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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.
Trump Uses Harvard Public Health School Dean’s Research to Link Tylenol to Autism
Harvard School of Public Health Dean Andrea A. Baccarelli met in recent weeks with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’76 and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya to discuss the dean’s study linking acetaminophen to autism, according to a statement by Baccarelli posted on an official White House X account.
Harvard Medical School to Cut 20 Percent of Research Spending, Dean Says in Annual Address
Harvard Medical School Dean George Q. Daley ’82 said the University’s central administration had instructed him to cut spending on the Medical School’s research enterprise by at least 20 percent by the end of the fiscal year in his annual State of the School address Wednesday morning.
Two Weeks After Court Ruling, Harvard’s Researchers Are Still Waiting for Grants
Nearly two weeks after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s freeze on Harvard’s federal funding was unconstitutional, Harvard’s researchers are still waiting to get their money back.
Former HMS Professor Sued Over Alleged Malpractice in Gender Surgeries
Former Harvard Medical School professor Curtis L. Cetrulo was sued for medical malpractice in July by two transgender patients who allege their phalloplasties were botched at Massachusetts General Hospital.
Trump Expands Race Data Disclosure Requirements, Putting Harvard Admissions Under Scrutiny Again
Harvard and all other American universities will now be required to submit data proving that they do not consider race in admissions, following a Thursday memorandum from President Donald Trump.
How Harvard Lost the JFK Library
In 1963, one month before his assassination, President John F. Kennedy ’40 visited Harvard to choose a site for his presidential library and archives. But after years of local controversy, the JFK library at Harvard never came to be.
‘We’re Counting On You’: Students, Speakers Share Hope and Resolve at HSPH Convocation
As the Harvard School of Public Health reels from cuts to its research funding, graduates and their families celebrated the wide-ranging impact of their work at last Wednesday’s convocation.
Strings Attached: How Harvard’s Wealthiest Alumni Are Reshaping University Giving
Led by Samuel W. Lessin ’05 and the 1636 Forum, Harvard donors are ditching unrestricted giving for targeted donations to shape the University’s future.
Trump Took Aim at Harvard. His Facts Sometimes Missed the Mark.
Donald Trump has spent the past two days using his presidential bully pulpit to light into Harvard.
Students Sue Harvard Over Mental Health Policies
Students 4 Mental Health Justice, an advocacy group composed partly of Harvard undergraduates, sued the University over allegations that it discriminates against students with mental health disabilities in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Thursday.
Mark Carney ’87 Will Lead Canada as Prime Minister in Full Term
Mark J. Carney ’87 has defeated Conservative Party Leader Pierre M. Poilievre to remain in power as Canada’s Prime Minister securing the Liberal’s fourth consecutive mandate during a snap election on Monday.
As Trump Targets Student Visas, Harvard Allows International Admits To Accept Offers From Foreign Universities
Breaking with past policy, Harvard College announced that international students can accept admission to both Harvard and another non-American institution in an email to incoming international students Sunday morning.
3 Days After Lawsuit, Trump Bashes Harvard on Truth Social
President Donald Trump called Harvard “an Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution” in a diatribe on his Truth Social account Thursday morning — three days after the University sued to block his administration’s $2.2 billion funding freeze.
Judge Allison Burroughs Will Oversee Harvard’s Federal Funding Lawsuit. It’s Not Her First Harvard Assignment.
Massachusetts District Court Judge Allison D. Burroughs, a Barack Obama appointee who ruled to uphold Harvard’s race-conscious admissions policies in 2019, will oversee the lawsuit Harvard brought on Monday against the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze.
