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Central Administration

House Narrowly Passes GOP Tax Bill Targeting Harvard’s Endowment with 21 Percent Tax

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping Republican-backed tax and spending bill Thursday that would impose a 21 percent tax on Harvard’s endowment returns — the latest in a series of federal measures inflicting harsh financial penalties on the University.

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Central Administration

Garber Establishes Presidential Priorities Fund, Calls on Alumni to Back Harvard in Fight with Trump

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 unveiled a new Presidential Priorities Fund in a Monday email and called on alumni and donors to throw their financial and political support behind the University.

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Research

Scores of Researchers Receive Termination Notices After Federal Government Cuts Most Grants to Harvard

More than 100 Harvard researchers received termination notices for federally funded research projects on Thursday, as sweeping cuts to the majority of Harvard’s federal grants begin taking effect across the University’s labs.

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Central Administration

Harvard Paid Claudine Gay $1.3 Million in 2023, Financial Disclosures Show

Former Harvard President Claudine Gay earned more than $1.3 million in 2023 — which spanned the end of her term as Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean and all six months of her short-lived presidency — according to the University’s annual tax disclosures.

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University Finances

HMC Backs Out of Big Tech, Increases Stakes in Microsoft and Booking at Beginning of 2025

Harvard Management Company pulled back on many of its recent tech investments during the first quarter of 2025 while significantly increasing its stakes in Microsoft and Booking Holdings in a major shakeup of its directly held public equities portfolio.

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Baseball

Harvard Baseball Clinches Ivy Tournament Spot After Win Over Princeton, Yale Sweep of Dartmouth

After taking down Princeton in its season finale, Harvard baseball entered the weekend needing Yale to sweep Dartmouth to clinch a postseason berth. Following the Bulldogs' success, the Crimson now faces off against its rival in the Ivy League tournament.

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Baseball

Harvard Baseball’s Postseason Hopes Take Hit in Sweep by Columbia

Harvard baseball was swept in its final Ivy League home series, falling 16-13, 8-3, and 19-1 to a dominant Columbia team that clinched the Ivy League regular season crown with precision. The team's postseason hopes now rely on Yale sweeping Dartmouth.

Pulse 2024: Religion and Belonging

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Central Administration

On Harvard’s 2024 Pulse Survey, Jewish and Muslim Students Report Higher Rates of Feeling Like They Don’t Belong

As Harvard’s campus convulsed in protests over the war in Gaza, Jewish and Muslim students reported lower levels of belonging on Harvard’s latest Pulse Survey compared to their peers — even as overall student sentiment has seen modest improvement since the survey’s first iteration in 2019.

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Breaking Sports

Two Former Harvard Football Players Sign With NFL Teams

Former Harvard football standout Tyler Neville signed with the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent on Saturday, adding another chapter to his career as a top tight end.

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University Finances

HMC Plans $1 Billion Sale of Private Equity Stakes

Harvard Management Company is planning to sell nearly $1 billion of private equity fund stakes, liquidating nearly 5 percent of its private equity portfolio amid mounting threats to the University’s finances by its critics in Washington.

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Central Administration

Harvard Spends Record Amount on Lobbying in First Quarter of 2025 As It Fends Off Federal Threats

Harvard spent $230,000 on federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2025 — its highest quarterly total since George W. Bush’s presidency — as the University tries to fortify itself against attacks from Congress and the White House.

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Research

HSPH Asks Labs To Describe Funding Streams As It Braces for Financial Troubles

The Harvard School of Public Health is asking all research labs to describe their funding streams to determine how to allocate “scarce internal resources” in the wake of the Trump administration’s multibillion dollar cut to federal grants and contracts.

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