Protests


Harvard Activists Have a New Reason To Protest. Does Palestine Fit In?

As Harvard students and faculty protest the second Trump administration, they sometimes coexist uneasily with the pro-Palestine activists who defined protests last year. Is the campaign for academic freedom inseparable from Palestine, or will the two movements find themselves at odds?


At Wednesday Rally, Dining Hall Workers Demand Harvard Prevent Understaffing During Hiring Freeze

More than 100 Harvard dining hall workers rallied in front of Massachusetts Hall to demand Harvard adequately staff dining halls amid a University-wide hiring freeze, delivering a petition with more than 400 signatures to the administration.


Non-Tenure-Track Faculty Rally Against Time Caps, Interrupt FAS Meeting

Armenian preceptor Lisa Gulesserian interrupted Tuesday’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting to call on Harvard faculty to support an end to time caps after she was awarded a prize for excellence in teaching.


Protesters Urge Harvard To Reject DHS Demands, Reinstate Affinity Graduation Ceremonies

After a few brief weeks celebrating Harvard’s decision to resist the Trump administration’s federal funding conditions, more than 80 students and faculty went back to protesting the University on Tuesday, rallying against the decision to end affinity celebrations in the Science Center Plaza.


8 Takeaways From Harvard’s Task Force Reports

The two University task force reports on bias against Jewish, Israeli, Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian affiliates described reports of threats, slurs, and social exclusion on Harvard's campus and put forth recommendations to address these issues and promote pluralism across the University.


Hundreds Rally to Support International Students, Cheer Harvard’s Rejection of Trump’s Demands

More than 500 Harvard affiliates and Cambridge residents gathered on the steps of Memorial Church on Thursday afternoon to rally in support of international students after the Trump administration threatened to revoke the University’s eligibility to host them.


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 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.


300 Protesters Rally Against Trump, Garber, and Leadership Changes to University Centers

In the largest Harvard pro-Palestine rally this year, nearly 300 protesters marched from the Science Center, down Massachusetts Avenue, and through Widener Gate on Tuesday to protest the University “complying with fascism” and shake-ups at major academic centers on religion and the Middle East.


Adams House Resident Dean Issues Warning to Student Who Booked Room for AFRO Event

Adams House Resident Dean Charles “Chip” Lockwood issued a warning Friday evening to a student who reserved a room in Adams for a meeting of the African and African American Resistance Organization, an unrecognized student group.


HOOP Holds ‘Die-In’ Outside Widener To Protest War in Gaza

More than 60 Harvard affiliates wearing masks gathered on the steps of Widener Library on Thursday for a pro-Palestine “die-in” t0 protest the rising Palestinian death toll in the ongoing Israel-Hamas War.


Protesters Rally in the Square Against Grad Student Arrests at Columbia, Tufts

Roughly thirty non-Harvard affiliates protested in front of the Smith Campus Center on Thursday afternoon against the arrests of Columbia graduate student Mahmoud Khalil and Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk by federal immigration enforcement.


Harvard Faces Calls To Disband PSC for Violating New Antisemitism Policies

More than 200 Harvard affiliates and alumni signed an open letter to University President Alan M. Garber ’76 on Wednesday urging Harvard to permanently dissolve the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee.


Nearly 200 Harvard Affiliates Rally on Widener Steps To Protest Arrest of Columbia Student

Nearly 200 faculty, staff, and students gathered on the steps of Widener Library on Thursday afternoon to protest the arrest of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil and call for Harvard to deliver a more assertive rejoinder to President Donald Trump’s attacks on universities.


United Nations Investigator Asks Universities To Fight Against Trump at HLS Talk

United Nations Special Rapporteur Gina Romero urged Harvard to stand by free speech principles and protect international students against deportation threats from the Trump administration at a Harvard Law School talk on Tuesday.


HLS Officials Disavow Student Government Divestment Referendum, Citing ‘Needlessly Divisive’ Phrasing

Harvard Law School administrators forcefully distanced themselves from an impending student government referendum on divestment from Israel, slamming the group for “needlessly divisive” phrasing in a Monday email to the full student body.


HLS Closes Student Lounge Before Planned Protest, Renewing Clash Between Activists and Admin

After Harvard Law School students announced plans to hold a protest on Wednesday in the Haas Lounge against President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Israel’s war in Gaza, HLS administrators closed the space hours before the protest was set to start.


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