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Claudine Gay

Gay at a Game
Women's Basketball

Gay at a Game

Gay watching from courtside as Harmoni Turner shoots.

Gay Holds Trophy
Women's Basketball

Gay Holds Trophy

Claudine Gay and Carrie Moore hold the Ivy Championship trophy. Gay attended the final game against the Lions Saturday.

Gay Holds Trophy
Women's Basketball

Claudine Gay Is Still Rooting for Harvard

More than a year after her ouster from the Harvard presidency, Claudine Gay is the women’s basketball team’s number one fan.

Claudine Gay Book Talk with Richard Benjamin
Books

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay Moderates Book Talk in Rare Appearance

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay moderated a talk with author and anthropologist Rich Benjamin on Wednesday in one of her first public events since resigning from Harvard’s top post last year.

Sunset Over Johnston Gate

Ten Stories That Shaped 2024

At Harvard, 2024 began with an ending — the chaotic close of Claudine Gay’s short-lived presidency. It would not be a quiet year. Pro-Palestine student protesters staged an encampment in Harvard Yard. Congress expanded its investigation into campus antisemitism, issuing threats alongside blistering reports. Amid it all, Alan M. Garber ’76 quietly ascended from the interim presidency to a permanent post at Harvard’s helm. Here, The Crimson looks back at 10 stories that shaped the University, and Cambridge, in 2024.

John S. Rosenberg
Central Administration

Harvard Magazine Editor Rosenberg to Retire, Ending 30-Year Tenure

Harvard Magazine editor John S. Rosenberg will retire in April, ending his three-decade tenure at the head of the alumni magazine.

Alan Garber Holyoke Chair
Central Administration

Alan Garber ’76 Installed as Harvard’s 31st President in Private Ceremony

Alan M. Garber ’76 was inaugurated as the 31st president of Harvard University in a secret ceremony Saturday evening, four months after he was officially appointed to the role for a three-year term.

Penny S. Pritzker ’81 at Gay's Presidential Announcement
Central Administration

Pritzker Defends Naming Gay Harvard President in First Interview Since May 2023

Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny S. Pritzker ’81 said she stood by her decision to appoint Claudine Gay as the 30th president of the University during an interview with The Crimson on Monday.

President Gay at Congressional Hearing
Central Administration

House Committee Reveals Private Deliberations Behind Harvard’s Disastrous October 9 Statement

In a tense exchange of emails and text messages two days after Hamas attacked Israel, 18 top Harvard administrators collectively drafted — and watered down — a public statement that backfired, drawing wide condemnation and ultimately contributing to Claudine Gay’s resignation as president.

Racial Justice and Political Correctness
Harvard Law School

HLS Professor Randall Kennedy Defends Harvard’s Free Speech Culture at Debate

Harvard Law School Professor Randall L. Kennedy defended Harvard’s free speech culture with George Washington University Law Professor Jonathan Turley at HLS Thursday.

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay at Her 2023 Presidential Inauguration
Central Administration

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay Celebrated at Black Alumni Society Event

The Harvard Black Alumni Society awarded former Harvard President Claudine Gay its award for “Leadership and Courage” on Saturday at the first University-wide Black alumni conference in more than a decade.

Garber Cover Graphic
Central Administration

Provost, Placeholder, President: How Alan Garber Won Over the Harvard Corporation

In fall 2023, Alan Garber ’76 was eyeing retirement — not a promotion. But his efforts to guide the University out of crisis and manage the 20-day encampment in Harvard Yard earned him a three-year term as the 31st president of Harvard.

Middlesex County Superior Court
FAS

Harvard Settles With Applied Physics Professor Who Sued Over Tenure Denial

Harvard reached a last-minute agreement to settle a lawsuit with a former School of Engineering and Applied Sciences associate professor who sued the University in 2020 over his tenure denial.

Netanyahu Speech Palestine Protesters
Politics

Israel’s Netanyahu Takes Aim at Harvard, Student Protesters in Speech to Congress

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took aim at Harvard in his address to a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday.​​​​​​​

Garber Commencement
Central Administration

Harvard Will Refrain From Controversial Statements About Public Policy Issues

After months of grappling with a campus fractured by a polarizing debate over the Israel-Hamas war, Harvard announced on Tuesday that the University and its leadership will refrain from taking official positions on controversial public policy issues.

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