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Caroline G. Hennigan

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College

Harvard Events Turn To Chatham House Rule As Political Tensions Rise

The Chatham House Rule, a diplomatic convention dating back to the 1920s, has taken root at Harvard in recent years as faculty and administrators try to combat self-censorship amid rising political tensions.

HLS Student Obit
Student Life

Harvard Law School Student Josh Friedman Remembered for Kindness, Love of Learning

Yehoshua “Josh” Friedman, a rising third-year student at Harvard Law School, died in August. He was in his mid-twenties.

Hauser Hall
Politics

Former Jan. 6 Prosecutor Denounces Trump’s Decision to Pardon Rioters at HLS Talk

Mike Romano, who supervised the federal government’s effort to prosecute crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the U.S. Capitol, slammed President Donald Trump’s decision to pardon the rioters during a discussion at Harvard Law School on Wednesday.

Stephen Breyer Talk
Harvard Law School

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer Applauds Legal Pragmatism at HLS Symposium

Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer criticized the reversal of Roe v. Wade as an example of a decision driven by judges’ personal beliefs rather than consideration of the law’s broader context during an event at Harvard Law School on Friday.

Beacon Academy Design
Scrutiny

Can Privilege Be Taught? Beacon Academy Thinks So.

Staff and alumni say Beacon changes the trajectory of its students’ lives. Some wonder what parts of their identity they may have to give up in the process.

Sewage Overflow at Alewife Brook
Cambridge City Council

Something in the Water: How Raw Sewage Floods Homes on the Banks of Alewife Brook

Alewife Brook has flooded regularly for decades after heavy rains, sometimes combining with sewage water from the combined sewer system below the brook, leaving residents to wade through the sewage that runs over the sidewalks for days after a storm.

Harvard Law School Steps
Harvard Law School

Number of Black Students Enrolled in Harvard Law School’s First Year Class Rebounds, Per Bloomberg

Harvard Law School enrolled more Black students in its 2028 J.D. class than last year, bouncing back from a major drop for the Class of 2027, according to Bloomberg News, which cited unnamed sources.

University Hall
FAS

Epstein’s Birthday Album Includes Notes Apparently Signed by Harvard Faculty, Administrators

Documents released by a House committee on Monday show the signature of former Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean and two-time acting Harvard president Henry Rosovsky alongside lewd images in Jeffrey Epstein’s 2003 birthday album.

Crimson Courage and AAUP Rally Outside Moakley Courthouse
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Crimson Courage and AAUP Rally Outside Moakley Courthouse

Faculty and alumni rally outside the federal courthouse in Boston during oral arguments in one of Havard’s lawsuits against the Trump administration. The rally was co-organized by Crimson Courage, an alumni group that helped gather 14,000 signatures on a letter urging Harvard to resist intrusive government demands.

Harvard Law Review
Race

How Grievances at the Harvard Law Review Became Ammunition for the White House

A string of leaks this spring made the Law Review a target for the Trump administration. But the same fights — over the Israel-Palestine conflict, race, and meritocracy — have a longer history inside its own walls.

Booming Blanks
Track and Cross Country

Graham Blanks and Gabby Thomas Medal at 2025 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships

Two Harvard alumni — Graham Blanks ’25 and Gabby Thomas ’19 — scooped bronze medals at the 2025 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships this past weekend, securing their place representing the United States at the World Champioinships.

Thomas Bisson Courtesy
FAS

Harvard Professor Thomas Bisson, ‘Exceptional’ Medievalist, Remembered for Dedication to Scholarship

Thomas N. Bisson, a professor emeritus in medieval history at Harvard, died on June 28 at the age of 94. His family and colleagues remembered him as a meticulous scholar with an eye for his subjects’ humanity, and as a “caring presence” in students’ lives.

Cambridge District Courthouse in March
Crime

8 More Defendants in Cambridge Brothel Case Agree to Pretrial Probation

Eight more defendants charged for their involvement in a brothel network that opearated in Cambridge accepted pretrial probation agreements on Friday at the Cambridge District Court.

Cambridge District Courthouse in March
Crime

4 More Defendants in Cambridge Brothel Case Agree to Pretrial Probation

Four more defendants who were charged for their alleged involvement in a Cambridge brothel network accepted pretrial probation conditions on Wednesday at the Cambridge District Court.

Jill Kravetz
Harvard Business School

Harvard Names Serial Entrepreneur Jill Kravetz as Executive Director of Innovation Labs

Jill Kravetz will succeed Matthew M. Segneri ’04 as executive director of the Harvard Innovation Labs, a University-wide center that provides funding, workspace, and mentorship to entrepreneurs, Harvard announced Thursday.

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