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Abigail S. Gerstein

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Central Administration

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.

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Central Administration

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.

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Student Groups

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.

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Politics

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.

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College

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.

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Politics

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.

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Politics

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.

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Harvard in the World

Fulbright Funding Freeze and Silence from Harvard Leaves Scholars with Questions

Professors and graduate students studying at Harvard as part of the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program will be able to finish their programs despite federal funding cuts, though applicants say the program’s future remains unclear.

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Politics

Mark Carney ’87 Chosen Prime Minister of Canada in Landslide Liberal Vote

Mark J. Carney ’87 defeated fellow Harvard College alum Chrystia A. Freeland ’90 and two other Liberal Party candidates to become the 24th Prime Minister of Canada and the new leader of the Canadian Liberal Party on Sunday afternoon.

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Central Administration

Canadian Prime Minister Candidate Mark Carney To Resign from Harvard Board of Overseers on Election Day

Mark J. Carney ’87, the frontrunner to become Canada’s 24th Prime Minister, will step down from Harvard’s second-highest governing body on March 9, the day the Liberal Party is set to elect its next leader.

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University Finances

Harvard Received $151 Million From Foreign Governments Since January 2020

Harvard received more than $100 million in donations from government sources in the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Bangladesh in the last four years, according to data released by the Department of Education.

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Politics

From Harvard to Ottawa: Carney and Freeland Vie To Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister

The race to lead both Canada and a reeling Liberal Party has narrowed to two frontrunners: Carney, the former Canadian and British central bank governor, and Chrystia A. Freeland ’90, the former deputy prime minister and a fellow Harvard alumna.

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College

‘It’s Not as Sexy’: The Challenges of Pursuing Public Service at Harvard

Many students anticipate stepping onto a campus where public service and civic action were integral to the undergraduate experience. But they often discover that students feel intense pressure to sideline their public service aspirations in favor of pre-professional pursuits, and where public service initiatives and organizations struggle with funding shortfalls.

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FAS

Harvard Denied Its Only Yiddish Professor Tenure. Did the Process Fail Him?

When Yiddish studies professor Saul Noam Zaritt was denied tenure in June at the direction of Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76, Zaritt’s own tenure review committee was stunned. They say Harvard mishandled the case — and left the future of Yiddish instruction in limbo.

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