Elias Schisgall
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Journalist. Musician. Pasta Eater. Editing @thecrimson , words in @nysfocus @ptownindie . ✉️: elias.schisgall @thecrimson .com. Signal: ejschisgall.95
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New York City's debt relief deal for taxi drivers was hailed as a massive victory that would rescue the industry. But years later, hundreds of drivers still remain deep in debt.
I report for
@nysfocus
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BREAKING: A judge has DENIED almost all of Harvard's motion to dismiss the first nine counts of the lawsuit filed by three grad students against the school, alleging Harvard mishandled years of harassment complaints against professor John Comaroff.
Story to come in
@thecrimson
.
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A truck was spotted today in Harvard Square and Allston displaying the names and photos of Harvard students who signed Saturday’s PSC statement. Above them, the words “Harvard’s leading antisemites.”
Photo from a friend.
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Breaking from
@HaidarEmma
and
@cam_kettles
(their first article on the Central Admin beat):
Congress Widens Investigation into Harvard to Include Plagiarism Allegations Against President Claudine Gay | read now in
@thecrimson
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NEW from me: As Harvard’s Governing Boards Meet, More than 350 Faculty Urge Against Gay’s Removal, Citing University Independence
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Update: The letter was formally sent to the Harvard Corporation at 8 p.m., this evening with a final count of 511 signatories.
NEW from me: As Harvard’s Governing Boards Meet, More than 350 Faculty Urge Against Gay’s Removal, Citing University Independence
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NEW: Cambridge has entirely removed parking minimum requirements from its zoning code, becoming the first city in Massachusetts to do so. Story in
@thecrimson
to follow.
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LATE BREAKING NEWS: At 4:35 this morning,
@thecrimson
has reported that Claudine Gay WILL STAY ON as Harvard’s president.
@claireyuan33
and
@mherszenhorn
have the scoop:
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NEW: As Harvard's top governing boards meet, more than 100 Harvard professors — and counting — have signed a letter asking the Corporation to resist calls to remove University President Claudine Gay from her post.
Story in
@thecrimson
incoming.
A source close to the governing boards told
@thecrimson
that the Harvard Corporation and the Board of Overseers are meeting on campus today, but it is a regularly scheduled meeting.
NOT an emergency meeting of the boards.
w/
@claireyuan33
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@tiktaaliktacos
@VaushV
when ur so based & left that a quarter of a million dollars sent to Palestinian children is no different than giving a homeless guy 20 bucks and a sandwich
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NEW for
@thecrimson
:
More than 100 students walked out of embattled Harvard professor John L. Comaroff’s class Tuesday afternoon in protest of his continued presence on campus. (THREAD)
Darley Boit, Rahem Hamid, and I report:
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THREAD: Yesterday, Harvard president Claudine Gay resigned. In the hours that followed,
@thecrimson
's news team sprung into action from at least five different continents, publishing ten (10!!!) pieces exploring this historic event from all angles.
Read what our reporters wrote:
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THREAD: Yesterday,
@mherszenhorn
,
@claireyuan33
, and I officially took over running
@thecrimson
’s newsroom. It’s been an (exhausting) honor reporting on the trials facing Harvard these past weeks, but it’s time to pass the torch.
Check out the four stories we published on day 1:
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This follows
@SellersHill
/
@nia_orakwue
’s report in
@thecrimson
that multiple websites have doxxed students affiliated with those groups.
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Excited to share my first piece for
@crimsonFM
, on the movement against caste discrimination at Harvard and in higher education.
@surajyengde
: “Caste comes across as a denigration, as an identity of shame, as something that provokes violence.” Read more:
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Reporting by day, studying (and reporting) by night. With
@mherszenhorn
and
@claireyuan33
(not pictured).
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I'm thrilled and honored to announce my selection as an associate managing editor for
@thecrimson
's 151st year.
Especially excited to work alongside my phenomenal peers
@SellersHill
@mherszenhorn
@claireyuan33
and many more to keep the old sheet flying.
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BREAKING: Harvard students are occupying University Hall in Harvard Yard demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. 20 others are outside, chanting "Ceasefire Now" and "Let Gaza Live."
Harvard University police is here, restricting access to the building.
Full story to come.
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Only had to wait 18 years, but I finally voted! Especially proud that I was able to use my first vote to support such progressive champions —
@mayawiley
@JumaaneWilliams
@bradlander
@ReynosoBrooklyn
@LincolnRestler
. Come help get out the vote!!!!
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This past summer, I’ve been working at the
@PtownIndie
covering local news in Outer Cape Cod. Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking to
@Chasten
Buttigieg, who will take his book tour to Provincetown next Monday. Check it out!
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UPDATE: The letter is nearing 250 signatures.
