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Immigration Authorities Arrest HLS Visiting Professor After October Shooting Incident
Federal immigration authorities arrested Harvard Law School professor Carlos Portugal Gouvea this week after the State Department revoked his J-1 visa for shooting a pellet gun outside a synagogue in October, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday.
Judge Dismisses HBS Grad’s Antisemitism Lawsuit Against Harvard
A federal judge dismissed Harvard Business School graduate Yoav Segev’s discrimination lawsuit against Harvard, ruling on Thursday that Segev failed to show he experienced severe and pervasive antisemitism on campus.
Huybers and Lu To Stay On As Kirkland House Faculty Deans
Current Kirkland House interim faculty deans Peter J. Huybers and Downing Lu will stay on in their roles as the House’s next permanent faculty deans, College Dean David J. Deming announced in a Thursday email to Kirkland affiliates.
As Cambridge Faces a Life Sciences Downturn, Startups Turn to a New Industry: Warfare
As biotech firms shed jobs and life sciences funding dries up, policymakers have started to see defense technology as a way to buttress the Massachusetts economy. Industry experts say Cambridge may become one of the nation’s fastest-growing hubs for defense and national security startups.
Harvard Is Rejecting More Tenure Cases After Departments Approve Them
The power to grant or deny tenure is a prerogative that faculty have long held sacred. But at Harvard, the final decisions to shut the door on tenure cases have increasingly been made out of departments’ hands — and in direct opposition to the outcome of departmental votes.
American Economic Association Imposes Lifetime Membership Ban on Summers Over Epstein Revelations
The American Economic Association banned former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers from membership for life on Tuesday, describing his conduct as “fundamentally inconsistent with its standards of professional integrity and with the trust placed in mentors within the economics profession.”
Biden-Era Diplomat, Republican Consultant To Lead IOP Together After Setti Warren’s Death
Republican consultant Beth Myers and diplomat Ned C. Price will lead the Institute of Politics in an interim capacity while the Harvard Kennedy School searches for the next permanent director, HKS Dean Jeremy M. Weinstein announced Tuesday morning.
Harvard Endowment Appoints 3 New Directors, Including JPMorgan Exec Who Managed Epstein’s Bank Accounts
Three Harvard Business School alumni — Paul B. Edgerley, Mary Callahan Erdoes, and Raymond J. McGuire ’79 — were appointed to Harvard Management Company’s board of directors.
Villanova Slams the Door on Harvard’s Postseason Return in 52-7 Rout
The Crimson was decimated by Villanova 52-7 in the team's first playoff appearance in 105 years.
Epstein-Linked Charity Quietly Donated $100,000 to Hasty Pudding in 2018, 2019
A charity once overseen by convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein steered $100,000 to the Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 in 2018 and 2019, according to tax filings reviewed by The Crimson — gifts the organization did not disclose when it publicly addressed an earlier Epstein-linked donation.
College Removes Finding of Hazing Against Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra, but Keeps Sanctions in Place
Harvard College reversed its judgement that the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra violated its hazing policies after a group of students in the orchestra appealed the original decision, according to an email sent to HRO members on Friday and obtained by The Crimson.
The Perfect Season: Harvard Women's Rugby Wins National Championship
No. 1 Harvard (9-0) battled till the last second to secure a 22-19 victory against No. 2 Lindenwood to lift its National Championship in four years and complete a perfect 9-0 season.
Cambridge Lays Off Staff From Diversity-Related Commissions
Cambridge laid off seven staff across diversity-related city commissions on Thursday afternoon, multiple people with direct knowledge of the matter confirmed.
Students Feel Less Supported After Diversity Office Closures, HUA Survey Says
Nearly two-thirds of the respondents to a Harvard Undergraduate Association survey said they feel less supported by the Office of Culture and Community than the three Harvard College diversity offices it replaced, according to a copy of the results obtained by The Crimson.
Summers Will Not Finish Semester of Teaching as Harvard Investigates Epstein Ties
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will immediately leave his role as an instructor at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein.
After Opaque Process, HUA Election Commission Keeps Survey Results on Israel Divestment Under Wraps
The Harvard Undergraduate Association’s Election Commission will not publicly share the results of a survey asking whether students support University divestment from “companies and institutions operating in Israel.”
Harvard To Launch New Investigation Into Epstein’s Ties to Summers, Other University Affiliates
Harvard will open a new probe into former University President Lawrence H. Summers’ connections with convicted child sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, after newly released documents revealed the two shared an unusually close relationship for several years, a Harvard spokesperson confirmed Tuesday night.
Summers To Step Back From Public Commitments Amid Epstein Scandal
Former Harvard President Lawerence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement Monday evening.
Harvard Students To Vote on Divestment From Israel in Inaugural HUA Election Survey
Harvard students will vote this week on whether the University should disclose ties to and divest from “companies and institutions operating in Israel” following more than 18 months of back-and-forth between student activists and student government.
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein.
No. 7 Harvard Football Beats Penn 45-43 on Last Second Field Goal, Clinches Share of Ivy Title
Harvard clinched a 45-43 win over Penn on Saturday in a nail-biting thriller with just seconds left on the clock. In a nail-biting thriller, junior kicker Kieran Corr drilled a game-winning 53-yard field goal to seal Harvard’s victory and a share of the Ivy League title.
Harvard Faculty Disturbed by Revelations of Summers’ ‘Cozy Friendship’ With Epstein
Harvard professors responded with outrage to a tranche of emails showing a close yearslong correspondence between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein, reopening an old and bitter divide between Summers and the faculty.
Harvard Brings On Yale Police Chief Anthony Campbell To Lead HUPD
Anthony Campbell will leave his post as Yale’s police chief to serve as the next chief of the Harvard University Police Department, the University announced Thursday.
Email Cache Reveals How Former Harvard President Larry Summers Stayed in Jeffrey Epstein’s Orbit
A new cache of emails released by a House committee paints a vivid portrait of the relationship between former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers and convicted sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein. The hundreds of emails — spanning from 2013 to 2019 — reveal how Summers sought out Epstein’s thoughts on Harvard projects, politics, and his personal life.
Harvard’s Funds Are Back. Can Its Scientists Trust the Government Again?
With funding at a constant risk of revocation, Harvard is not out of the clear — and researchers are still fighting for their futures.