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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker

The basketball player and writer will address Harvard seniors on May 28.

by Nina Pasquini

Taking the Fight for Equality into the AI Era

Radcliffe Institute conference tackles bias, fairness, inclusivity in AI development.

by Tamara Evdokimova

Harvard Research on Hold

Funding freeze halts Harvard projects overnight.

by Nina Pasquini

Alumni Praise Harvard’s Response to Government Demands

Responses to the University’s rejection of federal proposals for intrusive regulation of academic affairs

Harvard’s tax-exempt status threatened

Ability to host foreign students also in jeopardy

by Jonathan Shaw

Encouraging Harvard to Resist

Alumni and faculty letters urge Harvard to defend itself and academic freedom.

by Max J. Krupnick

Nineteenth Century Letters Between Two Harvard Undergraduates

An antebellum correspondence between two Harvard undergraduates

by Beth Luey

Harvard Resists Federal Regulation of Academic Affairs

President Garber rejects federal regulation of academic affairs.

by John S. Rosenberg

Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances

The University heads back to the bond market.

by John S. Rosenberg

Richard P. Lifton Appointed to Harvard Corporation

Succeeds fellow life scientist Shirley Tilghman

by John S. Rosenberg

Democrats, Republicans, and Zero-Sum Thinking

The founder of Harvard’s Social Economics Lab on a mindset held across the partisan divide

by Olivia Farrar

Five Questions with Professor Stephanie Burt

The Harvard poet and critic on LGBTQ+ literary life and her new book

by Lydialyle Gibson