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Harvard’s 2025 Class Days

At Convocation and Class Day ceremonies last week, Harvard’s Class of 2025 gathered to celebrate their new degrees. But the Trump administration’s attacks on Harvard cast a shadow over the proceedings — and graduates, faculty, and keynote speakers across Harvard’s schools paired their messages of joy with defiance.

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Politics

A Profession ‘Under Siege’: Speakers Urge Students To Defend and Uplift Medicine at HMS Class Day

Harvard Medical School and the Harvard School of Dental Medicine’s Class Day speakers urged graduates to unite in support of medicine amid funding uncertainty and public health skepticism, taking veiled jabs at the Trump administration after a Commencement marked by pride and defiance.

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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.

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Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical School Cancels Class Session With Gazan Patients, Calling It One-Sided

Harvard Medical School abruptly canceled a planned Jan. 21 lecture on wartime healthcare and a subsequent panel with patients from Gaza receiving care in Boston, citing student and faculty complaints.

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Admissions

Harvard Dental School Only Meets 50% of Financial Aid for Students

The Harvard School of Dental Medicine is trying to fill a cavity in its financial aid offerings.

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Race

Underrepresented Minority Enrollment at Dental School Halves Post-Affirmative Action

The number of students at Harvard School of Dental Medicine who identify as underrepresented in medicine halved this year, HSDM Dean William V. Giannobile said in an interview with The Crimson on Wednesday, the first since 2021.

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Longwood

Harvard Dental School to Run Deficit, Dean Confident in Mending Donor Relations

Harvard School of Dental Medicine Dean William V. Giannobile said the school will run a deficit this year but expressed confidence in his ability to mend fractured donor relationships in a Wednesday interview with The Crimson, his first in three years.

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Research

Harvard Dental School Dean Wins American Dental Association Award for Research

Harvard School of Dental Medicine Dean William V. Giannobile was presented with the American Dental Association’s 2024 Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Dental Research last Friday.

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Commencement

‘Humanity in the Highest Regard’: Incoming BU President Speaks at HMS Class Day

Incoming Boston University President Melissa L. Gilliam urged graduates to “love yourself, love another, and love mankind” in a keynote speech at the Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Dental Medicine Class Day on Thursday.

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Harvard Medical School

Harvard Medical, Dental Students Allege Administrative Censorship in Annual Welcome Music Video

Harvard Medical School and School of Dental Medicine students alleged administrative censorship over the removal of pro-Palestine imagery from the annual student-made music video for new admits.

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Race

Harvard School of Dental Medicine Affiliates Discuss Disparities in Oral Health Care at Webinar

Experts in oral health policy from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine discussed barriers to equitable health care in a webinar hosted by the Office of the Vice Provost for Advances in Learning Wednesday evening.

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USC Professor Yang Chai Presented with Harvard School of Dental Medicine Goldhaber Award

Yang Chai, professor and chair in craniofacial biology at the University of Southern California, was awarded the Paul Goldhaber Award at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine on Tuesday.

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University

Harvard Dental School Launches New Residency Program in New Hampshire

The Harvard School of Dental Medicine launched a new dental residency program in New Hampshire this fall focusing on oral health care for rural and underserved populations.

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Harvard Medical School

Applications to Harvard Medical School Drop Back to Near Pre-Pandemic Levels

Applications to Harvard Medical School fell back to near pre-pandemic levels this year after a sharp increase last cycle.

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Harvard Medical School

HMS Office for Community-Centered Medical Education Receives $150,000 Donation

Harvard Medical School received a $150,000 donation on Nov. 19 to support the current development of an office for community-centered medical education.

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