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Harvard and the Fight for Foreign Collaboration

By Omar Abdel Haq and Eric Yan  • 

Debate over the regulation of foreign money in academia, once an afterthought, has become a microcosm of the U.S.’s attempts to remain the world’s top innovator, exposing a tension between the government’s efforts to remain competitive and academia’s goals to promote innovation and the free flow of ideas.


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Two Harvard Students Went Viral for Creating a Website to Help Ukrainian Refugees. But Some Experts Have Concerns.

Soon after the debut of a platform launched by two Harvard students seeking to help Ukrainian refugees, experts raised concerns over a lack of security measures.


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One Month Into Invasion, Harvard Affiliates Rally for Ukraine, Affected Scholars

One month after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, more than one hundred demonstrators rallied in Harvard Yard on Saturday in support of Harvard students and scholars impacted by the war.


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‘Distressful’ and ‘Devastating’: Ukrainian Students Speak Out on Invasion

Between “numbness,” “sadness,” and grief, Ukrainian students at Harvard face difficulties navigating academic and personal life amid the invasion of Ukraine.


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As Rockets Fly in Kyiv, Hundreds Rally for Ukraine in Harvard Yard

Waving Ukrainian flags and carrying anti-war posters, several hundred demonstrators rallied to support Ukraine in Harvard Yard on Saturday, just days after Russia invaded the country in the region’s largest military escalation in years.


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Harvard Students Laud Return of Study Abroad

After nearly two years defined by travel restrictions, case surges, and canceled plans, Harvard’s study abroad programs have returned.


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HGSE Launches Online Education Leadership Master’s Program Targeting Mid-Career Professionals

By Omar Abdel Haq  • 

The Harvard Graduate School of Education is launching a new fully-online master’s program in Education Leadership, part of its efforts to increase access for mid-career professionals, HGSE Dean Bridget Terry Long said in an interview Wednesday.


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HGSE Professors Argue High Stakes Testing Detrimental to Students in Massachusetts

By Omar Abdel Haq  • 

The Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System has recently come under scrutiny following state legislators’ proposal to eliminate the test from being a graduation requirement for high school students.


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Mental Health Experts Call For Systematic Change to Improve Student Wellness at HGSE Webinar

By Omar Abdel Haq  • 

A panel of mental health professionals called on colleges and universities to enact systemic changes aimed at improving student well-being at a Harvard Graduate School of Education webinar Wednesday.


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Undergrads Walk Out of Class in Support of Grad Student Strike

At approximately 11:35 a.m. on Thursday, undergraduates swiftly walked out of their classrooms into Harvard Yard and adjacent buildings to join the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers on the second day of their strike.

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HGSE Ed Now event

By Omar Abdel Haq  • 

Experts in student mental health joined a Harvard Graduate School of Education panel Wednesday, part of the school’s “Education Now” series focusing on changes to the education system brought about by Covid-19.


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Ed Now 9/22

By Omar Abdel Haq  • 

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HGSE Schools Event

By Omar Abdel Haq  • 

The latest iteration of HGSE’s recurring webinar series “Education Now” on Wednesday focused on critical steps to successful school reopenings during the pandemic.


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HGSE Education Now: Innovations in Global Education

By Omar Abdel Haq  • 

Four members of the Council of Luminaries, a group of top education researchers, spoke at a Friday event held by the Harvard Graduate School of Education.


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HGSE Ed Now Anti-Racism Photo

By Omar Abdel Haq  • 

Clockwise from top left, Brookline High School teacher J. Malcolm Cawthorne, HGSE senior lecturer Jennifer P. Cheatham, journalist and radio producer Heidi Shin, and HGSE Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Tracie D. Jones discuss confronting racism in the school classroom during an HGSE webinar on Wednesday.


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GSE Future of Ed Panel

By Omar Abdel Haq  • 

Counter-clockwise from top left, Graduate School of Education Dean Bridget Terry Long and Vice Provost for Advances in Learning Bharat N. Anand ’88 participate in a virtual panel moderated by Graduate School of Education lecturer Matthew L. Miller and hosted by the University Vice Provost for International Affairs Mark C. Elliot on Friday.

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