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800 Affiliates Petition Harvard To Aid Venezuelan Staff After TPS Expiration

More than 800 Harvard affiliates urged the University to offer legal assistance to staff members who lost their authorization to live and work in the United States after the Temporary Protected Status program for Venezuelan nationals expired this month.


Sen. Elizabeth Warren Urges Harvard to Cut Ties With Summers After Epstein Emails Surface

Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren (D-Mass.) urged Harvard to cut ties with former University President Lawrence Summers after newly released emails revealed years of personal correspondence between Summers and Jeffrey Epstein, CNN reported Monday.


Long-Time Volunteer, Substitute Sues CPS Over Disability Discrimination

A longtime volunteer and substitute teacher at Graham and Parks Elementary School is suing Cambridge Public Schools for disability discrimination, alleging that the district prevented her from volunteering because she is in a wheelchair.


Harvard Students To Vote on Divestment From Israel in Inaugural HUA Election Survey

Harvard students will vote this week on whether the University should disclose ties to and divest from “companies and institutions operating in Israel” following more than 18 months of back-and-forth between student activists and student government.

‘In Defense of Francesca Gino’: HLS Professor Lawrence Lessig Uses Podcast to Tell Former HBS Professor’s Side in Tenure Denial Story

Former Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino, together with Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig, have turned to podcasting to tell her story since her tenure was revoked last semester.

Harvard Receives $36 Million Letter of Credit from Bank of America Amid Federal Pressure

Harvard took out a $36 million standby letter of credit from Bank of America last month after the Department of Education placed the University on stricter financial oversight this fall.

Summers To Step Back from Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal

Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement Monday evening.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren Urges Harvard to Cut Ties With Summers After Epstein Emails Surface

Sen. Elizabeth A. Warren (D-Mass.) urged Harvard to cut ties with former University President Lawrence Summers after newly released emails revealed years of personal correspondence between Summers and Jeffrey Epstein, CNN reported Monday.

Long-Time Volunteer, Substitute Sues CPS Over Disability Discrimination

A longtime volunteer and substitute teacher at Graham and Parks Elementary School is suing Cambridge Public Schools for disability discrimination, alleging that the district prevented her from volunteering because she is in a wheelchair.

Hundreds Attend 114th Harvard Ames Moot Court Competition at Law School

Harvard Law School students filled Austin Hall on Monday night to watch 12 students argue a mock appellate case in the final round of the school’s storied Ames Moot Court Competition.

Harvard Students To Vote on Divestment From Israel in Inaugural HUA Election Survey

Harvard students will vote this week on whether the University should disclose ties to and divest from “companies and institutions operating in Israel” following more than 18 months of back-and-forth between student activists and student government.