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Research

Ancient DNA Database Faces Uncertain Future after Funding Expires

Researchers at a Harvard Medical School laboratory are uncertain how they will continue supporting a large public genetic database after its primary source of funding expired last month.

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Financial Aid

Heightened Cash Monitoring Status Could Hassle Harvard, but Poses Little Risk to Financial Aid

The Trump administration has turned toward federal financial aid as a new pressure point for Harvard — but recent threats do not present a significant risk to Harvard’s financial footing or students’ access to aid.

Harvard Management Corporation
Endowment

Harvard Reports First Deficit Since Pandemic in Fiscal Year 2025, Sees 12% Endowment Growth

Harvard reported an operating loss of $113 million — its first budget deficit since 2020 — as its financial footing shakes from disruptions to federal funding, even as the total value of its endowment grew by 11.9 percent to $56.9 billion, according to its fiscal year 2025 financial report.

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Politics

A Majority of Frozen Federal Funding Has Been Restored, Harvard Says

Harvard has now received payments on the majority of funding that it lost since the Trump administration froze its access to federal grants this spring, the University notified faculty this month.

Professors Entering Faculty of Arts and Sciences Meeting on Oct. 7
Politics

Hoekstra Says Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences Is ‘On Stronger Footing’ After Cost-Cutting

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra told faculty on Tuesday that the school was “on stronger footing” after taking steps to tighten its budget in the face of an unstable financial climate under the Trump administration.

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Central Administration

Government Shutdown Could Put Harvard’s Funding Lawsuit on Pause

Wednesday’s government shutdown could stall Harvard’s federal funding lawsuit, halting the case before District Judge Allison D. Burroughs can enter a final judgment — and before President Donald Trump can file the appeal he has promised.

Memorial Church Spire
Central Administration

Harvard Says Trump Administration Botched Its Antisemitism Findings

Harvard sent a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services earlier this month, accusing the agency’s civil rights office of twisting facts and misapplying antidiscrimination law in its investigation into antisemitism at the University.

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IOP

Former Vice President Mike Pence Cheers a Potential Deal Between Trump and Harvard at IOP Forum

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence voiced support for Harvard researchers caught up in the White House’s antisemitism investigations at a Tuesday talk, saying he hoped Harvard could reach “substantive and principled agreement” with the Trump administration.

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Central Administration

Garber’s Friendship with Trump’s NIH Director Stands the Test of Politics

Before National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya became a top Trump administration official, he was a student of Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76.

Harvard Kennedy School
Research

Harvard Impact Labs Fund $25,000 Grants for Faculty Public Service

Eight University professors received $25,000 grants as part of their inaugural Harvard Impact Labs fellowships to launch social science projects in collaboration with public and private sector leaders.

University Hall and Harvard Yard
Central Administration

HHS Takes Steps Toward Revoking Harvard’s Access to Federal Grants and Contracts

The Trump administration launched proceedings on Monday that could bar Harvard from doing business with the federal government, opening a new front in its escalating fight with the University just weeks after a federal judge ordered $2.7 billion in frozen research funding restored.

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University Finances

Penny Pritzker Says She Has ‘Absolutely No Idea’ How Trump Talks Will Conclude

Harvard Corporation senior fellow Penny S. Pritzker ’81 said on Sunday that the Trump administration had pushed for a $500 million settlement to resolve its six-month standoff with the University — but cast doubt on whether Harvard was considering the sum.

Belfer Building at the Harvard Kennedy School
Politics

Kennedy School Funds $20,000 Grants to Investigate Early Impacts of Trump Administration

Six Harvard Kennedy School projects received grants of up to $20,000 to research the effects of the second Trump administration on public opinion and democratic institutions.

University Hall Flag and John Harvard Statue in Late Summer
Central Administration

Harvard Receives $46 Million in Federal Grants, Ending 4-Month Freeze

Millions of dollars in federal research grants from the National Institutes of Health began to flow to Harvard on Friday, the first grant money to return to the University since a judge struck down the Trump administration’s sweeping funding freeze on Sept. 3.

Department of Education
Politics

Education Department Puts Harvard Under Financial Monitoring, Saying Federal Investigations Create Risk

The Education Department put Harvard under heightened financial oversight on Friday, saying its finances are unstable as a result of the Trump administration’s own penalties.

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