Department of Education Takes Aim at All Race-Conscious Higher Ed Practices

The Department of Education warned Harvard and other federally funded institutions not to use any race-based decision-making on Friday, arguing in a Dear Colleague letter that all such practices are illegal under the Supreme Court’s decision outlawing race-conscious admissions practices.

Christina Maranci Portrait

Christina Maranci is a professor of Armenian studies at Harvard.

Will QuestBridge Partnership Help Harvard Reach Low-Income Students? Experts Aren’t Sure

Harvard affiliates expressed excitement about the University’s new partnership with QuestBridge’s National College Match program, though some held reservations about its impact on the diversity of incoming classes.

Harvard Joins QuestBridge Admissions Match Program

Harvard will join the rest of the Ivy League universities in QuestBridge’s National College Match, committing to admit QuestBridge scholars early with full scholarships, the company announced on Thursday.

Veritas Carving on McKean Gate

In Motion: Harvard Dance Center

Panelists, Attendees Have ‘Hard Conversations’ at German American HKS Conference

German and American politicians discussed the 2024 U.S. election and upcoming elections in Germany at the Harvard German American Conference, an annual event primarily organized by students at the Harvard Kennedy School.

Harvard, UMiami Researchers Debunk Ecuador Mass Extinction Event in New Study

Scientists debunked a widely accepted mass extinction of 90 plant species in Ecuador’s Centinela cloud forests in the 1980s, per an October research paper published in Nature Plants.

Palantir Co-Founder Calls Government ‘Dysfunctional’ at Harvard Republican Club Event

Joe Lonsdale, the co-founder of Palantir Technologies, called the United States government “dysfunctional” during an event hosted by the Harvard Republican Club on Tuesday Evening.

Pramila Patten at the Institute of Politics

Maine Gov. Janet Mills and Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Talk Disagreement at IOP

Maine Governor Janet T. Mills and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson discussed effective disagreement and bipartisanship in federal and local government at a Harvard Institute of Politics forum on Thursday evening.

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Ardayfio and Nguyen argue that their “awareness campaign” has taught people how easily others can access their personal information on the internet, challenging people’s assumptions of how they should act and whom they should trust in public.

Caine Ardayfio portrait

I-XRAY leverages the recording function in the smart glasses to feed video footage directly to users’ phones via an Instagram livestream. An algorithm written by Ardayfio and Nguyen then detects faces in the footage and prompts face search engines to scour the internet for matching images.

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Caine A. Ardayfio '25-'26 and AnhPhu D. Nguyen '25-'26 met in a makerspace their freshman year. Now, the pair have created a pair of AI sunglasses that can provide wearers with information about strangers.

Harvard Chaplains Urge ‘Peace’ at Vigil to Mourn Victims of Israel-Hamas War

More than 25 people, including University President Alan M. Garber ’76 and College Dean Rakesh Khurana, gathered on the patio of Memorial Church Tuesday afternoon for an interfaith vigil to mourn the victims of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.