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300 Alums Call on HLS to Denounce Trump’s Attacks on Law Firms
More than 300 Harvard Law School alumni signed a letter asking Dean John C.P. Goldberg to speak out against the Trump administration’s efforts to penalize law firms for representing the president’s political adversaries in recent weeks.
Fulbright Funding Freeze and Silence from Harvard Leaves Scholars with Questions
Professors and graduate students studying at Harvard as part of the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program will be able to finish their programs despite federal funding cuts, though applicants say the program’s future remains unclear.
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.
HMS Researchers Find Open-Source AI Tool As Accurate As GPT-4 In Diagnosing Patient Case Studies
Researchers at Harvard Medical School found that a new open-source artificial intelligence tool is diagnosing patients as accurately as leading proprietary models — like OpenAI’s GPT-4 — for the first time.
HBS Awards Over $300k to Student and Alumni Start-Ups
Harvard student and alumni teams were awarded a total of $315,000 at the finale of the 29th annual Harvard Business School New Venture Competition. The event featured 12 finalist teams and drew hundreds of students, faculty, and affiliates to Klarman Hall last Thursday.
Trump Takes Aim at Harvard’s Go-To Law Firm WilmerHale
A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s Thursday order that sought to block WilmerHale — a firm that has represented Harvard in several high-profile lawsuits — from government business.
‘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.
More Than 80 HLS Professors Denounce Trump Admin Attacks on Law Firms in Letter to Students
Roughly 70 percent of Harvard Law School’s professors accused the federal government of exacting retribution on lawyers and law firms for representing clients opposed by President Donald Trump in a Saturday night letter to the school’s student body.
Harvard, Union Hash Out Immigration Policies Amid National ICE Raid Wave
Harvard agreed to provide non-tenure-track employees with paid leave during immigration proceedings, but declined to commit to sponsoring legal permanent residency applications in a contract counter proposal presented on Monday.
HLS Admin Removes, Condemns Stickers Threatening Deportation of Pro-Palestine Student Activists
Harvard Law School officials took down two stickers that threatened pro-Palestine activists with deportation from a pole in the school’s main plaza, condemning them in a Thursday email to the full student body.
HLS Students Defeat Faculty for Third Consecutive Courtroom Classic Title
For the third straight year, a team of Harvard Law School students bested their faculty opponents to take home the “Courtroom Classic” title in a 65-63 double overtime thriller.
Title VI: An Old Law Is a New Tool in the War for Harvard
In the Trump administration’s campaign to punish colleges and universities for their response to pro-Palestine protests, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act has emerged as the clear legal weapon of choice.
Trump Cut Federal Funding to Penn for Transgender Athlete Policies. Could Harvard Be Next?
After the White House suspended $175 million of the University of Pennsylvania’s federal funding last week over the participation of a transgender athlete on the school’s swim team, the funding cut’s legal basis remains murky — and Harvard could be next on the list.
Harvard Suspends Research Partnership With Birzeit University in the West Bank
The Harvard School of Public Health suspended its research partnership with Birzeit University in the West Bank, bowing to longstanding calls to sever the collaboration.
As Antisemitism Lawsuit Drags On, Harvard Demands Kestenbaum’s Messages With Politicians
Harvard filed a motion on Friday to compel Harvard Divinity School graduate Alexander “Shabbos” Kestenbaum, the lead plaintiff in an ongoing Title VI lawsuit, to turn over communications with politicians and messages from the “Harvard Pro-Israel WhatsApp group.”
Harvard Launches ‘Impact Labs’ To Fund Social Scientists Who Partner With Outside Organizations
Harvard will pilot a program — named Harvard Impact Labs — to fund collaboration between social scientists and leaders in the public and private sectors.
More Than 500 Alumni Ask Harvard To Defend Free Speech Under Trump
More than 500 Harvard alumni signed an open letter to President Garber urging the University to make a public statement committing to protect free speech and maintain its independence.
‘Writing Crime into Blackness and Anti-Blackness into Law’: Devon Carbado Delivers Annual HLS Belinda Sutton Lecture
New York University law professor Devon W. Carbado discussed the “afterlife” of chattel slavery at the annual Belinda Sutton Distinguished Lecture at Harvard Law School Tuesday.
Harvard Requested Kestenbaum Delete X Post Denouncing DEI Officer
Harvard requested Harvard Divinity School graduate Alexander “Shabbos” Kestenbaum remove a critical social media post about Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Sherri A. Charleston.
‘A Responsible Pair of Hands’: Canales, Alvarado Elected To Lead Harvard Graduate Council
The Harvard Graduate Council elected Harvard Extension School student Bradley Canales and Harvard Graduate School of Education student Cynthia J. Alvarado as president and vice president for the 2025-26 academic year.
Former Indian Supreme Court Justice Reflects on Her Career at HLS Lunch
Indu Malhotra, the former Indian Supreme Court Justice, dissected her legal career and past rulings during a lunch discussion at the Harvard Law School on Monday.
Trump’s Order to Shutter Education Department Ushers in Period of Uncertainty for Universities
After firing half of the Education Department’s personnel, President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday to close the Education Department – the latest blow to higher education.
Dozens of Jewish Harvard Faculty Sign Statement Denouncing Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil
Nearly 80 Jewish Harvard affiliates — including at least three dozen faculty members — signed a Sunday statement urging universities to denounce the arrest of Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil.