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Harvard Reacts to Trump’s Return
Harvard students awoke to a somber campus following Donald Trump’s reelection to the presidency early Wednesday morning. “My heart dropped a little bit,” one student s...
Harvard's Run-Up to the Election
When you think about election organizing at Harvard, a few words might come to mind. Privilege. Access. Money. The Harvard College Democrats are backed by a federally ...
Harvard IOP Student Leader Resigns, Citing ‘Palestinian Exception to Free Speech’
As we neared the one-year anniversary of October 7 earlier this month, the Harvard Institute of Politics — the largest student organization on Harvard’s campus and its...
Is Harvard Doing Discourse Wrong?
If you've been a student at Harvard at any point over the past three years, there’s one thing you’ve probably heard over and over again: intellectual vitality. You’ll ...
Infighting and Pressure From Above: Inside Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery Initiative
In 2022, Harvard earmarked $100 Million dollars for an initiative focused on making amends for Harvard’s ties to slavery. Now, that same initiative has faced infightin...
Behind Harvard's Post-Affirmative Action Demographics Numbers
Harvard released its admissions demographic data for the Class of 2028 last week. This year more so than many years past, those numbers were a big deal.Few things at H...
Garber's Path to the Harvard Presidency
It’s Harvard’s second week back in class and campus tensions are already back in the headlines.Two Harvard graduate students charged with assault and battery during a ...
BREAKING: ALAN GARBER ’76 TO SERVE AS HARVARD’S 31ST PRESIDENT UNTIL JUNE 2027
Alan M. Garber ’76, Harvard’s longtime provost who suddenly became the interim leader as he sought to steer the University through its worst leadership crisis in decad...
Pro-Palestine Student Voices Inside the Harvard Yard Encampment
For than 100 hours and counting, dozens of Pro-Palestine students and protesters have camped overnight in Harvard Yard, calling on the university to divest from Israel...
Amid Turmoil, Harvard Faculty Demand Greater Say
As skepticism of Harvard's governance mounts amid a year of turmoil, a group of prominent Harvard professors is seeking to revive a body that hasn’t existed at Harvard...
Harvard Law School Students Targeted by Doxxing Truck
On Friday morning, March 29th, the Harvard Law School Student Government passed a resolution calling on the Harvard Management Corporation to divest from Israel. On Tu...
Harvard Admissions After Affirmative Action
Harvard emerged mostly unscathed from its first application cycle since the fall of affirmative action, silencing critics who speculated the University’s recent contro...
Harvard's DEI Dilemma
As Harvard navigates its way out of a historic leadership crisis, DEI has come under heavy fire. Supporters point to DEI's capacity to support student wellbeing. Criti...
The Saga of Francesca Gino
Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino — who came under fire for allegations of data manipulation — suggested that Boston University professor and co-author ...
Meet John Manning, Harvard’s New Conservative Interim Provost
Earlier this month, Interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced that Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’82 will serve as the University’s second highe...
Inside Harvard's Lackluster Social Scene
Many Harvard students describe a social scene where besides a handful of bright spots — such as Housing Day and the Harvard-Yale game — traditional college revelry cha...
Is Harvard Next to Leave Standardized Testing Requirements Behind?
Harvard will release regular decisions for the Class of 2028 later this month. But as tens of thousands of students around the world brace themselves to hear Harvard’s...
Congress Subpoenas Harvard's Top Leadership
House Republicans subpoenaed three top Harvard officials last Friday, demanding internal documents and communications for an investigation into the University’s handli...
Harvard President’s Rocky Path Ahead
The tenure of interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76 will likely be one of the most consequential for the University in recent history as he looks to heal a deep...
MBTA Red Line Closures Affect Boston-Area Commuters
The MBTA Red Line is closed maintenance from Feb. 5 to Feb. 14 as part of a project to reduce slowdowns and increase safety by upgrading track infrastructure. This wee...
Interim President Garber’s Uneasy Relationship With Harvard Unions
When longtime Harvard Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 suddenly became interim president earlier this month, the powerful but largely invisible administrator was unfamiliar ...
Harvard Takes Aim at Sidechat Antisemitism
Sidechat, a popular social media platform on Harvard's campus, has come under scrutiny for an allegedly increasing amount of antisemitic posts and criticisms of insuff...
Inside Harvard’s Historic Leadership Crisis
Harvard’s crisis didn’t end with Gay’s resignation.As the University faces a federal lawsuit and congressional investigation into antisemitism, Newstalk takes you insi...
BREAKING: HARVARD PRESIDENT RESIGNS
Harvard President Claudine Gay will resign Tuesday afternoon, bringing an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history. Gay’s resignation — just six mont...
BREAKING: Harvard President Survives Calls For Resignation
Harvard President Claudine Gay testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hoping to tell the nation how she was fighting antisemitism at Harva...
Harvard President to Testify on Antisemitism Before Congress
In the days since Hamas’ October 7 attack against Israel, Harvard has faced division on campus and national backlash over its response. Tomorrow, Harvard President Cla...
Inside Harvard-Yale 2023
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, guest host Yael S. Goldstein ’26 takes us inside the 2023 Harvard-Yale Game. We talk to the players, students, and alumni ...
Harvard Kennedy School Course ‘Walks the Razor’s Edge’
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporter Asher J. Montgomery ’26 joins host Frank S. Zhou ’26 to dive deep into a controversial course at the Harvard Kenn...