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Harvard Scrutinizes Student Group Activities Under New Hazing Policy

After the federal government enacted an anti-hazing law late last year, Harvard College stepped up its enforcement of hazing policies — and launched at least one investigation into a student  organization.


Harvard Police Union Accuses University of Withholding Information

The union representing Harvard’s police officers accused the University of withholding the report from an investigation of a dispute between two officers, making their first public arguments in front of the National Labor Relations Board since the complaint was filed last year.


Harvard’s Austerity Measures Put Library Renovations on Hold

Harvard has paused plans to renovate four University libraries ahead of its 400th anniversary in 2036 as part of a temporary halt to capital projects amid an ongoing fight with the White House over federal funding.


Harvard Rejects Grad Union Request to Charge Fees of All Represented Workers

Harvard denied its graduate student union’s long-held request to require represented workers to pay union fees during contract negotiations on Thursday, ratcheting up tensions at the bargaining table as the school year begins.


Center for Latin American Studies To Close Chile, Mexico Offices

Harvard’s David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies will close its office in Santiago, Chile at the end of this year and allow its office lease in Mexico City to expire this month because of a strained budget.


Federal Agencies Begin Notifying Harvard Researchers of Reinstated Funds

Federal agencies have begun to inform Harvard researchers that they are reinstating portions of research funding frozen since the Trump administration’s pause on $2.7 billion in grants and contracts in the spring, according to a Harvard spokesperson on Wednesday evening.


At Morning Prayers, Harvard’s Former Chief Diversity Officer Urges Students to Embrace Pluralism

Harvard’s chief Community and Campus Life officer Sherri A. Charleston, who led the University’s diversity office before it was renamed in April, said at a Memorial Church service on Thursday that her overhauled office was committed to elevating pluralism and going beyond “diversity in numbers."


After Court Restores Research Funding, Trump Still Has Paths to Target Harvard

Harvard won a milestone legal victory on Wednesday when a judge struck down the Trump administration’s freeze on $2.7 billion in federal funds — but government agencies still have options to keep federal dollars out of the University’s hands.


Trump Administration Vows to Appeal Ruling in Federal Funding Lawsuit

The Trump administration will appeal a federal court’s ruling issued earlier Wednesday that struck down its multibillion-dollar freeze on Harvard’s research funding, a White House spokesperson confirmed Wednesday evening.


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.


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