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![I paid $125 for this photo of Angela Merkel](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2019/09/16/Merk.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
I paid $125 for this photo of Angela Merkel
After five years of trying to get records out of the Harvard University Police Department, I ended up spending $125 on a high-resolution photo German Chancellor Angela Merkel. This is the story of how and why.
![MIT invests in AI’s future](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2018/12/17/LabCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
MIT invests in AI’s future
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, supported by a multimillion dollar donation from a hedge fund CEO and a history of expertise in artificial intelligence, wants to become a world leader in examining AI’s impact and lead its integration in all aspects of professional and social life.
![FBI couldn't get a clear picture on abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/09/12/KellyCov.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
FBI couldn’t get a clear picture on abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly spent nearly all of his 92 years creating geometrically-concerned works of abstract and colorful art - a focus he tuned for some time as a Camouflage Technician for the U.S. Army during World War II. But when he applied to participate in the European Recovery Program - popularly known as the Marshall Plan - he generated 50-odd pages in the files of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not for his military exploits but for concerns that an art school friendship might have been something more.
![Cambridge Police release full list of professors arrested at Harvard’s DACA protest yesterday](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/09/08/HarvardGates.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Cambridge Police release full list of professors arrested at Harvard’s DACA protest yesterday
In a protest against the removal of protections under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), over two dozen professors and affiliates of Harvard - as well as Babson College, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, UMass Boston, and Boston College - were arrested in Harvard Square yesterday after creating a human chain across Massachusetts Avenue that blocked traffic through the busy Cambridge junction.
![The CIA college tour: The Ivy League](https://cdn.muckrock.com/news_images/2017/09/01/college.jpg.1200x400_q85_crop.jpg.800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
The CIA college tour: The Ivy League
As part of back-to-school week, we combed through the CIA archives to find connections between colleges and the Agency. Today, we’re looking at the Ivy League.