Harvard Chief Says His Remarks on Women Were Wrong
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass.  - Harvard University President  Lawrence Summers has written a lengthy apology, admitting he  was wrong to suggest women do not have the same natural ability  in math and sciences as men.
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The prepared remarks to a House hearing offered an unequivocal statement about the controversial technique.
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Senators trying to promote human   stem cell research rebuked a team of corporate scientists on   Wednesday, saying their claims to have produced human embryonic   stem cells without harming the embryo had misrepresented their   work and hurt the cause.
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Harvard University was expected to name historian Drew Gilpin Faust as its first woman president on Sunday, ending a lengthy and secretive search to find a successor to Lawrence Summers and his tumultuous five-year tenure.
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A Nobel Prize-winning scientist from the United States who reportedly claimed black people are less intelligent than whites said Friday he was "mortified" at the comments, and suggested he was misquoted.
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RALEIGH, N.C., Dec. 14 -- The woman who said she was raped at a party thrown by Duke's lacrosse team misidentified her alleged attackers in a photo lineup that was "an incoherent mass of contradiction and error," defense lawyers argued in court papers filed Thursday.
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Duke University on Monday named a Harvard researcher as the first woman to lead its medical school, which also makes her the only female at the helm of one of the nation's Top 10 medical schools.
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A noted political scientist joined one of Sen. George Allen's former college football teammates in claiming the senator used a racial slur to refer to blacks in the early 1970s, a claim Allen dismisses as "ludicrously false."
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A longtime combatant in political science wars says a presidential debate on science is a bad idea.
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Controversial statements by Harvard's president have added fuel to a debate that scientists say has no definitive answers.
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White House press secretary Tony Snow apologized on Monday for suggesting that President Bush believed stem-cell research amounted to "murder," saying he was "overstating the president's position."
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(An earlier version of this story mistakenly attributed comments from a report by Democratic Cen. Carl Levin of Michigan in October 2004 to a report by the Pentagon's inspector general. A correct version of the story follows.)
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Three female members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus accused the organization's male leaders Thursday of treating women unfairly. Rep. Loretta Sanchez said the caucus chairman called her a "whore."
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Former President Bill Clinton told 1,700 Harvard University seniors Wednesday that he had a suspicion why he was invited to their Class Day celebration.
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Women in science and engineering are hindered by bias and Âoutmoded institutional structuresÂ in academia, an expert panel reported.
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Â· Speech posted on liberal Anglican websiteÂ· College principal under fire from some staff
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Harvard University has launched a drive  to recruit more female faculty and promote the careers of women  already at the school after its president sparked controversy  with negative remarks about women in the sciences.