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Tag: Yale
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Nation & World
Teaching as ‘a secular pulpit’
After a quarter century, David Damrosch left Columbia to pursue his passions in literature and languages at Harvard.
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Bringing men’s lax back
Third-year head coach John Tillman helps Harvard lacrosse return to national prominence.
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Rolling up their sleeves
Harvard students and alumni arrive at work sites to begin construction, tutoring, other tasks as part of Alternative Spring Break, a tradition of public service initiated by the student-run Phillips Brooks House Association.
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Women’s squash wins 17 Ivy title
The No. 1-ranked Harvard women’s squash team clinched their 17th Ivy League title on Feb. 13 with a 7-2 victory over No. 5 Yale.
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The Game
The oldest rivalry in college football dates to 1875, when Harvard and Yale played a bruising game that resembled rugby more than modern football. Back then, fans journeyed by train, horseback, and foot from around New England to view the rough-and-tumble spectacle.
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The Game, 1927
Original footage the 1927 Harvard-Yale football face off inside Harvard University Stadium.
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A comeback for the ages
Crimson quarterback Collier Winters ’11 threw for 211 yards, ran for 51 yards, and threw two touchdowns on Nov. 21 as the Harvard football team came back from a 10-0, fourth-quarter to defeat the Yale Bulldogs,14-10.
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Harvard-Yale clash for 126th time
On Nov. 21, the Harvard football team visits New Haven to face Yale in the 126th playing of The Game.
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Harvard, Yale Back Students in Patent Stance That Aids Poor
Nov. 9 (Bloomberg) — Harvard University, Yale University and three other schools are pledging to encourage companies to give poor countries better access to drugs and medical products based on…
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Women’s volleyball looks to keep pace in Ancient Eight
The Harvard women’s volleyball team, which split its recent games with a 3-0 sweep of Brown (Oct. 23) and a 3-0 loss to Yale (Oct. 24), is embarking on a four-game home stand.
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Men’s soccer escapes Yale in double overtime
The No. 6 Harvard men’s soccer team traveled to New Haven, Conn., Oct. 3 to defeat the Yale Bulldogs, 1-0, in double overtime.
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Crimson men’s golf take Yale Spring Opener
For the second consecutive season, the Harvard Crimson men’s golf team found success in New Haven, Conn., capturing the Yale Spring Opener behind the play of senior John Christensen and juniors Danny Mayer and Greg Shuman, who finished first, second, and third, respectively, in the tournament.
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Crimson hold off the Bulldog’s fight
There’s no stopping them, and there’s no containing them. It’s too bad the team from Connecticut wasn’t forewarned.
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Women’s basketball takes bite out of Bulldogs
In the final home appearance of their Harvard basketball careers, the four seniors honored before Saturday evening’s (March 7) game put on quite a show for the home crowd at Lavietes Pavilion.
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Men’s basketball splits weekend
Twenty-four hours after falling to last-place Brown, 59-61, the Crimson gained a bit of redemption, dominating the second-place Yale Bulldogs on the road by a score of 69-59.
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Men’s basketball to host Yale, Brown
This weekend, the Crimson (9-9, 1-3 Ivy) will be on a recovery mission, as the Harvard men’s basketball team looks to snap its three-game skid against Yale tomorrow (Feb. 6, 7 p.m.) and Brown on Sunday (Feb. 7, 7 p.m.) at Lavietes Pavilion. Despite the Crimson’s recent struggles, they have already exceeded last year’s win…
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Twice as nice
It took a fourth-quarter, goal-line stand in the last few minutes against Yale in the 125th playing of The Game on Saturday (Nov. 22), but the Crimson eventually got what they wanted: the ball, the win, and a share of the Ivy League Championship with Brown.
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Field trip
For well over a century, Harvard and Yale have gone head-to-head at the end of November for the epic football match known simply as “The Game.” The contest is steeped in history and tradition, not just for the undergraduates who take to the field but also for the thousands of students and alumni who descend…
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Sports in brief
Women’s soccer grabs first Ivy win behind freshman’s play The Crimson held nothing back on Saturday (Oct. 4), as Harvard defeated Yale 3-1 at Ohiri Field.
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Sports brief
There was not enough rain to keep the women’s golf team from winning its third tournament in three appearances this season at the Fall Intercollegiate at Yale University (Sept. 27-28). Competing against elite teams from the Northeast, the Crimson placed first out of 19. Crimson top performer, junior Claire Sheldon, finished tied for fourth, shooting…
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Weekend split skews Ivy pursuit
That wild rivalry between the Harvard and Yale football teams seemed to briefly spill over to women’s hoops this past Saturday (March 9) in New Haven, Conn. Unfortunately, up against the passionate play of the host Bulldogs, the Harvard Crimson were the ones to get soaked.
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Sports briefs
Squash capture fifth at Howe Cup; Two Harvard icers score Kazmaier consideration; ECAC honors sophomore
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Sports in brief
Runners, throwers, jumpers take second, third at HYP meet, Men’s squash takes fourth at CSA National Team Championships, Operation playoffs: Mission getting accomplished for Crimson hockey
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Heavenly seven
A visiting Harvard football team exploded for four first-half touchdowns to overwhelm Yale, 37-6, on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 17) in a battle of the Ivy League’s only remaining unbeaten teams.
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Homely win, pretty ending
Harvard football coach Tim Murphy managed to find a silver lining in all those yellow flags his team earned on Saturday afternoon (Nov. 10). Of course, in dispensing the visiting Penn Quakers, 23-7, to keep the Crimson unbeaten at home and in league play, 6-0 (7-2 overall), those 10 penalties for 95 lost yards tend…
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Fencers split at North Champs
On a weekend where every touch was fought with intensity and passion, great respect was manifest but no love was lost between Ivy League fencing rivals Harvard and Columbia. The two schools, after all, were battling for supremacy at the Ivy League North Championship (Feb. 25) at Harvard’s Gordon Track and Field Center.
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Sports in brief
Women’s hoops swoop up share of league title Men rock Yale at CSA consolation Above and beyond: Tracksters named All-Ivy