvard In 2017 After Taking Gap Year
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter WASHINGTON (AP) — A year off between high school and college is becoming a popular choice for U.S. students and it has caught the eye of President Barack Obama’s...
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1966 Texas Basketball Team Among Harvard W.E.B. DuBois Medal Honorees
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — A civil rights-era Texas basketball team, actress Pam Grier and opera soprano Jessye Norman are among the recipients of Harvard...
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Jeb Bush To Guest Teach Education At Harvard This Fall
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) – Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will be spending time at Harvard University this fall. Harvard’s Kennedy School announced Tuesday that Bush...
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Harvard Scholars Say Travel Pause Limits Talent
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BOSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Harvard Medical School professor Thomas Michel was so excited about recruiting Iranian researcher Soheil Saravi, he put Saravi’s name on...
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Bright Like A Diamond: Harvard Honors Rihanna’s Philanthropy
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University thinks Rihanna shines bright like a diamond when it comes to philanthropy. The Grammy Award-winning singer is being...
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Teen’s Harvard Acceptance Video Generates Wave Of Support
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A video of a 16-year-old boy and his classmates erupting in joy when they learn he was accepted to Harvard University is drawing millions of views online. Ayrton Little posted...
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Texas Girl Recreates Photo With Harvard Officer She Met As Toddler After...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (CBSDFW.COM/CNN) — When Crystal Wang was a toddler she and her family left their Houston home and set off on a trip to Massachusetts. While there her family toured Harvard University...
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