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Veronica H. Paulus

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Former Harvard Morgue Manager Pleads Guilty to Transporting Human Remains During Change of Plea Hearing

Cedric Lodge — the former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School charged with stealing and selling parts of human cadavers — pleaded guilty to the interstate transport of stolen human remains during a Wednesday change of plea hearing, according to a Department of Justice press release.


Federal Judge Orders Trump Admin to Restore HMS Professors’ Research to Federal Website

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to restore all articles — including those authored by two Harvard Medical School researchers — to a federal website after they had been removed for including forbidden terms, such as “LGBTQ” and “transgender.”


Faculty Deans, Department Administrators Express Support for International Students

Harvard College faculty deans and departmental administrators sent messages of support for international students after the Trump administration revoked the University’s ability to enroll them — even as Harvard’s top leaders remain quiet.


Trump Admin Lawyer Concedes Removal of HMS Professors’ Research from Federal Website Violated First Amendment

A government lawyer conceded that the removal of two Harvard Medical School professors’ research from a federal website constituted “viewpoint discrimination” — a violation of the First Amendment — at a Wednesday hearing in Boston.


Harvard FAS Announces New Funding Program for Research Impacted by Trump Cuts

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced a new program to fund senior and tenure-track FAS professors whose grants have been terminated by the Trump administration in a Friday message.


Trump Admin Files Smuggling Charges Against Detained HMS Researcher, Plans To Deport Her To Russia

Government lawyers said the Trump administration plans to deport Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard Medical School researcher detained by Customs and Border Protection officials in February, to Russia at a Wednesday hearing.


Harvard FAS Professors Told To Prepare Contingency Plans for Budget Shortfalls

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences professors were instructed to develop contingency plans for center and departmental spending budget shortfalls, according to five professors informed at two separate department meetings this week.


Ex-Harvard Chemist Charles Lieber Joins Chinese University

Former Harvard Chemistry professor Charles M. Lieber, who was convicted of lying to federal authorities about his ties to China in 2021, took a new job as a professor at a Chinese university last week.