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Race

Department of Education Takes Aim at All Race-Conscious Higher Ed Practices

The Department of Education warned Harvard and other federally funded institutions not to use any race-based decision-making on Friday, arguing in a Dear Colleague letter that all such practices are illegal under the Supreme Court’s decision outlawing race-conscious admissions practices.

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City Politics

Mass. Department of Public Utilities to Review Energy Delivery Rates After Complaints Over Skyrocketing Bills

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has promised to renegotiate energy delivery rates with oil and gas companies after Mass. Governor Maura T. Healey ’92 and several state legislators penned letters decrying residents’ surging heating bills.

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.

Harvard Graduate School of Education
Events

Harvard Vice Provost Encourages Controversial Discussions in Classrooms at HGSE Event

Harvard Vice Provost for Advances in Learning Bharat N. Anand said the University is encouraging teachers to broach controversial subjects in classrooms at a Harvard Graduate School of Education virtual event on Thursday.

Harvard Business School
Harvard Business School

HBS Professor Gino Makes Changes to Legal Counsel in Discrimination Suit

Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino has expanded her legal representation to include lawyers from employment firm Hartley Michon Robb Hannon LLP in an ongoing discrimination lawsuit filed against Harvard in 2023.

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Student Life

HUHS Report Reveals 17 Percent Increase in Annual Patient Visits

Harvard University Health Services reported an approximately 17 percent increase in patient visits in 2024, according to the department’s annual report published last month.

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Labor

Mass General Brigham Announces Mass Layoffs for Administrative Employees

Mass General Brigham announced layoffs for hundreds of administrative and management employees on Monday in anticipation of a $250 million budget gap, an unprecedented decision for Massachusetts’ largest private employer.

Harvard Business School
Crime

Judge Dismisses Hate Crime Charges Against Harvard Graduate Students

A Boston Municipal Court judge dismissed hate crime charges in an assault case involving two Harvard graduate students at a pro-Palestine protest, according to online court records.

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Gender and Sexuality

Harvard’s Sexual Harassment Policies Adapt to Trump Administration

Harvard will keep its policy protections against sexual misconduct based on gender identity, despite the Education Department’s announcement that it will end the Biden administration’s mandated protections for LGBTQ students.

HUHS
Health

HUHS Indefinitely Postpones Panel on LGBTQ Care Following Executive Orders

Harvard University Health Services postponed a panel on LGBTQ care at Harvard due to uncertainty about the implications of President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting transgender individuals.

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Labor

In Major Year for Labor, Five Campus Unions Head to Bargaining Table

More than 10,500 Harvard workers, represented by five unions, will negotiate new contracts with the University in 2025, setting the stage for a remarkable year in Harvard labor relations.

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College

Most Harvard Students Do Not Feel Comfortable Sharing Controversial Opinions in Class, Survey Finds

Only one third of Harvard’s last graduating class felt comfortable expressing opinions about controversial topics during their time at the College, per the University’s 2024 senior survey, a 13 percent decrease from the Class of 2023.

Harvard Art Museums
FAS

Harvard Art Museums Receive Bequest of 64 Edvard Munch Artworks

The Harvard Art Museums received a bequest of 62 prints and two paintings by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, an addition that makes the museum’s collection of Munch’s work one of the largest in the United States.

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Central Administration

As Trump Orders ICE Raids Nationwide, Harvard Stays Quiet

As the Trump administration threatens deportations across the country, Harvard is standing behind its policy to direct federal officers seeking access to non-public spaces to the Harvard University Police Department or the Office of the General Counsel — without elaborating on what happens next.

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Labor

Harvard Offers To Remove Time Caps for Preceptors in Union Negotiations

Harvard has agreed to end term limits on preceptor positions as part of a bargaining proposal offered to Harvard’s union for non-tenure-track faculty at a bargaining session on Thursday, walking back a firm line against changing the structure of academic employment.

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