The Talented Mr. Wheeler—Harvard student Adam Wheeler, who got in by lying on his application and now faces criminal charges—was accepted to join Stanford for the 2010-2011 academic year. Obviously, they have since changed their minds. [AP]

This past weekend, a sprawling new profile probed Adam Wheeler, the man accused of scamming his way into Harvard. Turns out the tortured poet's grand reinvention coincided with gaining 20 lbs. of muscle in a single summer. Damn.

Is the talented Mr. Wheeler—accused Harvard scamster Adam Wheeler, who faces 20 counts of larceny and fraud for application lies—defending himself pseudonymously in the Harvard Crimson's comment forums? Plus, new photo and anecdotes from his time at Harvard.

Harvard Business School kids are trying to get all their fellow grads to take an oath, a pledge that they'll be ethical managers. This could well be the most effective meaningless gesture since abstinence pledges. [Bloomberg. Pic via]

Prosecutors say Adam Wheeler committed larceny and identity fraud, stealing $45,000 in Harvard scholarship money. Peers recall a quiet overachiever with a knack for grandiose self-description and a plan to become a lawyer—or so he told them.

Adam Wheeler, the Harvard student whose lies spiraled into 20 counts of larceny and fraud, pleaded not guilty today. His farcically packed resume (fluent in five languages?) and a friend's testimony portray a "super weird" extreme personality, and shifting lies.

A new study from the Harvard School of Public Health claims that eating processed meats can increase the risk of heart disease by 42%, and type 2 diabetes by 19%. The main culprit here? Salt. Bloomberg was right! [Harvard, pic]

Someone hit the "panic" button beside Larry Summers' desk—the Ivory Tower has been breached! A 23-year-old former Harvard student, Adam Wheeler, stands accused of lying in his Harvard, Fulbright, and Rhodes applications, and now faces 20 criminal charges.

Stuck in an awful dead-end job? Try becoming embroiled in a plagiarism scandal! It worked for famous Harvard plagiarist Kaavya Viswanathan. She just got a sweet summer job at one of the most prominent law firms in the country.

As comment boards and campus rumormills churn on the subject of third-year Harvard law student Stephanie Grace's email on the subject of white intellectual supremacy, a new narrative emerges: Is Stephanie the victim of catty collegiate in-fighting?

Third-year Harvard Law student Stephanie Grace sent a mass email about whether black people are categorically less intelligent than white people. Now her campus, legal blogs, and the Black Law Students Association are up in arms, and Stephanie is hiding.

A third year Harvard law student made racist comments at a dinner, then tried to clarify in an email—but the email got forwarded to the Black Law Student Association, and her summer boss is cow porn Judge Kozinski!

The future architects of America's imperial decline, Harvard kids, came together for a good old-fashioned foam party last weekend. They tried. But these things aren't easy.

As a high schooler, Caroline Giuliani's Facebook endorsement of Obama delighted Democrats and embarrassed her estranged father, Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani. Now little Caroline is all grown up and starring in bizarre YouTube soap operas with her Harvard friends.

You don't have to go to college to comment, but you have to comment to... comment about college. Today we listened to a Harvard bedtime story, and one inspired commenter wove his own little tale. It is after the jump.

Oh, Harvard kid bullshit. It never fails to disappoint in the ridiculousness department, does it? Today we have an adventuring group of students who journeyed to nearby Tufts for a party and reported their findings. It's a tale of enlightenment.

Yesterday afternoon at the University of Alabama, Huntsville, a suspect was detained on a capital murder charge after a shooting that left three dead and three injured: Dr. Amy Bishop. A portrait of her is emerging. Update: Bishop's violent past.

So: E!'s running this story today about Justin Timberlake accepting Harvard's Man of the Year award—called the Hasty Pudding award, apparently—and it appears to be part of some joyously homoerotic Ivy League ritual of fun. It looks awesome.

fashion publicist and Bravo reality star, responding to the question "What do you think about Harvard?" to the Harvard Crimson.

[Anne Hathaway in dear old Cambridge for arguably the gayest of Harvard's many gay traditions, the Hasty Pudding parade. Image via Getty]