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Semitic Museum Reconstruction
Central Administration

Harvard Hires New Faculty in Jewish Studies

Harvard is on track to add three tenured professors to its ranks in Jewish Studies to address a series of retirements and faculty vacancies that threatened the program’s future.

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FAS

A Surprise Tenure Denial in Harvard’s Gender Studies Program Leaves Some Faculty Shaken

Durba Mitra’s colleagues thought she was a near-perfect tenure candidate. When her bid was shot down in June, they were left questioning the process.

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College

Embrace AI or Go Analog? Harvard Faculty Adapt to a New Normal

Nearly three years after ChatGPT arrived on the scene, Harvard’s instructors are adjusting to the technology that has reshaped their classrooms. This fall, the changes have been more visible than ever.

Emerson Hall in Harvard Yard
FAS

Beyond the Lab: Trump’s Funding Cuts Hit Humanities Research at Harvard

A database with pigment analysis of more than 300 Asian paintings. The authoritative dictionary of the Latin language, curated since the 1890s and spanning 1,200 years of inscriptions. A library of translated Ukrainian literature, launched just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

University Hall
FAS

Epstein’s Birthday Album Includes Notes Apparently Signed by Harvard Faculty, Administrators

Documents released by a House committee on Monday show the signature of former Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean and two-time acting Harvard president Henry Rosovsky alongside lewd images in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2003 birthday album.

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College

Harvard College Disciplinary Cases Tripled in 2023-24 Amid Pro-Palestine Protest Wave

Harvard College’s disciplinary review board tripled its case load during the 2023-24 academic year, calling 90 students to appear for non-academic behavior, according to a report released over the summer.

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FAS

More Than 60 Percent of Harvard FAS Faculty Identify as Liberal on Survey

Roughly 63 percent of Harvard faculty who responded to The Crimson’s annual survey of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences identify as liberal — continuing a steady decline in the percentage of survey respondents who say their political beliefs lean to the left.

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Crime

Ghislaine Maxwell Alleges Former FAS Dean Henry Rosovsky Received ‘Massage’ at Epstein’s House

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell alleged that former FAS Dean Henry A. Rosovsky received a “massage” through disgraced billionaire and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein’s network, according to a transcript of a U.S. Department of Justice interview.

Harvard Yard, University Hall, John Harvard Statue in Summer
FAS

Harvard Arts and Humanities Division Implements $1.95 Million Cut Amid University’s Budget Crunch

Harvard’s Arts and Humanities division instructed department heads to collectively reduce their budgets for non-personnel spending by roughly $1.95 million as divisions across the Faculty of Arts and Sciences implement cost-cutting plans.

‘Black Lives Matter’ in Northwest Building Windows
Race

Harvard To Remove Black Lives Matter Message From Biology Professors’ Office Windows

A Harvard administrator told two professors on Tuesday that a Black Lives Matter sign displayed in their office windows would be taken down by this Saturday, describing it as a violation of the University’s campus use rules.

People in Tercentenary Theatre and on Widener Steps
FAS

On Harvard FAS Survey, Most Faculty Say There Is Not ‘Systemic Antisemitism’ on Campus

For the second year in a row, a majority of respondents to The Crimson’s annual Faculty of Arts and Sciences survey said they did not observe “systemic antisemitism” at Harvard.

University Hall
FAS

FAS Dean for Administration and Finance Leaves Harvard for Trinity College

Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean for Administration and Finance Scott A. Jordan stepped down from his position at Harvard last week as the FAS continues to overhaul its budget in response to funding pressure from the Trump administration and a new endowment tax.

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College

Winthrop House Will Keep Name but Lose Its Association With John Winthrop, Thought To Be a Slaveowner

Harvard College’s John Winthrop House will keep its last name but lose its first after yearslong calls to distance the undergraduate residence from its namesake, whom historians believe was a slaveowner.

The View From Lamont
FAS

On Harvard FAS Survey, 85% of Faculty See Government Pressure as Major Threat to Academic Freedom

More than half of faculty members who responded to The Crimson’s survey of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences said the Trump administration’s actions have discouraged them from expressing their political views.

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College

Harvard College, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Replace Diversity Offices Amid DEI Purge

The dismantling of Harvard’s diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fanfare.

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