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‘Relief and Excitement’: Harvard Medical School Students Match Into Residency

Match Day is an annual tradition taking place on the third Friday of March in which graduating medical students across the country learn where they will spend their residency, a process through which they train in a specialty. Nearly half of the newly-matched students, 78, were placed at an HMS-affiliated training program. Internal medicine was the most popular specialty, with 51 matched students.


Russian HMS Researcher Detained at Louisiana ICE Facility After Visa Revocation

Harvard Medical School researcher Kseniia Petrova is detained at a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Louisiana after her research visa was revoked last month for inadvertently failing to properly declare frog embryos she brought into the country.


Two Harvard Medical School Professors Sue Trump Admin for Removing Research That Mentioned LGBTQ Health

Two Harvard Medical School professors sued the Trump administration Wednesday afternoon for removing their research from a government-run website for including terms recently banned by the administration, alleging the removals violated their First Amendment rights and the Administrative Procedure Act.


More Than 500 Researchers, Physicians Rally at Boston Common To Protest Trump’s Attacks on Research Funding

Hundreds of researchers, physicians, and students — including Harvard faculty — rallied at Boston Common on Friday to protest President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut federal funding for scientific research, lay off federal employees, and eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programming at universities.


Harvard, 10x Genomics Settle Patent Dispute With Vizgen

Biotechnology company 10x Genomics and Harvard University reached a Feb. 6 settlement in a patent lawsuit that they jointly filed against Vizgen Inc. in 2022.


HMS Research Identifies Metabolic Enzyme That Facilitates Lung Cancer Growth

Researchers at the Harvard Medical School discovered that the enzyme GUK1 promotes lung cancer growth by boosting the metabolism of tumor cells, according to a Feb. 6 study published in Cell.


Garber Blasts Trump’s Limits on NIH Support for Indirect Costs

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 slammed the Trump administration’s Friday decision to limit National Institutes of Health funding for overhead costs associated with research projects in a Sunday afternoon email.


HMS Wrongful Termination Lawsuit Moved To Federal Court

Harvard filed a notice of removal last week in a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by former Harvard Medical School affiliate James D. Wines Jr. — moving the case to a federal district court.


Nearly 200 Harvard Affiliates File Complaints Alleging ‘Hostile Environment’ for Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims

Nearly 200 students, faculty and other Harvard affiliates filed discrimination complaints with the University alleging a “hostile environment” against Palestinians, Arabs, and Muslims following Harvard Medical School’s cancellation of a panel featuring patients from Gaza.


Health and Human Services Dept. To Investigate Harvard Medical School Over Commencement Protests

The United States Department of Health and Human Services launched a Title VI investigation into Harvard on Tuesday over pro-Palestine messaging worn by Harvard Medical School students at graduation ceremonies.


NIH Communications Freeze Leaves Longwood Affiliates Out in the Cold

Researchers at Harvard’s Longwood medical campus contended with canceled talks and blocked international collaboration as White House officials issued a stream of restrictions on federal funding and communication.


Harvard Medical School Sends Delegates to Faculty Senate Planning Body

Professors at Harvard Medical School sent delegates to a University-wide faculty senate planning body in early January, making HMS the eighth of Harvard’s nine faculties to join the effort to design a faculty senate.


Former Brigham and Women’s Doctor Indicted on Two Rape Counts

Ex-Brigham and Women’s rheumatologist and former Harvard postdoctoral student Derrick J. Todd, accused of sexually assaulting more than 200 former patients, was indicted by a grand jury Thursday on two counts of rape.


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