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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HMS Announces Spike in Donations, $18 Million Pledge from Blavatnik as Trump Drains Research Funding

Harvard Medical School has pulled in a raft of donations and a major gift from billionaire Leonard V. Blavatnik, who froze contributions in 2023 amid outcry over campus antisemitism, as the school faces steep federal funding cuts, its dean announced Thursday.

Headed to the Show: Baseball’s Pauley and Fang Drafted to MLB After Standout Seasons

When Harvard baseball needed clutch pitching, Truman Pauley and Callan Fang delivered — and now the big leagues want in. The two right-handers were selected on Monday in the 2025 MLB Draft, after anchoring one of the most improbable turnarounds in Ivy League history.

Senate Finance Committee Proposal for 8% Endowment Tax Could Cost Harvard $200 Million Per Year

The Senate Finance Committee released proposed changes to the House’s tax and spending bill that would introduce an 8 percent tax on large endowments. Down from the 21 percent rate passed by the House, the proposal would still be a sixfold hike from the 1.4 percent Harvard currently pays.

When Bill Gates Wrote Microsoft’s First Code on a Harvard Mainframe

Bill Gates arrived at Harvard College in September 1973 as a quiet freshman from Seattle in Wigglesworth Hall. He left campus two years later not with a degree, but with a piece of software that would launch Microsoft and begin reshaping the digital landscape.

After a Semester of Catastrophic Federal Cuts, Researchers at Harvard Are in a ‘Survival State’

Across Harvard’s schools, researchers described a wave of destruction following sweeping terminations of federally funded grants. More than $2.7 billion in cuts have come as part of the Trump administration’s targeted pressure campaign against Harvard.

A New Milestone: Ben Abercrombie to Graduate Eight Years After Injury

Ben Abercrombie faced a life-altering injury eight years ago. Now he's preparing to graduate and start life off-campus while leaving a strong legacy behind.

From 4–20 to Ivy Final: Behind Strong Pitching, Harvard Baseball “Proves The World Wrong”

After Harvard's baseball team faced a 4-21 start to the season, it knew things had to change to keep its season alive. Then, as Truman Pauley took the mound that afternoon, his performance ignited an improbable postseason run.

House Narrowly Passes GOP Tax Bill Targeting Harvard’s Endowment with 21 Percent Tax

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping Republican-backed tax and spending bill Thursday that would impose a 21 percent tax on Harvard’s endowment returns — the latest in a series of federal measures inflicting harsh financial penalties on the University.