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A Jewish Perspective on Harvard You Won’t Hear at the RNC
Alexander Kestenbaum can let Republicans use his words as weapons to lambaste higher education all he wants. But he doesn’t speak on behalf of anybody but himself.
Probation Will Not Stop Our Fight Against Genocide
On June 21, we were placed on probation by Harvard for nonviolently protesting the ongoing genocide of Palestinians. Since October, we have witnessed Israel commit brutal atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza.
Faculty Speech Must Have Limits
As Harvard has moved to limit its opining on salient public issues, we must use our voices as faculty responsibly.
Is Israel an Apartheid State?
There is a striking similarity between Israel’s regime in the West Bank and South African apartheid.
Lara Jirmanus: What Would You Risk for Someone You Don’t Know?
As our tax and endowment dollars fund mass atrocities, we must use every means at our disposal to say never again.
Harvard, According to Four Remarkable Seniors
Read reflections from four members of Harvard's Class of 2024.
Ken Griffin: Depart To Serve Better Thy Country and Thy Kind
our predecessors committed themselves to active participation in our civic life, serving and sacrificing for the sake of others. Carry the torch that is now being passed on to you and build a future that unites us.
Tiya Miles: Rip or Repair? How To Respond to Harvard’s Year of Crisis.
Repairing the university means defending the spirit of our collectivity. Class of 2024, ever excellent, ever resilient: we need you to help lead the way.
Joan Donovan: How Corporate Money Threatens Academic Freedom
Academic freedom only holds weight if every member of the academic community is committed to safeguarding academic freedom from external pressures.
Sam Lessin: Pritzker’s Presidential Mulligan and How to Secure Harvard’s Future
Having run to become an Overseer and, now, having spent months engaging with alumni on the issues facing Harvard, I’ve learned much about how Harvard should proceed.
Larry Summers: An End and a Beginning For Harvard
As commencement marks the end of this difficult academic year, I hope it will mark the beginning of a time when Harvard moves past the urgent to the historically important.
From the Anti-Muslim and Anti-Arab Bias Task Force: Many at Harvard Feel Ignored
We are the co-chairs of the Presidential Task Force on Combating Anti-Muslim and Anti-Arab Bias, and we write to share what we’ve found from our work so far — and where we’ll go from here.
From the Antisemitism Task Force: How to Repair a Fractured Harvard
Healing our fractured community will require time and effort. Recognizing the distinct ways in which Jewish and Israeli students have been hurt is an essential part of that process.
Belonging at Harvard: Moving Beyond Acceptance
As I leave Harvard behind, I want to offer advice for creating a more inclusive future to University leaders, my fellow alumni, and current students.
Nothing Matters. Everything Matters.
Hard is still possible. Hard is meaningful. Hard things are what we did to get here.
I Led The Crimson Through Historic Backlash. Now, Harvard’s Pro-Palestine Protesters Face Worse.
Remember the members of our class not graduating with us because they were punished this week — in flagrant disregard of decades of University precedent — for peacefully and civilly exercising their right to free speech.
To the Student Protesters Barred From Graduating on Time
The Ad Board’s bad-faith actions have damaged something that is essential for our great University to fulfill its mission: trust among faculty, students, and administrators.
From a Suspended Senior: With a Raised Middle Finger and Love in My Heart
I have found the freedom I thought Harvard would offer, but not in the ways one would think.
Harvard, Do Not Punish Calls for Justice
Harvard, do not punish your students for standing up for justice, peace, and equality — values that Harvard professes and has followed in the past.
Harvard Should Follow Its Own Lead and Engage with the Protesters
We are the four Harvard Law students who participated in the 2001 sit-in during the Harvard Living Wage Campaign. It would be sensible and strategic for the University to act in good faith again today.
We Occupied the Harvard President’s Office. We Didn’t Face Involuntary Leave.
When we occupied Mass. Hall, we got awards. When today’s protesters occupied the Yard, they got suspended. Harvard should stop the double standard.
The Past is Present: Four Decades of Anti-Apartheid University Struggles
Backlash against student actions calling for divestment from Israel is a testament to their importance. Let us remember that the protests against apartheid succeeded.
Is Garber Treating the Encampment Fairly? 11 Former Harvard Activists Weigh In.
As the University has taken more and more stern action against the Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine protesters, many members of HOOP’s coalition have asked: Is this fair? History can offer an answer. In this special package, we present four pieces from organizers of protest movements across the decades at Harvard reflecting on how their activism — and the administration’s response — compare to today's demonstrations. —Tommy Barone ’25 and Jacob M. Miller ’25
35,000 People Dead; Harvard Suspends Students Instead
No disciplinary consequence will stand between us and our commitment to a liberated Palestine.