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Harvard Announces Hiring Freeze
… similar belt-tightening initiatives. Updated March 12, 2025, 9:45 a.m. : On March 11, Faculty of Arts and Sciences …
Centralizing University Discipline
During the Israel-Palestine protests that occurred on the Harvard campus during the 2023-2024 academic year, a number of students broke University rules and were punished. But because the College and each of the graduate and professional schools maintain …
No More [Lovin’ That] Dirty Water
… Renaissance This Summer … 88566 … Your Guide to Summer 2025 Along Boston Harbor … 1523 … 1505 … 8466 … 8472 … No …
Issue: July-August 2025
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
Harvard Resists Government Demands
… condition, first made explicit in the letter of March 31, 2025, that Harvard accede to these terms or risk the loss of … the highest stakes for academic freedom. Updated April 14,2025, 9:20 p.m .: In retaliation, the Joint Task Force to … to overhaul its hiring and admissions policies by August 2025 and subject them to “a comprehensive audit by the …
Thor Reimann ’25, Undergraduate English Address: This World is not Conclusion
… tells you. Because this world is not conclusion . Class of 2025, it is commencement.’ … A poem from the speaker’s …
Harvard Cancelled Affinity Celebrations. Students Held Them Anyway.
“There’s no class I would rather be addressing than you all,” said journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, a Pulitzer Prize winner and creator of the 1619 Project, to the hundreds of students and families gathered in a conference room at the Boston Marriott in …
Harvard Sues Over Funding Freeze
On Monday, Harvard filed suit against the federal government, sending the battle between the University and the Trump administration to federal court. Harvard argued that the government’s funding freeze—threatening at least $2.2 billion in research grants …
Behind the Scenes: Quality of Care
Associate editor Lydialyle Gibson reflects on why disability is a topic that needs to be talked about more openly. Americans don’t talk much about disability. It’s a subject that rarely cracks the national conversation, and even in one-on-one …
Behind the Scenes: When the pictures say it all
Harvard Magazine is committed to TELLING the stories about the Harvard community that matter to you. Usually, we do so through our reporting and accompanying photographs and illustrations. But sometimes an image alone says more than any text could. …
Harvard Medical School Master’s Graduates Encouraged to Confront Misinformation
… Harvard Medical School’s 2025 master’s graduates are entering their professions …
Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances
Just after placing $434 million of tax-exempt bonds to pay for capital projects , Harvard is returning to the market to borrow $750 million of taxable debt, fueling speculation about its uses for the funds. That speculation is understandable, in light of …
International Student Ban Casts a Shadow on Harvard Commencement
… On the first day of activities for Harvard’s 2025 Commencement ceremonies, the steps of Widener Library … a cheer erupted from the crowd. As Harvard’s Class of 2025 graduates, uncertainty still looms over many of their …
Judge Blocks Trump’s Attempt to Bar International Students from Harvard
A few miles from a Commencement ceremony that celebrated Harvard’s global ties, U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs blocked the Trump administration’s efforts to bar the University from enrolling international students. The legal dispute stems from a …
Making Money Funny
New Jersey’s American Dream Mall has a 14-story waterslide, two ski lifts, and seven species of live sharks. Nearly all storefronts are leased and about five million people visited last year. But the mall’s lawyers argue that the complex is not actually …
Issue: July-August 2025