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Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status Threatened
… a letter to the University demanding records “by April 30, 2025” of any “illegal and violent activities” by foreign …
Playing Offense
… to only the most prominent priorities. Updated April 14,2025, 8:30 p.m. : Read about the federal government’s March … At best, conditions have deteriorated alarmingly since 2025 began; at worst, the assumptions that have underlain …
Issue: May-June 2025
The Government Details Its Demands
Following the March 31 announcement that “a comprehensive review of federal contracts and grants at Harvard University and its affiliates” would be undertaken to ensure “compliance with federal regulations, including its civil rights responsibilities,” …
Harvard Overseer Candidates’ 2025 Priorities
… competing for election this spring. Updated March 21, 2025, 11:30 a.m. : Valerie Montgomery Rice, M.D. ’87, has … challenges and opportunities … Harvard Overseer Candidates’ 2025 Priorities … 1508 … 1524 … Harvard Overseer Candidates’ 2025 Priorities … article …
The New Gender Gaps
Nick Cato has always liked working with his hands. Growing up in a small town just outside Hillsborough, North Carolina, he says, “I was always outside, messing around, building stuff, climbing trees.” He enjoyed reading, but he struggled in school, where …
Issue: May-June 2025
Jodie Foster to Receive 2025 Radcliffe Medal
… highest honor on May 9. … Jodie Foster to Receive 2025 Radcliffe Medal … 8492 … 1508 … Jodie Foster to Receive 2025 Radcliffe Medal … article …
Research on Hold
Hours after the federal government froze $2.2 billion in research funding at Harvard, scientists across the University received sudden stop-work orders—halting projects on radiation exposure, ALS diagnostics, and tuberculosis treatment. The notices came …
Harvard College Announces Class of 2025 Admissions Decisions
… has admitted 1,968 of 57,435 applicants to the class of 2025 (745 of whom were admitted through early action in … 33,240—and accepted just 4.0 percent of the pool into its 2025 class. Looking ahead to next year, Harvard has already … fewer students than last year were admitted to the class of 2025 (though not all accepted students will choose to …
In the Crosshairs
… came after Harvard on March 31 . Updated April 14,2025, 8:30 P.M.: Read about the April 3 list of federal …
Issue: May-June 2025
Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze
… similar belt-tightening initiatives. Updated March 12, 2025, 9:45 a.m. : On March 11, Faculty of Arts and Sciences …
Harvard College Admits Class of 2026
… other institutions have already breached—by the 2024-2025 academic year. Beginning in the 2022-2023 academic … further increase from 52.9 percent in the class of 2025. International students make up 13.9 percent of the …
Richard P. Lifton Elected to Harvard Corporation
RICHARD P. Lifton , president of The Rockefeller University since 2016, will become a member of the Harvard Corporation, effective July 1, succeeding Shirley Tilghman, president emerita of Princeton . The transition assures that the University’s senior …
Trump Administration Aims at Harvard Funding
… to legal action on the University’s part. Updated April 1, 2025, 9:00 a.m. : It is important to note that the … justify what is being threatened.” Updated April 1, 2025, 2:20 p.m. : Although Princeton was not among the 10 … due process rights of this university.” Updated April 4, 2025, 8:20 a.m. : The New York Times reports that Brown …
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2024-2025 Fellows
… for Advanced Study will welcome 52 fellows for the 2024-2025 academic year as part of its twenty-fifth anniversary … of climate change policies. The full list of the 2024–2025 fellows can be viewed here. … 21454 … Scholars will … and more. … Harvard Radcliffe Institute Announces 2024-2025 Fellows … 1508 … 8469 … 1514 … 8465 … 1517 … 8457 … …
Housing in the Climate Crosshairs
… plans are under stress. After the L.A. wildfires in January 2025, for example, California’s insurance commissioner …