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Harvard Covers Hillel’s Security Expenses for Year

The University will cover the costs of Harvard Hillel’s security measures this year amid a national surge in antisemitism and under pressure from the White House, which repeatedly accuses Harvard of failing to protect Jewish students.


HBS Grad Expands Suit to Include Harvard Vice President, Former HUPD Chief

Harvard Business School graduate Yoav Segev amended his Title VI lawsuit against the University to include Harvard Executive Vice President Meredith L. Weenick ’90 and former Harvard police chief Victor A. Clay as defendants.


Ghislaine Maxwell Alleges Former FAS Dean Henry Rosovsky Received ‘Massage’ at Epstein’s House

Convicted sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell alleged that former FAS Dean Henry A. Rosovsky received a “massage” through disgraced billionaire and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein’s network, according to a transcript of a U.S. Department of Justice interview.


Trump Demands ‘Nothing Less Than $500 Million’ From Harvard to Restore Federal Funding

President Donald J. Trump demanded that Harvard pay “nothing less than $500 million” in order to restore its federal funding, calling the University “very bad” during a Cabinet meeting Tuesday.


Former GOP Senator Pat Toomey, 8 Others To Join Harvard IOP as Fall 2025 Fellows

Harvard’s Institute of Politics announced eight resident fellows on Monday, including former Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), former Indiana Gov. Eric J. Holcomb, and White House reporters Peter E. Baker and Susan B. Glasser ’90.


Trump Admin Seeks to Wield Supreme Court Win on Diversity Grants Against Harvard’s Suit

Days after the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a major win allowing federal agencies to proceed with cuts to diversity-related grants, the administration is trying to use its victory against another target: Harvard.


Harvard Grad Union Requests Academic Freedom Protections in New Contract Proposal

Harvard’s graduate student union requested that the University guarantee academic freedom protections for graduate students’ teaching and research pursuits in a new contract proposal on Thursday, joining a growing roster of graduate unions that have requested similar provisions in recent years.


‘Harder for All of Us’: Confusion Reigns After Harvard Excludes 900 Grad Students From Union

Harvard removed more than 900 students on research-based stipends from representation under its graduate student union in July. More than a month later, they’re still searching for clarity — and getting few answers.


In Open Letter, More Than 360 Academics Blast Cancellation of Harvard Educational Review Issue on Palestine

More than 360 academics from universities worldwide signed an open letter blasting a Harvard publishing group for abruptly canceling a special issue about Palestine and education — and urged the publisher to publicly acknowledge the decision as “anti-Palestinian discrimination.”


How Grievances at the Harvard Law Review Became Ammunition for the White House

A string of leaks this spring made the Law Review a target for the Trump administration. But the same fights — over the Israel-Palestine conflict, race, and meritocracy — have a longer history inside its own walls.


Harvard Will Open New Muslim, Hindu Prayer Spaces After Years of Uneven Access

For years, Harvard’s only dedicated spaces for Muslim and Hindu worship were in a dormitory basement. This fall, the University will open two new prayer spaces following April recommendations from two internal task forces to overhaul its approach to religious life on campus.


Trump Administration To Investigate Harvard’s Patents

The Trump administration on Friday launched an investigation into Harvard’s patents derived from federally funded research, threatening intellectual property potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars.


Harvard’s Endowment Goes Big on Bitcoin and Gold in Second Quarter of 2025

Harvard Management Company made substantial new investments in exchange-traded funds tracking the value of gold and Bitcoin during the second quarter of 2025, marking a sharp shift in its directly held public equities portfolio after it backed out of many Big Tech positions last quarter.


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