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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.”


Department of Health and Human Services Broadens Harvard Investigation, Requests Antisemitism Task Force Documents

The United States Department of Health and Human Services broadened the scope of its investigation into Harvard on April 7 to include events at the entire University since Oct. 7, 2023, in addition to pro-Palestine imagery displayed by Harvard Medical School students at commencement ceremonies last spring.


88 Pounds of Trash Collected at Eighth Annual Charles River Clean-Up

Harvard students and affiliates collected 88 pounds of trash, microplastics, and debris at the eighth annual Charles River Clean-Up on Thursday. The event held to mark Earth Day was co-hosted by the Harvard Kennedy School and Charles River Conservancy.


NIH Pauses Awards to Harvard, Other Schools With Frozen Funding

The National Institutes of Health has been instructed not to make grant payments to Harvard and other universities whose funds have been frozen, according to an internal email reported by several news outlets.


At Union Event, UC-Riverside Professor Says Harvard Is a Collaborator With Trump

University of California-Riverside Professor Dylan Rodriguez discussed organizing against “enemy institutions” like Harvard under the Trump administration at a Thursday event hosted by the graduate student union’s unofficial Workers’ Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions caucus.


Hour by Hour: How Harvard’s Donations Surged After Garber Challenged Trump

Contributions to Harvard spiked after the University refused demands from the White House on Monday. Read an hour-by-hour breakdown, according to a giving update produced by Harvard’s fundraising office and obtained by the Crimson.


Jodi Kantor Talks Investigative Journalism at Harvard Law School Discussion

Jodi Kantor, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the The New York Times who exposed allegations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein in 2017, discussed the differences between journalism and legal careers at a Harvard Law School event on Wednesday.


PBHA Launches Emergency Fund After Federal Funding Freeze

The Phillip Brooks House Association, Harvard’s largest organization dedicated to public service, announced the establishment of an emergency fund two days after Trump froze $2.2 billion in funding to the University.


Trump Tariffs Mean Chaos for Consumers, HBS Professors Say

Two Harvard Business School professors and economics experts said President Donald Trump’s drastic tariff increases earlier this month will face rocky implementation and are a bad omen for U.S. businesses of many sizes.


Harvard AAUP Changes Litigation Strategy in Response to Funding Cuts

After a $2.2 billion cut was announced on Monday, Harvard’s chapter of the AAUP withdrew its request for a judge to block funding freezes from the Trump administration, instead asking for a preliminary injunction.


Trump Castigates Harvard Faculty, Claudine Gay on Truth Social

United States President Donald Trump argued that Harvard “can no longer be considered even a decent place of learning” in a scathing post on Truth Social just two days after his administration cut off $2.2 billion in federal grants and contracts to the University.


At Grim Town Hall, Harvard Medical School Leaders Tell Staff to Expect Layoffs and Far-Reaching Cuts

Harvard Medical School leadership told employees at a town hall Wednesday morning that the school was preparing to make staffing reductions and cut programs as a result of the Trump administration’s actions against Harvard — including a $2.2 billion freeze.


HGSE Faculty, Students Sign Letters Condemning Trump’s Education Agenda

In the days leading up to Harvard’s dramatic refusal of the Trump administration’s demands, more than 140 Harvard Graduate School of Education students, faculty, and staff signed onto a letter urging Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 and HGSE Dean Nonie K. Lesaux not to capitulate to the government.


After Harvard Rebukes White House, Peer Schools Follow Suit

Harvard’s decision to defy the Trump administration’s orders on Monday was quickly echoed by statements from per schools, setting up the possibility that it will be the opening shot in a reinvigorated clash between elite universities and the White House.


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