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Trump Signs Spending Package Into Law, Imposing 8% Tax on Harvard’s Endowment Income

President Donald Trump signed into law a sweeping tax and spending package that significantly raises the federal excise tax on Harvard’s endowment income on Friday — a move that could cost the University more than $200 million a year.


Joanna Weiss Turns the Page on Harvard Magazine’s Next Era

Joanna M. Weiss ’94, Harvard Magazine’s newly-appointed editor, took the reins as the University’s showdown with the Trump administration rocks campus. She said she’s found the chaos “exciting.”


Harvard Removes 800 Students From Grad Union, Claiming They Are Not Employees

Harvard will remove more than 800 students on research-based stipends from its graduate student union, capitalizing on recent National Labor Relations Board rulings to deal a crushing blow to student labor organizing.


Faculty of Arts and Sciences Survey Shows Strong Support for Harvard President Garber

Nearly three-quarters of respondents approved of Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 on The Crimson’s annual Faculty of Arts and Sciences survey as he leads Harvard’s resistance to the Trump administration. Harvard’s governing boards saw improved but still negative approval ratings.


Faculty of Arts and Sciences Overwhelmingly Backs Harvard’s Fight Against Trump, Survey Shows

A decisive majority of faculty who responded to The Crimson’s annual survey of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences support the University’s lawsuit against the Trump administration’s federal funding freeze — and believe Harvard shouldn’t cut a deal with the White House.


John Goldberg To Stay On as Harvard Law School Dean

John C.P. Goldberg, who has served as the interim dean of Harvard Law School since March 2024, will become the school’s permanent dean, taking his place in the University’s upper ranks as it faces a historic struggle with the Trump administration.


Trump Admin Issues Finding That Harvard Permitted Antisemitism in Violation of Civil Rights Law

The Trump administration formally accused Harvard on Monday of violating federal civil rights law by failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment, citing a series of antisemitic incidents and alleging administrative inaction.


Harvard Custodians Seek To Decertify Their Union Ahead of Contract Negotiations

Harvard custodians will submit a petition with the National Labor Relations Board on Monday to decertify their union — with plans to seek representation from a new union ahead of contract negotiations in the fall.


A Mass Leak Showed the Harvard Law Review Assessed Articles for DEI Values. Some Authors Say That’s Not a Problem.

After a massive leak, the Harvard Law Review was accused of using a racially conscious and ideologically discriminatory rubric to evaluate article submissions. But many of the authors whose works were evaluated in the leaked documents didn’t see it that way.


Harvard Chabad’s Path to 5-Story Expansion Plan Opens Up Following Settlement With City

Harvard Chabad’s long-running legal dispute with the Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals has finally come to an end after the two groups reached a settlement agreement earlier this month — paving the way for a massive expansion of Chabad’s space.


Trump Administration Appeals Preliminary Injunction Blocking Entry Ban on Harvard Visa Holders

Lawyers for federal agencies on Friday appealed a judge’s temporary block on Donald Trump’s proclamation banning travelers from entering the United States on Harvard-sponsored F and J visas, sending the case to the First Circuit Court of Appeals.


House Judiciary Committee Subpoenas Harvard for Financial Aid Documents in Ivy League Antitrust Probe

House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) issued a subpoena to Harvard on Thursday, demanding documents on the school’s financial aid process as part of an ongoing congressional investigation into alleged tuition-fixing across the Ivy League.


Grad Union To Ask Harvard To Require Non-Members To Pay Union Fees

Harvard’s graduate student union plans to present a proposal requiring all workers represented by the union to pay fees, even if they are not members — a long-held request that will come to the table in a Friday bargaining session with the University.


Harvard Kennedy School To Lay Off Staff Amid Federal Funding Cuts, Endowment Tax Threats

The Harvard Kennedy School is laying off employees and implementing a slew of cost-cutting measures in response to “significant financial challenges” inflicted by the Trump administration, the school’s dean announced in an email to faculty and staff on Wednesday.


Compromising or Capitulating? Faculty Debate Whether Harvard Should Take a Trump Deal

As word emerged Friday evening that Harvard had restarted negotiations with the Trump administration to resolve their monthslong feud, several faculty members said they were alarmed by the prospect of striking a deal with the White House.


Harvard Kennedy School May Allow International Students To Study Online or in Canada

The Harvard Kennedy School may allow international students to study online or complete their degrees at the University of Toronto if they are unable to enter the United States next academic year, the school announced Tuesday.


HUPD Sergeant Sues Harvard for Age Discrimination

A current Harvard University Police Department sergeant is suing the department and its former chief for alleged age discrimination, the second such lawsuit in three months to hit University’s embattled police force.


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