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Harvard Renames Diversity Office
The University announced Monday that it will rename its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging the “Office for Community and Campus Life.” Hours later, the new office informed affinity groups via email that it would not host or fund …
Merrick Garland to Address Classes of 2020-2021 Ceremony
Harvard announced today that Merrick B. Garland ’74, J.D. ’77, the eighty-sixth Attorney General of the United States, will address the special Commencement celebration on Sunday, May 29: the make-up ceremony for the classes of 2020-2021 (now alumni, of …
Trump Announces Travel Ban for Harvard International Students
President Donald Trump declared late Wednesday evening that he would stop Harvard’s international students from entering the country. The proclamation comes less than a week after U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs blocked the Trump administration’s …
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Harvard Commencement 2022
Commencement week this year celebrates the University's 2022 graduates, along with memebers of the classes of 2020 and 2021 who missed out on campus festivities because of the pandemic. For updates on events, visit www.commencement.harvard.edu Tuesday, …
Issue: May-June 2022
Harvard Can Continue Hosting International Students, Judge Says
Late Friday afternoon, a federal judge granted Harvard’s request for a preliminary injunction—halting, for now, the Trump administration’s attempt to prevent the University from hosting international students. On May 22, the Department of Homeland …
Convocation 2022: Grow in Wisdom
On Tuesday afternoon, at Freshman Convocation, Harvard College’s newest incoming class was welcomed with a mixture of good wishes and stiff warnings, drawn in part from the troubled national politics of today. It was the first back-to-normal Convocation …
Harvard Plans Contingencies for International Students
The Harvard Kennedy School of Government announced this week contingency plans for educating its international students online or in Canada if they are prevented from returning to Cambridge this fall. And the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health …
Harvard’s Standoff: The Research At Risk
How much federal research funding does Harvard receive? Harvard received $686 million in federal research funding in fiscal year 2024—11 percent of its overall annual operating budget. Most came from the Department of Health and Human Services, which …
Issue: July-August 2025
Welcoming the New Ledecky Fellows
… ’25 and Yasmeen Khan ’26 to its editorial staff as the 2024-2025 Berta Greenwald Ledecky Undergraduate Fellows. Starting … to their work, see harvardmag.com/ledecky . … The 2024-2025 Undergraduate columnists … 86062 … Meet Harvard …
Issue: September-October 2024
Harvard Files for Permanent Relief from Trump Administration’s Funding Cuts
Harvard has asked a federal judge to rule in its favor in its lawsuit seeking to overturn the Trump administration’s freeze and termination of billions of dollars in federal research funding. In a 62-page court filing submitted Monday to the U.S. District …
Harvard President Responds to Secretary of Education
The strained conversation between Harvard and the Trump administration continued in public view on Monday with a letter from President Alan M. Garber to U.S. Secretary of Education Linda E. McMahon. Garber’s letter noted that the University had changed …
Back to Basics
… aid will cover the cost of tuition ($59,320 of the 2025-2026 term bill) and they will be evaluated individually … bill next year is $86,926, up a sharp 4.9 percent from 2024-2025.) For students whose family income exceeds $200,000 , “ …
Issue: May-June 2025
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker
… Class Day speaker,” Uzma Issa ’25, first marshal of the 2025 Class Committee, said in a news announcement. “He’s a … “It’s a privilege to share this moment with the Class of 2025 and to celebrate all that lies ahead,” Abdul-Jabbar …
John Goldberg named Dean of Harvard Law School
John C.P. Goldberg, interim dean of Harvard Law School since March 2024, has been named dean of HLS. The Carter professor of general jurisprudence—and now Chu Dean and professor of law at HLS—is an expert in tort law. In a statement, Goldberg said he is …
Judge Extends Block on Trump’s Travel Ban for Harvard’s International Students
Federal Judge Allison Burroughs has extended a temporary restraining order blocking President Donald J. Trump’s travel ban on Harvard’s international students until June 23. At a hearing Monday, Burroughs said she plans to issue a decision within a week …