Photograph by Stephanie Mitchell/HPAC
New digs: Claudine Gay settles in at Massachusetts Hall—just across the Old Yard from her former Faculty of Arts and Sciences dean’s office in University Hall—on July 5, the first (post-holiday) workday in the thirtieth president’s new administration. A profile of President Gay appears elsewhere in this issue.
The University warns this walkout may not be protected by labor law, an assertion the union disputes.
Faculty leaders say layoffs will yield $20 million in annual savings.
The government’s lawyers homed in on a jurisdictional argument for its authority to to terminate federal grants.
Plus, veteran higher education leader Thomas Ehrlich reflects on university curricula for his 70th reunion
The play Spare Parts is a contemporary fable about the quest to live forever.
Despite personnel losses, Crimson captain Xaviah Bascon is upbeat about the 2026 season.
