John S. Rosenberg

Harvard University aerial view

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Harvard Resists Federal Regulation of Academic Affairs

President Garber rejects federal regulation of academic affairs.

Federal Reserve Building

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Reinforcing Harvard’s Finances

The University heads back to the bond market.

Hopi Hoekstra standing on outdoor steps in sunlight, wearing a dark top and pendant necklace

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2025

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences on Discipline and Financial Aid

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences discusses classroom conversations, boosts aid, addresses discipline—and faces austerity

Crowd at Boston science rally holding protest signs opposing research funding cuts

John Harvard's Journal | May-June 2025

The Trump Administration's Impact on Higher Education

Unprecedented federal actions against research funding, diversity, speech, and more

Robert P. Lifton

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Richard P. Lifton Appointed to Harvard Corporation

Succeeds fellow life scientist Shirley Tilghman

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The Government Details Its Demands

What Harvard is being asked to do as the Trump administration threatens research funding

University Hall with a flag over the John Harvard Statue

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Harvard Faculty Address Trump’s Assault on Higher Education

Arts and Sciences engages with the Trump administration’s assault on higher education.

Harvard University Shield

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Trump Administration Aims at Harvard Funding

Part of concerted effort to target campuses labeled antisemitic

Portrait of committee chair Ann Blair

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Improving Harvard College and Graduate School Discipline

After the 2024 encampment, a Faculty of Arts and Sciences committee recommends changes.

Hopi Hoekstra stands on the stairs of University Hall

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Harvard Augments Financial Aid—and Girds for Austerity

Dean Hopi Hoekstra details Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ priorities.

John Harvard statue at University Hall

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It’s Academic (and Other Harvard Concerns)

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences focuses on class attendance, grades—and wider worries about “uncomfortable” threats to academia.

Abraham Verghese

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Abraham Verghese Named Harvard Commencement Speaker

Physician and author will address the graduation exercises May 29.