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From CAFH Leadership: Harvard's Settlements Are No Threat to Academic Freedom — Yet
Errors and biases should be exposed by vigorous criticism from members of the Harvard community, not stipulated by University policy.
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Harvard University Lays Off Staff Behind Its Slavery Remembrance Program
Staff members at Harvard University leading its Slavery Remembrance Program have lost their jobs. The program, supported through a $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative, helps find descendants of those enslaved by Harvard University’s leadership,
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Harvard's QuestBridge Partnership Receives Mixed Reactions
Harvard affiliates expressed excitement about the University’s new partnership with QuestBridge’s National College Match program, though some held reservations about its impact on the diversity of incoming classes.
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Harvard settles civil rights lawsuits over antisemitism on campus: ‘Upholding the rights of Jewish students’
Harvard University will provide additional protections to Jewish and Israeli students as part of two legal settlements that accused the Ivy League school of creating an environment of fear and hate by allowing antisemitism to run rampant on campus after ...
Harvard University resolves complaint that it failed to protect students from anti-Muslim bias
The university had recently settled two other lawsuits alleging the university failed to protect them from antisemitism on campus.
Kiah Duggins, Harvard Law graduate focused on civil rights, killed in D.C. plane crash
The 30-year-old civil rights lawyer was scheduled to join the faculty at Howard University Law School in Washington, D.C., this fall, the university said Thursday.
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Critics Denounce Harvard’s Decision to Adopt Controversial Definition of Antisemitism
The definition has been at the center of debates over campus antisemitism for years. Now, Harvard has become the second university to officially add it into its nondiscrimination policy—to mixed reactions.
'Mad Men' star Jon Hamm to be honored as Harvard's Hasty Pudding Man of the Year
Award-winning actor Jon Hamm, best known for his roles in “Mad Men” and more recently “Fargo” and “Landman,” will be honored as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
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Harvard’s Federal Funding Is Under Fire. Here’s What’s at Risk.
President Donald Trump’s wave of executive orders targeting funding for education sent shockwaves through Harvard this week, jeopardizing thousands of research jobs and more than 10 percent of the University’s operating revenue.
Bill Gates’ Harvard professor ‘wasn’t surprised’ he dropped out: ‘I just wish I’d invested in him'
Bill Gates was curious and "mature" beyond his years at Harvard University before leaving to found Microsoft, one of his college professors said in an interview.
Harvard, Yale Brace for Funding Risks as Trump Targets Aid
US universities are preparing for potential disruptions to funding, especially for scientific research, after President Donald Trump’s acting budget director issued a sweeping memo directing agencies to halt federal financial grants and loans while the government reviews if the spending complies with recent executive orders.
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Harvard agrees to controversial definition of antisemitism in settling lawsuits
Harvard University has settled two lawsuits with Jewish groups that claimed the school had not taken appropriate steps to keep its campus from becoming a hostile environment for Jewish and Israeli students in the aftermath of the October 7,