Harvard Freezes Hiring Amid Anxiety Over Trump

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 3:39P

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 announced a University-wide staff and faculty hiring freeze in a message to Harvard affiliates Monday morning, citing uncertainty under the Trump administration.

Biotech Giant Roche Launches Innovation Center on Harvard’s Allston Research Campus

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

F. Hoffmann-La Roche, one of the world’s largest biotechnology companies, announced on Thursday that it will establish an Innovation Center on Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus in Allston. The Swiss multinational company is leasing 30,000...

At Harvard Talk, Former Israeli PM Joked He Would Give Exploding Pagers to Protesters

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett joked to hundreds of people about sending detonators to dissenting event attendees at a talk at the Harvard Business School on Thursday, according to six people present at the discussion.

Harvard Study Identifies Socializing as a ‘Survival Need’ in Mice

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

Researchers in the Molecular and Cellular Biology Department published a study last week that found a brain drive for social interactions in mice, similar in neural organization to drives for hunger and thirst.

Harvard Officials Met With Foundation to Combat Antisemitism, Used Info From Online Monitoring...

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 said the University has benefited from Foundation To Combat Antisemitism’s tools to track antisemitism on social media at the annual Harvard Business School Shabbat Dinner with New England Patriots Owner Robert...

‘Asian to the Max’: Harvard Students Compete in Mr. Asian Sensation Pageant

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

Nearly 100 Harvard students and affiliates gathered in Lowell Lecture Hall Friday to watch eight undergraduates compete in “Mr. Asian Sensation,” a male pageant hosted by the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association intended to fundraise for...

Levitsky Secures Underdog Victory Over Pinker at Latke vs. Hamantasch Debate

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

Pinker and Levitsky went head-to-head for their Jewish pastry of choice before a packed crowd at Hillel Saturday night, delivering comedic speeches filled with jabs at the Trump administration, and quips about diversity, equity, and inclusion...

Librarian Who Removed Chabad Poster Is No Longer Employed at Harvard

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

Former Radcliffe Institute librarian Jonathan S. Tuttle is no longer employed at Harvard after he was filmed tearing down a poster showing the faces of Israeli hostages during a Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine rally on March 3, a University...

‘Science on Display:’ First Phase of Teaching Lab Renovations Completed in Science Center

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

Harvard completed the first phase of Science Center Teaching Lab renovations in January, refreshing existing lab spaces with glass walls and introducing collaboration spaces on the first and second floors of the building.

HUA Will Lobby Harvard Administration on Time Caps

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

Academic Team Officer Matthew R. Tobin ’27 announced plans to meet with the Faculty Arts and Sciences Office for Faculty Affairs on Wednesday to share student perspectives on the time caps — which restrict lecturers and preceptors to two, three,...

Harvard Republican Club Hosts Blackwater Founder Erik Prince for Talk on Privatized Government

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

Founder of private military company Blackwater Erik D. Prince argued that private companies should take the lead in traditionally governmental activities — from defense to infrastructure to space exploration — at an event hosted by the Harvard...

Harvard Extension School Holds Third Annual Certificate Awardee Celebration

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 7:50A

More than 200 Harvard Extension School students from across the world filtered into the Faculty Club on Saturday for the third annual celebration of Graduate Certificate recipients.

Mark Carney ’87 Chosen Prime Minister of Canada in Landslide Liberal Vote

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/10 12:03A

Mark J. Carney ’87 defeated fellow Harvard College alum Chrystia A. Freeland ’90 and two other Liberal Party candidates to become the 24th Prime Minister of Canada and the new leader of the Canadian Liberal Party on Sunday afternoon.

More Than 500 Researchers, Physicians Rally at Boston Common To Protest Trump’s Attacks on Research...

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/8 4:28A

Hundreds of researchers, physicians, and students — including Harvard faculty — rallied at Boston Common on Friday to protest President Donald Trump’s efforts to cut federal funding for scientific research, lay off federal employees, and...

Trump Slashes $400 Million in Federal Funding for Columbia, Sending Shock Waves Across Higher Ed

The Harvard Crimson (News) 3/8 4:28A

The Trump administration announced Friday it would slash $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University in the most drastic escalation yet of the White House’s campaign against pro-Palestine protests at elite colleges.