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Harvard Sues Trump Administration Over $2.2 Billion Funding Freeze

Harvard sued the Trump administration in federal court on Monday over its multibillion dollar cuts to the University’s research funding, accusing the White House of undertaking an arbitrary and unconstitutional campaign to “punish Harvard for protecting its constitutional rights.”


Shots Fired on MBTA Train Near Harvard Square, Harvard Lifts Instruction To Shelter in Place

Police responded to reports of gunshots at the Harvard Square train station shortly after 2 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, according to a series of alerts from the Harvard University Police Department. A shelter-in-place order to Harvard affiliates was lifted at 3:19 p.m.


DHS Threatens To Revoke Harvard’s Eligibility To Host International Students Unless It Turns Over Disciplinary Records

The Department of Homeland Security sent Harvard a letter on Wednesday threatening to revoke its eligibility to enroll international students unless it submits information on international students’ disciplinary records and protest participation.


HUA Walks Back Plan To Co-Sponsor Event With Unrecognized Student Group

The Harvard Undergraduate Association planned and publicized an event co-sponsored by Les Adore, an unrecognized student group, before disaffiliating with the group after a Wednesday comment request from The Crimson.


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Harvard Sues Federal Government After Barrage of Threats

After Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced last week that the University will not comply with the Trump administration’s April 11 demands, the Trump administration froze $2.2 billion in funding and ratcheted up its threats. Now, another $1 billion could be on the line.


At Rally on Cambridge Common, Hundreds Call On Harvard To Defy Trump

More than 500 demonstrators attended the rally, which was organized by Harvard’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, the Cambridge City Council, and the national 50501 movement.


Harvard AAUP Sues Trump Administration To Stop $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Federal Funding

The Harvard chapter of the American Association of University Professors sued the Trump administration on Friday to end its ongoing review of the University’s federal funding, alleging the review was coercive and unlawfully undermined academic freedom.


Visas Revoked for 4 More Harvard Students and 3 Recent Grads, Bringing Total to 12

Seven more Harvard affiliates — including four current students and three recent graduates — have had their student visas revoked, bringing the total number of affected affiliates to twelve, according to a Thursday email from the Harvard International Office.


Amid Freeze, Harvard Will Continue Hiring Undergraduate Course Assistants

Departments in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences are continuing to hire undergraduate course assistants to fill open positions next fall amid a University-wide hiring freeze — marking a notable exception to one strategy for saving money under the looming threat of funding cuts.


Pritzker Says Harvard Is ‘All Over’ Supporting Students Whose Visas Were Revoked

Penny S. Pritzker ’81, the senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — said the University is working to support students whose visas had been revoked by the Trump administration in its push to deport international students involved in pro-Palestine protests on Tuesday.


Cambridge City Council Calls on Harvard, President Garber to Resist Trump’s Threats

The Cambridge City Council voted unanimously on Monday to call on the Harvard Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — to refuse the Trump administration’s demands as $9 billion in government funding hangs in the balance.


Cambridge City Council To Vote on Whether To Ask Harvard Corporation To Resist Trump

Four Cambridge City Councilors called on Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 to resist the Trump administration’s list of demands threatening nearly $9 billion in federal funding in a policy order set to be voted on during the Council’s Monday evening meeting.


3 Harvard Students, 2 Recent Grads Had Visas Revoked

Three Harvard students and two recent graduates have had their student visas revoked amid the Trump administration’s push to deport international students involved in pro-Palestine activism, according to an email from the Harvard International Office to international students.


Facing Trump’s Ultimatum, Harvard Has No Easy Choices

Harvard may find itself walking a tightrope to keep its funding after the Trump administration sent a Thursday night email demanding DEI cuts and policy changes. But some prominent voices are calling on the University to reject the balancing act altogether — and emerge instead as academia’s anti-Trump standard-bearer.


Harvard Places Palestine Solidarity Committee on Probation Over Tuesday HOOP Rally

Harvard College placed the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee on probation and banned the organization from hosting public events until July on Wednesday over actions at a Tuesday rally hosted by Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine.


Trump Administration To Review Billions in Federal Funding to Harvard

Three federal agencies announced a review of more than $8 billion in “multi-year grant commitments” to Harvard as part of an ongoing investigation into the University by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism on Monday.


Garber Promises To ‘Engage’ With Federal Antisemitism Task Force After Funding Threats

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 said he would welcome the opportunity to work with the White House in an email to Harvard affiliates just hours after the Trump administration initiated a review of more than $8 billion in federal funding.


Claybaugh, Deming Interviewed for College Dean Position As Search Nears Its Close

At least two candidates — Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh and Harvard Kennedy School professor David J. Deming — have interviewed to be the next Harvard College dean, according to three people familiar with the matter.


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