HLS Visiting Professor Placed on Leave After Arrest For Firing Pellet Gun Near Brookline Synagogue
A visiting professor at Harvard Law School was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation after allegedly firing a pellet gun outside of a Brookline synagogue on the eve of Yom Kippur.
Harvard University Police Department Reports Falling Campus Crime in 2024
Violent crime on Harvard’s campus decreased by 52 percent between 2023 and 2024, according to a report from the Harvard University Police Department released Wednesday.
No. 25 Harvard Takes Down Holy Cross 59-24 in Dominant Road Performance
No. 25 Harvard cruised past Holy Cross 59-24 Saturday, spoiling the Crusaders’ hope of securing their first win in their homecoming in Worcester.
How Alumni Entrepreneurs Are Trying to Redefine Harvard’s Reputation in the Startup World
At the inaugural Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Startup World Cup regionals on Sep. 12, Harvard graduates from 12 finalist startups made pitches for the chance to be sent to the championship round in San Francisco.
Student Employees Left Out of Work and In the Dark After Harvard’s Diversity Office Closures
When Harvard College’s three diversity offices shut their doors in July, their 35 undergraduate interns lost their jobs — and for weeks after the office closures, nobody told them.
‘Excellence is the Bar’: Harding Promises Reliable Leadership if Reelected
Lifelong Cambridge resident and incumbent candidate Richard Harding Jr. will join seventeen others in the election for the Cambridge School Committee next month after 16 nonconsecutive years in the position.
Conservative Pundit Scott Jennings Says Trump Was Right To Cut Harvard’s Federal Funding
Conservative commentator and CNN regular Scott Jennings said President Donald Trump was justified in slashing federal funding to Harvard because of antisemitism at the University during an Institute of Politics event on Thursday night.
Student Employees Left Out of Work and In the Dark After Harvard’s Diversity Office Closures
When Harvard College’s three diversity offices shut their doors in July, their 35 undergraduate interns lost their jobs — and for weeks after the office closures, nobody told them.
‘Excellence is the Bar’: Harding Promises Reliable Leadership if Reelected
Lifelong Cambridge resident and incumbent candidate Richard Harding Jr. will join seventeen others in the election for the Cambridge School Committee next month after 16 nonconsecutive years in the position.
Conservative Pundit Scott Jennings Says Trump Was Right To Cut Harvard’s Federal Funding
Conservative commentator and CNN regular Scott Jennings said President Donald Trump was justified in slashing federal funding to Harvard because of antisemitism at the University during an Institute of Politics event on Thursday night.
Fresh-Baked: PopUp Bagels To Open in Harvard Square Next Friday
Harvard students will be able to pop in to PopUp Bagels starting next Friday, Oct. 10, seven months after the East Coast bagel chain announced it was coming to Harvard Square.
Jon Favreau Slams Democrats at IOP For Ineffective Messaging During Trump Admin
Former Obama speechwriter Jon E. Favreau slammed Democratic politicians for ineffective outreach to voters and a lack of authenticity during the second Trump administration at an Institute of Politics Forum on Thursday night.
AI-Exposed Workers See Earnings Gains After Retraining, Harvard Study Finds
Workers in occupations most exposed to artificial intelligence can earn substantially more after retraining, according to a new working paper co-authored by Harvard Kennedy School Ph.D. candidate Karen Ni.
The Theory, Born at Harvard, That Could Remake Right-Wing Jurisprudence
Over the past five years, common good constitutionalism has taken tenuous root in elite legal academia. It’s now beginning to find its way into courtrooms. But scholars remain divided on its potential to reshape the legal landscape — and whose “common good” it seeks to advance.
Fifteen Questions: Alfredo Gutierrez Ortiz Mena on Constitutional Backsliding, Counter-Majoritarian Courts, and Tenoch
The former justice of the Mexican Supreme Court sat down with Fifteen Minutes to discuss his return to Harvard Law School, recent changes in the Mexican judicial system, and his favorite historical court opinions.
Scientists and the Face of God
I believed in science, but I also believed in agency. To think of myself as a machine driven by chemical reactions beyond my control felt outrageous. I knew myself to be more than just a body. I wanted to believe that I was also a mind.
Despite Overall MCAS Score Growth, Achievement Gaps Widen in CPS
Cambridge students’ scores on the 2024-25 Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System exam improved, but a closer look reveals deep inequities — with the achievement gap across racial and socioeconomic lines widening from last year.
No. 25 Harvard Takes Down Holy Cross 59-24 in Dominant Road Performance
No. 25 Harvard cruised past Holy Cross 59-24 Saturday, spoiling the Crusaders’ hope of securing their first win in their homecoming in Worcester.
How Alumni Entrepreneurs Are Trying to Redefine Harvard’s Reputation in the Startup World
At the inaugural Harvard Alumni Entrepreneurs Startup World Cup regionals on Sep. 12, Harvard graduates from 12 finalist startups made pitches for the chance to be sent to the championship round in San Francisco.
