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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.

Grays Hall
College

‘Trailblazers’: Harvard Students Celebrate 3rd Annual FGLI Visibility Week

More than 200 Harvard students and affiliates celebrated the third annual First Generation, Low Income Visibility Week with workshops, fireside chats, and affinity spaces.

HKS Diversity Course
Race

Harvard Kennedy School Diversity Report Shows Rise in International Students

The Harvard Kennedy School’s proportion of international students climbed for the fifth year in a row to 59 percent, according to an annual diversity report released on Thursday.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu '07 at 2022 Class Day
Cambridge

Boston, Cambridge Launch Partnership to Promote Diversity in City Vendors

Boston and Cambridge launched a partnership to increase opportunities for business owners from traditionally disadvantaged groups to win contracts for city projects.

Sherri A. Charleston Speaks at Jewish Affinity Celebration
Crime

Harvard’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Condemns Antisemitic Stickers

Sherri A. Charleston, Harvard’s chief diversity and inclusion officer, condemned the antisemitic stickers discovered around campus in a University-wide email Friday afternoon.

Admissions Data Cover Graphic
College

How the Supreme Court Shaped the Class of 2028 at Harvard

As questions circulate on the College’s methodology and reactions range on the demographic changes, the data only stated one thing definitively: the fight over Harvard’s admissions is far from over.

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