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HBS Grad Sues Harvard, HUPD Over Response to Oct. 2023 Protest Altercation
Yoav Segev, a recent Harvard Business School graduate, sued Harvard and the Harvard University Police Department on Thursday, accusing the University of failing to protect him from an antisemitic assault on campus and obstructing the investigation that followed.
Prominent Harvard Affiliates Sent Birthday Letters to Jeffrey Epstein, WSJ Reports
Several high-profile Harvard affiliates were among those who sent birthday letters, some with sexually suggestive messages, to disgraced billionaire and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein in 2003, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Winthrop House Will Keep Name but Lose Its Association With John Winthrop, Thought To Be a Slaveowner
Harvard College’s John Winthrop House will keep its last name but lose its first after yearslong calls to distance the undergraduate residence from its namesake, whom historians believe was a slaveowner.
Campus Unions Ask Harvard To Pledge Worker Protections as Federal Cuts Prompt Layoffs
Harvard’s five largest campus unions urged the University to pledge to a suite of worker protections amid federal attacks in a Monday letter emailed to Harvard’s top officials.
Harvard Custodians Withdraw Petition to Decertify Union
A Harvard custodian withdrew a petition to decertify the union representing University custodians last week, saying he hopes to gauge the union’s response before moving further in a campaign to replace it.
DOGE Instructions and a White House Deadline: How the Government Canceled Harvard’s Grants
More than 2,000 pages of court documents present a new window into the government’s process for terminating research grants to Harvard — and show that the Department of Government Efficiency helped facilitate the operation.
HKS Will Offer 50 Full-Ride Scholarships to Veterans and Longtime Public Servants
The Harvard Kennedy School is offering 50 full-ride scholarships to public servants and veterans for a one-year degree through the Mid-Career Masters in Public Administration program, the school announced Thursday.
Harvard Law School Professor Richard Fallon Dies at 73
Harvard Law School professor and internationally renowned constitutional law scholar Richard H. Fallon Jr. died on Sunday. He was 73.
Harvard AAUP Suit Mired in Dispute Over Government Documents as Trial Nears End
A Harvard faculty group’s lawsuit over the Trump administration’s immigration policies entered its final week of trial on Monday. But as the trial inches closer to its conclusion, it has become mired in a clash over what evidence the government is required to turn over.
Harvard Officials Say Federal Actions Could Cost the University $1 Billion Annually
Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 warned Monday that the combined financial impact of sweeping federal policy changes — including research funding cuts and a sharp increase in the tax on endowment income — could cost the University up to $1 billion annually.
HKS Professor David Gergen Remembered as Adept Washington Insider, Dedicated Public Servant
Harvard Kennedy School professor David Gergen — who advised four United States presidents and served as a prominent political commentator — died on Saturday. He was 83.
Harvard Grad Schools Rebrand Diversity Offices as University Wipes DEI Messaging
Several Harvard graduate schools began shuttering their diversity, equity, and inclusion offices over the past two weeks, continuing the University’s effort to replace DEI programs that the Trump administration has broadly painted as illegal.
The Defense Department Canceled a Harvard Project’s Grant. Then It Kept Paying.
The Department of Defense paid Harvard scientists to continue work on their research project, even after the Trump administration said they canceled the grant funding the study, the University claimed in a Friday filing for its lawsuit over the administration’s funding freezes.
Judge Declines To Force Ex-HBS Prof. Gino To Pay Legal Fees for Bloggers Who Accused Her of Data Fraud
A federal judge rejected the data investigation blog Data Colada’s request to force former Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino to pay legal expenses for her since-dismissed defamation suit against them.
Government Used Canary Mission List To Create Reports on Over 100 Student Protesters, DHS Official Testifies
After a lawsuit brought by a Harvard faculty group, a senior Department of Homeland Security official testified in court Wednesday that the government used names from a list compiled by the doxxing website Canary Mission to create reports on more than 100 student protesters nationwide.
