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I Worked To Cure ALS. Then Washington Shut Down the Project.

Overnight, and to my surprise, I became the face of research at Harvard. But my daughter’s text was not the only surprise I would encounter that morning. I also learned I was the latest victim of Washington’s science funding cuts, the consequences of which will devastate American innovation for generations.


I’m an International Leading the Student Body. We Cannot Turn On Our Classmates.

Harvard has been given a choice: We can either turn on each other or stand together against a dystopian threat endangering the most vulnerable members of our community. Now, more than ever, we must stand united as a community and protect our international students.


Time for Harvard To Thank the American People

Yet an even more important ally is the American people. The American people have for many decades given us great gifts — decades of generous support for research, as well as young people to educate and financial support for those students.


Harvard Dismantled the Program That Changed My Life

What Harvard — and federal administrations, whether Biden’s or Trump’s — must understand is that abolishing programs like RCPI will not quash the movement for Palestinian liberation. If anything, it will only make our voices louder and our cause more compelling.


From CAFH Leadership: Harvard Must Not Submit to a Hostile Takeover

The government has a legitimate interest in protecting students from harassment and discrimination, but not in micromanaging the internal operation of the University, and certainly not in micromanaging what its members think.


Israel-Palestine Started Harvard’s Mess. Both Sides Must Help End It.

Since the ’60s, universities have played host to protest movements with extreme elements, and those offended by their extremity have criticized those elements. But America has never, in the age of campus protest, been this hostile to universities or led by politicians this reckless, craven, and fascistic.


With the “Hahvahd” Shirt, Gentrification Takes a Victory Lap

That means that Harvard, long complicit in Cambridge’s gentrification, is profiting off of the very people whose displacement it has fomented. As someone who was priced out of Cambridge, that’s a bitter pill to swallow.


Harvard Shouldn’t Be Coddling Anyone — Liberal or Conservative

Harvard should commit to applying a single, consistent standard across the board — one that holds everyone accountable for hateful behavior, but also recognizes that free inquiry and speech must be protected.


Where Did All the Radicals Go?

As a university renowned for intellectual discourse and cutting-edge research, we should not exist as an isolated echo chamber or apolitical island, but rather an institution that actively engages with our local community and our world.


I’m an International Student. I Refuse To Be Silenced.

As an international student, I am well aware that the opinions I express carry a certain degree of risk. Still, I refuse to remain silent. Citizens or not, we all have agency over the direction this country takes.


With Billions at Risk, Eight Affiliates React

Across the country, the White House has taken the unprecedented step of dangling federal funds as a bargaining chip in its engagement with universities. This week, they came to Harvard under the auspices of an investigation into antisemitism. At a crossroads for our University and higher education as a whole, hear from eight affiliates — among them a former Harvard Hillel President, experts on authoritarianism, and a graduate suing the University — on what comes next. — Max A. Palys ’26 and Saul I.M. Arnow '26, Editorial Chairs


I Study at CMES. The Leadership Change Is a Good First Step.

I’m still here, speaking, and determined to build a world where no student, Jewish or otherwise, ever feels they must hide their identity or intellectual interests while pursuing higher education.


Garber Must Change Course — Or Resign

More and more demands will likely be made of Harvard to keep the University under Trump’s thumb — Harvard cannot set a precedent of acquiescence, no matter how important leveraged funding may be.


Harvard’s Targeting of CMES Should Alarm All of Us

The attack on CMES is an attack on us all, and it only further exemplifies what has been crystal clear for the last year and a half: At Harvard, only particular narratives are worthy of study — and particular peoples worthy of humanization.


To Protect America’s Universities, We Need America’s Public

The Trump administration’s actions show little care for academic freedom or scientific progress. But I believe that if we make a positive case to the American people, and demonstrate our focus on our educational and research mission, we will ultimately prevail.


The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its Harvard Plans

The world found out shortly before 3 a.m. Eastern time on March 28 that the Trump administration had decided to rescind all federal funding from Harvard University as well as claim by eminent domain the griffin statues on Robinson Hall as they “would look sick on the White House lawn.”


'It Feels Targeted': 4 International Students on Threats from the White House

In the last couple of months, we interviewed four international students about their experiences. What we heard painted a picture of a hostile political climate, at times exacerbated by Harvard's inconsistent or inadequate response.


I’m Glad Harvard Expanded Aid. Now It’s Time To Increase Access.

Year after year, Harvard fails to admit a truly diverse class in terms of geography and income. The University must refocus its recruitment efforts to identify and reward real merit everywhere it exists.


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