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Women's Ice Hockey Coach Katey Stone
College

Harvard, Former Women’s Hockey Coach Move to Mediation in Gender Discrimination Suit

Lawyers for Harvard and former women’s hockey coach Katey Stone will move to mediation for a gender discrimination suit filed against the University, according to court documents released on Monday.

The Harvard Crimson Building
Student Groups

The Crimson Signs Amicus Brief in Suit Claiming Trump Admin Suppressed Noncitizens’ Speech in Student Papers

The Harvard Crimson joined 43 other college newspapers on an amicus brief filed Wednesday in support of a lawsuit challenging the federal government’s targeting of noncitizens for political speech.

Andrea Campbell
Central Administration

In the Fight Over Federal Higher Education Policy, Massachusetts Is a Major Player

In its clash with the Trump administration, Harvard has a powerful ally: the state of Massachusetts.

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.

Stephen Breyer Talk
Harvard Law School

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Applauds Legal Pragmatism at HLS Symposium

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer criticized the reversal of Roe v. Wade as an example of a decision driven by judges’ personal beliefs rather than consideration of the law’s broader context during an event at Harvard Law School on Friday.

Harvard Medical School
Crime

Appeals Court Allows Lawsuit Against Harvard Over Morgue Thefts To Advance

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts allowed on Monday lawsuits against Harvard over mishandling of human remains by a former morgue manager to proceed to discovery.

Austin Hall
Harvard Law School

N.J. Governor Says Lawsuits Are States’ ‘Biggest Weapon’ Against Trump at Harvard Law School Talk

New Jersey Governor Phil D. Murphy ’79 told an audience of Harvard Law School students that lawyers are “the most valuable players” in ongoing legal battles against the federal government at an event hosted by the HLS Democrats Monday morning.

Barker Center Cafe Re-Opens
English

Harvard Professors May Be Eligible for Payments in $1.5 Billion AI Copyright Settlement

When Harvard English professor Deidre S. Lynch read an article published in The Atlantic, titled “Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database that Meta Used to Train AI”, she learned for the first time that her work was used without consent to train artificial intelligence models.

John J. Moakley U.S. Courthouse
Breaking News

Judge Rules Trump’s Targeting of Pro-Palestine International Students Unconstitutional, Siding With Harvard AAUP

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of international students and professors who participated in pro-Palestine advocacy, handing a victory to a Harvard faculty group that sued this spring.

Andrea Baccarelli at HSPH Convocation 2024
Politics

Harvard’s Public Health Dean Was Paid $150,000 to Testify Tylenol Causes Autism

Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli received at least $150,000 to testify against Tylenol’s manufacturer in 2023 — two years before he published research used by the Trump administration to link the drug to autism, even though experts say a causal connection remains tenuous at best.

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.

Ivy Roots on Veritas Gate
Alumni

Former Government Officials File Amicus Brief Against Trump’s Appeal of Blocked International Student Ban

Over twenty former high-ranking government officials filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard on Tuesday, criticizing the Trump Administration’s appeal of a block on the international student ban.

Harvard Business School
Central Administration

Harvard Sues Ex-HBS Professor Gino for Defamation, Accusing Her of Falsifying Evidence

Harvard sued behavioral scientist Francesca Gino for defamation in August, alleging the former Harvard Business School professor sent the school a falsified dataset to prove she did not commit data fraud.

University Hall
Breaking News

Federal Agencies Begin Notifying Harvard Researchers of Reinstated Funds

Federal agencies have begun to inform Harvard researchers that they are reinstating portions of research funding frozen since the Trump administration’s pause on $2.7 billion in grants and contracts in the spring, according to a Harvard spokesperson on Wednesday evening.

Boston City Hall
Politics

What to Know About Boston’s Mayoral Primary on Tuesday

Incumbent mayor Michelle Wu ’07 faces off against longtime Boston philanthropist Josh Kraft, alongside community activist Domingos DaRosa and former Boston Police officer Robert Cappucci. Of the four hopefuls, the two top-polling candidates will advance to the general election in November.

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