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Sherri A. Charleston Speaks at Jewish Affinity Celebration
Central Administration

Harvard Requested Kestenbaum Delete X Post Denouncing DEI Officer

Harvard requested Harvard Divinity School graduate Alexander “Shabbos” Kestenbaum remove a critical social media post about Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Sherri A. Charleston.

Loeb House
Central Administration

Coalition for a Diverse Harvard Endorses 5 Candidates in 2025 Board of Overseers Race

The Coalition for a Diverse Harvard endorsed five candidates for this year’s Board of Overseers election on Sunday, three weeks before Harvard affiliates begin voting to fill six vacancies on the University's second-highest governing board.

Massachusetts Hall in Harvard Yard
Central Administration

As Universities Eliminate DEI Programming, Harvard Stays Its Course

As many American universities erase their diversity, equity, and inclusion programming in response to threats from the new Trump administration, Harvard has taken a different road — quietly maintaining its diversity initiatives and sometimes actively defending diversity on campus.

Loeb House in May
Central Administration

Coalition for a Diverse Harvard Pushes Back Against Department of Education’s Letter on Diversity

The Coalition for a Diverse Harvard called on Harvard to reject recent Department of Education guidelines prohibiting any race-conscious practices on college campuses and reaffirm its support for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in a Feb. 24 letter to top University leadership.

Mr. Asian Sensation 2025
College

‘Asian to the Max’: Harvard Students Compete in Mr. Asian Sensation Pageant

Nearly 100 Harvard students and affiliates gathered in Lowell Lecture Hall Friday to watch eight undergraduates compete in “Mr. Asian Sensation,” a male pageant hosted by the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association intended to fundraise for an Asian-focused charity.

Southeast Asia Visibility Week Cultural Dance Event in Queen's Head Pub
College

Southeast Asian Student Groups Host Visibility Week

More than 100 Harvard affiliates and Cambridge residents gathered for live performances, film screenings, and poetry readings as a part of celebrations for Southeast Asian Visibility Week.

Sara N. Bleich
Central Administration

‘No Limit on the Research’: Bleich Defends Legacy of Slavery Initiative After Resignations, Layoffs

Vice Provost for Special Projects Sara N. Bleich forcefully defended Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative in a Friday interview following departures from the initiative and criticism of the University’s decision to outsource the research of its Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program.

African and African American Resistance Organization Community Town hall
College

Students Share Fears for Affinity Groups Under Trump at AFRO Town Hall

Roughly a dozen students expressed concern about the future of Harvard affinity groups amid Trump administration threats to diversity programming at a town hall hosted by the African and African American Resistance Organization Thursday evening.

Smith Center Front
College

Harvard President Garber Says Diversity Is a Condition of Academic Excellence at Annual EDIB Forum

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 argued diversity is a “critical enabler of learning” in opening remarks at the University’s annual Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging Forum on Tuesday, avoiding reference to sustained threats to DEI programming from the Trump administration.

Dean Rakesh Khurana
College

‘We Should Not Be an Institution That Operates Out of Fear’: Khurana Praises Diversity Amid Trump Threats

Outgoing Harvard College Dean Rakesh Khurana affirmed the importance of diversity at Harvard in a Friday interview amid President Donald Trump’s ongoing battle against universities’ diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

HMS Gordon Hall
University

Harvard Dental School Abruptly Fired Its Head of DEI in December

Harvard School of Dental Medicine professor Fadie T. Coleman was forced out of her role as the assistant dean of the HSDM Office for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging in December after the school’s dean said she did not meet work expectations.

University Hall
Race

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Diversity Dean Position Left Vacant For Nearly Two Years

Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has been without an associate dean for diversity, inclusion, and belonging for nearly two years after Sheree M. Ohen left Harvard for Amherst University in April 2023.

Trump Ed Dept Appointees
University

Trump Staffs Education Department To Upend University DEI Programs

President Donald Trump tapped a slew of political appointees to the U.S. Department of Education last week, assembling a team to pressure Harvard and other universities to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion policies.

Massachusetts Hall Entrance
Race

What’s Next for Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative?

When the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative’s Remembrance Program identified more than 100 living descendants of enslaved people owned by University affiliates, it marked just the beginning of what will likely be a yearslong process to engage and support those descendants.

Harvard Admissions Entrance
College

In Major Turnaround, Harvard College Will Not Release Admissions Data on Decision Day

In a major break from a nearly 70-year precedent, Harvard College will not publicize admissions data on the day applicants receive their application decisions.

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