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Phi Beta Kappa Speakers Don’t Shrink from the News
Donald Trump’s name was never spoken during Tuesday morning’s Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises, but you could still hear it loud and clear. It was perhaps loudest during a standing ovation for President Alan M. Garber. At the top of his oration, Rakesh …
Behind the Scenes: The Article-Writing Process
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Harvard’s Standoff: The History
There has been nothing in Harvard’s history like the current confrontation between the University and the Trump administration. But Harvard students and faculty have often come into conflict with the federal government over its policies, in disputes that …
Issue: July-August 2025
Radcliffe Institute Announces 2020-2021 Fellows
The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study ’s 2020-2021 cohort, announced today, includes 42 fellows representing six countries. The acceptance rate for the incoming class was 2.8 percent, from a pool of nearly 1,400 applicants. Radcliffe is planning a …
Harvard Allocating Additional $250 Million to Research
On Wednesday , Harvard President Alan M. Garber and Provost John Manning announced that the University will allocate an additional $250 million to support campus research. These funds are coming from Harvard’s pool of central funds rather than its …
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 …
When Code Meets Canvas
Algorithms govern much of our lives today. They likely brought you to this article, will shape how you interact with it, and serve as the unseen engine behind countless moments in your day. But we seldom look at algorithms the way we’d view a painting on …
Harvard Responds to Protests
This academic year , campus protests focused on Israel, Gaza, and the continuing Middle East war have been smaller and less prominent than last year’s wave of protests that culminated in the spring 2024 encampment . The most significant protests of this …
January-February 2025
… January-February 2025 … issue …
Harvard Confers Six Honorary Degrees
… Alley was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2025 by President Joseph Biden, in part for work to … a better individual to inspire the members of our class of 2025 as they contemplate their futures.” Read a detailed …
It’s Academic (and Other Harvard Concerns)
… aggressively increasing financial aid.) Updated March 6, 2025, 11:20 a.m. : FAS confirms that “structural deficit” … positions and other expense controls. ( Updated March 6, 2025, 8:00 a.m. : The Yale Daily News has reported that in … But it is known that budget guidance for fiscal year 2025-2026 was revised at the end of January, as the news …
Harvard Discloses Top Administrator and Investment Manager Compensation
… that he will take a pay cut of 25 percent starting July 1, 2025 in light of the loss of federal funding. That drop in …
College Admits 7.5 Percent of Early Applicants
Today , 722 of 9,553 early-action applicants were admitted to the College class of 2027. This 7.5 percent acceptance rate is slightly lower than last year’s 7.9 percent . Of the admitted cohort, 14 percent come from first-generation college backgrounds, …
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 …
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 …