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Corporation Senior Fellow Penny Pritzker Warns China’s Rise in Research Rankings is ‘Not Good’ for U.S.
Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny S. Pritzker ’81 warned last month that the United States was falling behind China in research, casting higher education as one front in a high-stakes geopolitical competition.
Corporation Member Tino Cuéllar Floats Harvard ‘Outposts Abroad’ by 2030
Harvard Corporation member Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuéllar ’93 suggested last week that the University could establish satellite campuses overseas, saying that Harvard should look closely at “outposts abroad” in the near future.
Harvard Corporation Member Tino Cuéllar Named Anthropic’s First Global Affairs Chief
Anthropic has tapped Harvard Corporation member Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuéllar ’93 as its first global affairs officer, placing the former judge and foreign policy leader at the helm of the artificial intelligence company’s worldwide government relations operation.
Harvard Corporation Member Defends Selection Process, Touts Closer Ties With Overseers
Harvard Corporation member Mariano-Florentino “Tino” Cuéllar ’93 said Wednesday that he and his colleagues had increased their collaboration with the alumni-elected Board of Overseers in a bid to make the University’s top governing body less insular.
After Gay, Harvard Corporation Pledged Transparency. Its Biggest Decisions Still Move Privately.
More than a year after President Claudine Gay’s resignation forced the Harvard Corporation to seriously reckon with its internal processes for the first time in over a decade, its members have engaged in intentional outreach to dozens of University elite — but many say their deliberations remain as opaque as ever.
Penny Pritzker Says Harvard ‘Recommitting’ to Free Inquiry as Governing Boards Convene
Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny S. Pritzker ’81 said Tuesday that the University is “recommitting” to open inquiry and constructive dialogue under “responsible leadership,” suggesting those principles had, at least recently, come under strain.
Former HHS Secretary Sylvia Burwell, Blackstone CFO Michael Chae to Join Harvard Corporation
Former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Matthews Burwell ’87 and Blackstone chief financial officer Michael S. Chae ’90 will join the Harvard Corporation this year, the University announced Tuesday.
Ten Stories That Shaped 2025
At Harvard, 2025 opened with a showdown — and never relented. Federal demands threatening the University’s funding and autonomy plunged Harvard into a sustained clash with the Trump administration. The pressure reshaped budgets, shuttered diversity offices, and cast international students’ visa status into doubt. Amid the turmoil, President Alan M. Garber ’76 secured a permanent extension at Harvard's helm. Here, The Crimson looks back at the 10 stories that shaped Harvard — and Cambridge — in 2025.
Garber Granted An ‘Open-Ended Runway’ With Term Extension
When Harvard elevated Alan M. Garber ’76 from interim president in August 2024, it gave him three years — time to stabilize the University, manage fallout from Claudine Gay’s resignation, and reset the presidency for a successor. Now, Harvard’s governing boards have erased the clock.
‘In Defense of Francesca Gino’: HLS Professor Lawrence Lessig Uses Podcast to Tell Former HBS Professor’s Side in Tenure Denial Story
Former Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino, together with Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Lessig, have turned to podcasting to tell her story since her tenure was revoked last semester.
Pritzker Says Federal Funding ‘Will Not Return’ to Previous Levels Under Strain from Trump
Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny S. Pritzker ’81 said she is not expecting federal funding to return to “where it has been,” warning of lasting financial headwinds in the wake of Trump administration policies in an interview with the Harvard Gazette published Thursday.
Penny Pritzker Says She Has ‘Absolutely No Idea’ How Trump Talks Will Conclude
Harvard Corporation senior fellow Penny S. Pritzker ’81 said on Sunday that the Trump administration had pushed for a $500 million settlement to resolve its six-month standoff with the University — but cast doubt on whether Harvard was considering the sum.
Campus Unions Ask Harvard To Pledge Worker Protections as Federal Cuts Prompt Layoffs
Harvard’s five largest campus unions urged the University to pledge to a suite of worker protections amid federal attacks in a Monday letter emailed to Harvard’s top officials.
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Survey Shows Strong Support for Harvard President Garber
Nearly three-quarters of respondents approved of Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 on The Crimson’s annual Faculty of Arts and Sciences survey as he leads Harvard’s resistance to the Trump administration. Harvard’s governing boards saw improved but still negative approval ratings.
Prominent Conservative Lawyer Kannon Shanmugam To Join Harvard Corporation
Kannon K. Shanmugam ’93, a prominent appellate attorney with strong Republican ties, will join the Harvard Corporation on July 1, the University announced on Thursday.
In Fight Against Trump, Harvard Goes From Media Lockdown to the Limelight
After four months of silence on the airwaves, University President Alan M. Garber ’76 has emerged to make a forceful case for Harvard.
Harvard Will Create Process To Centralize Protest Discipline Cases Under University President
Harvard will create a process for University President Alan M. Garber ’76 to call a faculty panel to investigate and impose penalties in cross-school disciplinary cases, Garber announced in a Thursday evening email to Harvard affiliates.
Summers Says Harvard Gave Trump an Opportunity To Threaten University Over Antisemitism Response
Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers slammed Harvard’s leaders on Wednesday for acting too slowly against campus protesters and academic centers he accused of spreading antisemitism — which, he said, gave the Trump administration a window to threaten the University.
Pritzker Says Harvard Is ‘All Over’ Supporting Students Whose Visas Were Revoked
Penny S. Pritzker ’81, the senior fellow of the Harvard Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — said the University is working to support students whose visas had been revoked by the Trump administration in its push to deport international students involved in pro-Palestine protests on Tuesday.
Amid Threats to Harvard’s Research Funds, Biochemist Richard Lifton To Join Harvard Corporation
Richard P. Lifton — the president of Rockefeller University — will join the Harvard Corporation in July, the University announced Monday.
As Trump Waits for Harvard’s Reply, Governing Boards Meet in Harvard Square
The Harvard Corporation and the Harvard Board of Overseers — the University’s governing bodies— convened on campus over the weekend to prepare a response to the Trump administration’s $9 billion ultimatum.
Actor, Politicians, and Harvard Leaders Gather at Asian Leadership Initiative Summit
Fernandopulle, a graduate of Harvard College, Medical School, and Kennedy School, encouraged audience members to “keep speaking out” against hatred following the arrest of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
Summers Accuses Harvard Corporation, Garber of Inaction Against Antisemitism
Summers’ thread was an extraordinary broadside against Harvard — not just a rebuke of the University’s sitting leadership by a former president, but also a wide-ranging attack against individual instructors, academic programming, and professional schools that Summers termed “redoubts of the far left.”
Biden Awards Medals of Freedom to Former Defense Sec. Ash Carter, Harvard Donor David Rubenstein
President Joe Biden awarded the Medal of Freedom on Saturday to two Harvard affiliates — former U.S. Defense Secretary and longtime Harvard Kennedy School professor Ashton B. Carter and former Harvard Corporation fellow David M. Rubenstein.
Alan Garber ’76 Installed as Harvard’s 31st President in Private Ceremony
Alan M. Garber ’76 was inaugurated as the 31st president of Harvard University in a secret ceremony Saturday evening, four months after he was officially appointed to the role for a three-year term.
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