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Did Amy Chua’s Daughter Really Need a Tiger Mom to Get Into Harvard?
Now that her eldest cub is bound for the Ivy League, the Tiger Mom has been tamed.
Shocker: Harvard Is the World’s Most Reputable University
Institutions of higher learning wondering what the world thinks of them can now point to a new Top 100 list for potential validation.
The Prestige of Patty Flipping: China’s Hamburger University More Exclusive Than Harvard
Surely there’s no ivy on the Golden Arches, but Chinese students are trading big-name colleges for Big Macs.
The Most Buzzed-About University? Wisconsin
The Badgers may have lost the Rose Bowl Saturday, but they can still boast that they’re the coolest school in America.
Culturomics: Google Tracks Culture Trends Through Books
Want to know if the Beatles really were bigger than Jesus? Then head over to the Google Books NGram Viewer.
From Stuart Little to Benjamin Button: Scientists Reverse Aging Process in Mice
Aging may just be a state of mind after all.
Shocker: Zuckerberg Claims Film Of His Life Is Inaccurate
Surprise, surprise. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, has claimed the new film about his life, The Social Network, is inaccurate.
The Other College Rankings: Most Dangerous U.S. Campuses
Forget acceptance and matriculation rates, or student to professor ratio. Give us the arsons, assault and robberies record.
Cambridge Steals Top-University Title from Harvard
Look out, American colleges — the Brits are on your tail.
Take That, Princeton: Harvard Takes Back Top-College Rank
U.S News and World Report released their highly-contested ranking of the top universities, and it looks like they’ve switched their favorite color from orange to red.
If You Were Wondering What Conan O’Brien Looked Like As a Teen…
NewsFeed is glad that we are not famous, because our constitutions could not handle the embarrassment of having old photos of us passed around. (Via The Hollywood Reporter.)