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Harvard Graduate Student Union
Race

Rejecting Grad Union’s Title IX Request, Harvard Asks To Ban External Arbitration in All Discrimination Cases

As it negotiates with its graduate student union, Harvard is looking to excise contract language that lays out antidiscrimination protections and instead shift authority over complaints to policies and procedures maintained by the University.

The Capitol Building
Central Administration

House Committee To Investigate Harvard’s Hiring Practices for Racial Discrimination

Nine Republican lawmakers on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce opened an investigation into Harvard’s faculty hiring practices on Tuesday, claiming Harvard may have violated federal employment discrimination law by considering race and gender.

Harvard Business School
Commencement

Nonprofit CEO John Rice Defends Diversity Efforts in HBS Class Day Speech

In a Harvard Business School Class Day address last week, John Rice, the founder and CEO of Management Leadership for Tomorrow, contended that diversity and inclusion remained important to leveling the playing field in business — and that the term had been unjustly stigmatized.

Harvard Medical School Quad
Politics

HMS Restructures and Renames Diversity Office, Removes Pledge To Fight Inequities

The Harvard Medical School renamed its diversity office and announced changes to several major DEI programs on Wednesday in the latest rollback of diversity infrastructure at Harvard.

FGLI Affinity Celebration 2025
College

Students Hold Unofficial Affinity Celebrations, Marked by Anger at University Decision to Withdraw Support

Eight affinity groups held celebrations for Commencement this week, despite having been denied funding and access to campus venues by Harvard officials.

Massachusetts Hall
College

Weeks After Cutting Off Support for Affinity Grad Events, Harvard Funds ASL Interpreter for Disability Celebration

After the University announced it would no longer host or fund affinity group celebrations for Commencement, Harvard funded an interpreter for a Tuesday disability affinity ceremony but told organizers to distance the event from traditional affinity celebrations held in previous years.

DEI GIF
Commencement

The Rise and Fall of DEI at Harvard

Over the past three years, Harvard has shifted its approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs — moving from a full-throated support to abandoning the language of DEI amid threats from a hostile White House.

Loeb House
Central Administration

6 New Members Elected to Harvard Board of Overseers

The newly-elected Overseers include Mark A. Edwards ’82, Nathaniel O. Keohane, Michael Rosenblatt, Anjali Sud, Courtney B. Vance ’82, and Mary Louise Kelly ’93.

Garber May 23 Interview 2
Central Administration

Garber Defends Leadership Changes and DEI Office Renaming, Denies Political Pressure

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 acknowledged concerns that the dismissal of two faculty directors at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies in March and the renaming of the University’s diversity office appeared to some as concessions to the Trump administration, but declined to explain either decision.

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College

DEI GIF

Khurana May 20
College

Khurana Reaffirms Inclusivity Commitment As Affinity Groups Organize Unsponsored Grad Celebrations

Outgoing College Dean Rakesh Khurana affirmed his commitment to inclusive programming in a Tuesday interview after Harvard announced it would no longer fund or provide campus spaces for affinity graduation celebrations.

Christina Villarreal Speaks at AAPI Affinity
College

Harvard Affinity Groups Plan Commencement Celebrations Without University Support

At least six Harvard affinity groups will host unofficial celebrations for students graduating next week following the University’s decision to revoke funding and space for the annual traditions.

University Hall Steps
Central Administration

EEOC Launches Investigation Into Harvard’s Hiring Practices, Alleging Title VII Violations

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched an investigation into Harvard in late April, alleging that the University has engaged in discriminatory hiring practices in violation of Title VII since 2018, according to documents leaked to the Washington Free Beacon.

Massachusetts Hall
Central Administration

Harvard Renames Diversity Office As Trump Demands Dismantling of DEI

Harvard will immediately rename its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging to “Community and Campus Life,” the University announced Monday.

Students Take Selfie at Latinx Affinity Celebration
College

Harvard Will Not Fund Affinity Group Graduation Celebrations Following Ed Department Warning

Harvard will no longer host or fund affinity group celebrations during Commencement, the University’s former diversity office wrote in an email to affinity groups on Monday afternoon.

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