BREAKING: Harvard does away with its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging — at least in name. Now, the office will be called Community and Campus Life. via Dhruv Patel in The Harvard Crimson, more TK: thecrimson.com/article/2025/4…

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences closed the Barker Center Cafe and laid off its 20 student employees and manager at the end of service on Wednesday, citing budget concerns. Hugo Chiasson and Amann Mahajan report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…

Noteworthy: Harvard President Alan Garber has now done interviews with the NYT, WSJ, Boston Globe, and NBC but has repeatedly declined requests from the school's paper The Harvard Crimson. (Harvard pres usually does regular interviews with The Crimson. Garber has broken that precedent.)

Incredibly grateful that The Harvard Crimson’s journalism was recognized in the Society of Professional Journalists 2024 Region 1 awards. The Crimson won in 9 categories and was listed as finalists in 7 other categories, including for Best All-Around Student Newspaper (1/4) spj.org/region-1-mark-…

SCOOP: Harvard police chief Victor Clay resigned, per email to dept. staff — an abrupt end for a leader who entered HUPD with a mandate for reform. He packed his office and informed Harvard earlier today. Matan Josephy & Laurel Shugart in The Harvard Crimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers briefly detained an American citizen outside of the Cambridge District Court in Medford on Friday after allegedly confusing him with an undocumented immigrant. Matan Josephy and Laurel Shugart report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…

Harvard sued the Trump administration Friday morning and plans to file a temporary restraining order to stop the Department of Homeland Security from revoking its certification to enroll international students. Dhruv Patel and Grace Yoon report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…

UPDATE: Though ICE initially accepted responsibility, it was actually Border Patrol agents who made the wrongful detainment, according to a statement to The Crimson — which contained multiple factual inaccuracies about the incident. more in The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…

Trump had a lot to say about Harvard at the start of this week. The Harvard Crimson checked the facts. via Abby Shih Gerstein and Graham Lee: thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…

Looks like the freeze on the Trump admin's attempt to end Harvard's enrollment of int'l students is here to stay— w/ Laurel Shugart in The Harvard Crimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/5…

Meanwhile, the DHS sought to shift its strategy in a late-night notice to Harvard that would give the University 30 days to reply before its SEVP status is revoked. Seems like a bid by the DHS to press forward but on firmer legal ground.

Interestingly, the suspension doesn't apply to students "whose entry would be in the national interest," as determined by the federal government — a shift from previous rhetoric. More via Dhruv Patel: thecrimson.com/article/2025/6…

US officials denied a visa to a Harvard postdoc Fri. morning, citing Trump’s order barring int’l students from entering the US to attend Harvard — even though a judge temporarily blocked it. The refusal was in apparent violation of the TRO from Thurs. thecrimson.com/article/2025/6…

BREAKING: A judge has ordered Kseniia Petrova — the HMS researcher who has been facing deportation proceedings and felony smuggling charges after failing to declare samples of frog embryos in Feb. — be released from criminal custody. in The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2025/6…

At a hearing this a.m., a federal judge extended her TRO blocking Trump's Harvard entry ban until next Monday and said to expect a decision on a preliminary injunction within a week. Matan Josephy and Laurel Shugart in The Harvard Crimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/6…

LATEST: As he faces criminal charges for patronizing a high-end brothel in Cambridge, incumbent City Councilor Paul F. Toner will not seek reelection, according to a Monday announcement. w/ Matan Josephy in The Harvard Crimson thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

The dismantling of Harvard’s diversity offices arrived at Harvard College on Wednesday as websites for centers serving minority students, LGBTQ students, and women disappeared suddenly and without fanfare. Samuel A. Church and Cam Srivastava report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

A federal judge appeared skeptical of the federal government’s justification for freezing nearly $3 billion in research funding to Harvard, as lawyers for both parties asked for a speedy decision in the case. Matan Josephy and William Mao report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

A confidential memo shows that the Trump administration had already shared an aggressive ‘menu’ of reforms with Harvard, a week before government officials sent a second list of demands that the University rejected. Dhruv Patel & Grace Yoon report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

The White House is pushing Harvard for a financial settlement that exceeds Columbia's payment earlier this week, according to a person familiar with Harvard's negotiations over $2 billion in frozen federal funding. Dhruv Patel and Grace Yoon report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…