As a cash-strapped college student completing a summer internship in the notoriously expensive city of San Francisco, Joshua Meier discovered he could save money by using Uber for his commute. But as Meier waited for his driver to arrive during the height of morning rush hour, he kept his eyes nervously glued to the clock.   

More than 400 grade-school students came to Harvard recently to present their science projects to Harvard faculty, staff, and students, as well as their peers from other Cambridge upper schools.

For the sixth consecutive year, all Cambridge Public Schools eighth-graders participated in the eighth-grade science showcase at Harvard, which is sponsored by Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of...

(From left) Co-instructor Fawwaz Habbal, students Starr Wen, Kira Headrick, Chris Carnes, John Holland, Jessica Ewald, Joe Pappas, Eboni White, Sylvia Rosenberg (on the computer screen), Shaan Erickson, University Disability Services Director Michele Clopper, and Co-instructor Chris Lombardo. (Photo by Adam Zewe/SEAS Communications.)