Protests
Harvard Affiliates Deliver Hundreds of Complaints Alleging Anti-Arab and Anti-Muslim Bias to President Garber’s Office
More than 30 Harvard affiliates delivered a box containing 452 discrimination complaints to Massachusetts Hall at a Monday rally, alleging that Harvard has fostered “pervasive bias against Muslims, Arabs and Palestinians.”
Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Rally Against Time Caps, Interrupt FAS Meeting
Armenian preceptor Lisa Gulesserian interrupted Tuesday’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting to call on Harvard faculty to support an end to time caps after she was awarded a prize for excellence in teaching.
8 Takeaways From Harvard’s Task Force Reports
The two University task force reports on bias against Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian affiliates described reports of threats, slurs, and social exclusion on Harvard's campus and put forth recommendations to address these issues and promote pluralism across the University.
Protesters Urge Harvard To Reject DHS Demands, Reinstate Affinity Graduation Ceremonies
After a few brief weeks celebrating Harvard’s decision to resist the Trump administration’s federal funding conditions, more than 80 students and faculty went back to protesting the University on Tuesday, rallying against the decision to end affinity celebrations in the Science Center Plaza.
Campus Unions Call on Harvard to Protect International Workers at Visitas Rally
More than 50 protesters supporting Harvard’s unions called on the University to protect non-citizen workers and draw on its endowment to ride out funding cuts at a Sunday rally in the Science Center Plaza.
At Rally in Harvard Square, Protesters Accuse Harvard of Complicity With Trump
More than 100 protesters gathered in Cambridge Common on Friday evening at a rally accusing Harvard of censoring pro-Palestine speech and scholarship even as it resists the Trump administration’s demands.
Hundreds Rally to Support International Students, Cheer Harvard’s Rejection of Trump’s Demands
More than 500 Harvard affiliates and Cambridge residents gathered on the steps of Memorial Church on Thursday afternoon to rally in support of international students after the Trump administration threatened to revoke the University’s eligibility to host them.
At Rally on Cambridge Common, Hundreds Call On Harvard To Defy Trump
More than 500 demonstrators attended the rally, which was organized by Harvard’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the Cambridge City Council, and the national 50501 movement.
Trump Administration Conditions Harvard’s Funding on Eliminating DEI, Restricting Protests
The Trump administration demanded that Harvard eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programming, ban masks at protests, and agree to cooperate with the Department of Homeland Security to avoid cuts to its federal funding.
Harvard Places Palestine Solidarity Committee on Probation Over Tuesday HOOP Rally
Harvard College placed the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee on probation and banned the organization from hosting public events until July on Wednesday over actions at a Tuesday rally hosted by Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine.
300 Protesters Rally Against Trump, Garber, and Leadership Changes to University Centers
In the largest Harvard pro-Palestine rally this year, nearly 300 protesters marched from the Science Center, down Massachusetts Avenue, and through Widener Gate on Tuesday to protest the University “complying with fascism” and shake-ups at major academic centers on religion and the Middle East.
Adams House Resident Dean Issues Warning to Student Who Booked Room for AFRO Event
Adams House Resident Dean Charles “Chip” Lockwood issued a warning Friday evening to a student who reserved a room in Adams for a meeting of the African and African American Resistance Organization, an unrecognized student group.
At IOP Forum, Legacy Protest Leaders Say Younger Protesters Need to Take More Risks in Era of Retribution
Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, a constitutional law professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said protestors need to brace themselves for potential legal consequences at an Institute of Politics forum on Thursday night.
Protesters Rally in the Square Against Grad Student Arrests at Columbia, Tufts
Roughly thirty non-Harvard affiliates protested in front of the Smith Campus Center on Thursday afternoon against the arrests of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil and Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk by federal immigration enforcement.
HOOP Holds ‘Die-In’ Outside Widener To Protest War in Gaza
More than 60 Harvard affiliates wearing masks gathered on the steps of Widener Library on Thursday for a pro-Palestine “die-in” t0 protest the rising Palestinian death toll in the ongoing Israel-Hamas War.