NEW: As Harvard's top governing boards meet, more than 100 Harvard professors — and counting — have signed a letter asking the Corporation to resist calls to remove University President Claudine Gay from her post.
Story in
@thecrimson
incoming.
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NEW: This morning, a federal judge denied Harvard’s motion for summary judgement on the last of 10 counts of a lawsuit against the school. The lawsuit alleges Harvard mishandled allegations against Professor John Comaroff for years.
Story to come in
@thecrimson
.
Excited to report that Judge Dein denied Harvard's Motion for Summary Judgement as to count 10 of our complaint (medical records count) today &
@Public_Justice
recently joined our legal team. It's a good day for justice ☀️
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New in
@thecrimson
: We asked Harvard faculty whether Professor John Comaroff, who was accused of sexual harassment, should have been allowed to return to teaching.
The majority said no.
This and more in the first installment of our annual Faculty Survey.
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New from
@claireyuan33
and
@mherszenhorn
:
The Harvard Alumni Association asked the Harvard Corporation to publicly back Claudine Gay, joining hundreds of faculty in objecting to calls for Gay to resign or be ousted.
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My phenomenally talented colleagues
@claireyuan33
and
@mherszenhorn
were just on
@CNN
talking about the crisis facing Harvard following Claudine Gay’s Congressional testimony this week.
Check out their key coverage of the highly-scrutinized University at .
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This comes on the heels of a ruling filed last week denying Harvard's motion for summary judgment in its favor on the lawsuit's 10th count, which alleged Harvard breached the privacy of Lilia Kilburn, a plaintiff, by accessing her private therapy notes.
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UPDATE: Harvard University Police Dept. chief Victor Clay tells me that *for now, there will be no arrests* of students occupying University Hall.
Situation appears to be in limbo.
It’s 6:00, and ~10 students from Harvard Jews for Palestine remain in the basement of University Hall. More than a hundred affiliates rallying outside, and a heavy policy presence.
The question on everyone’s minds: if — or when — there will be arrests.
Stay tuned for more.
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NEW from myself & Rahem Hamid: Harvard Anthro professor and former chair
@ajanthasub
announced her move from Harvard to CUNY in Feb.
Now, she tells
@thecrimson
a “major push factor” was poor administrative support in the wake of the Comaroff controversy.
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After months of searching, Cambridge has chosen a new city manager: Boston Medical Center exec. director Yi-An Huang. Read my latest in
@thecrimson
#CambMA
#mapoli
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BREAKING NEWS from
@mherszenhorn
and
@claireyuan33
in
@thecrimson
:
Congress is opening an investigation into Harvard over antisemitism on campus. Read it here first:
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Thanks
@HanaaTameez
for covering the launch of
@thecrimson
's Metro Briefing, a new Crimson newsletter dedicated entirely to local coverage! Subscribe at .
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NEW: I spoke with the infamous
@theannadelvey
following her talk at Harvard Business School last week for
@crimsonFM
. Read what Anna had to say about coming to
@HarvardHBS
, mainstream media, and why it was all “never that deep.”
Out today in
@thecrimson
:
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Everybody pissed about Bonnie Raitt winning the Grammy over Taylor Swift needs to realize that there would be no Taylor Swift without Bonnie Raitt.
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🧵: Over 70 Harvard students gathered in Harvard Yard to protest the continued employment of professor John Comaroff, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment and professional retaliation.
Darley Boit,
@Charritzjack
, and I report in
@thecrimson
:
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@beigepilled
i don't know if you're going for a "tough guy" vibe with your whole schtick but it really comes off as "teenage incel projecting his insecurities." just some constructive criticism.
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Over the past two months, Rahem Hamid and I have spoken with nearly a dozen Harvard professors to about the ongoing search to replace Claudine Gay as Harvard’s most powerful dean.
Read what they had to say in today’s
@thecrimson
cover story:
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THREAD:
Today,
@thecrimson
published its 2023 Pride Month Issue. This special package features content from across our boards that highlight LGBTQ+ voices and stories, both off- and on-campus.
Here's what's in the issue:
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Judge Judith Dein dismissed count 3 of the lawsuit, which alleges gender discrimination under Title IX regulations. She denied Harvard's motion to dismiss counts 1-2 and 4-9.
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A vivid, deeply fun read from
@crimsonFM
's Hewson Duffy on tech whiz
@AviSchiffmann
's latest activities in Silicon Valley:
Harvard Dropout Avi Schiffmann is Making an AI-Powered ‘Wearable Mom’
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More breaking news in
@thecrimson
from Tilly Robinson and
@neilhshah15
:
The Harvard Corporation provided more details on their review of plagiarism allegations against President Claudine Gay, and said she will make three corrections to her dissertation.
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It’s 6:00, and ~10 students from Harvard Jews for Palestine remain in the basement of University Hall. More than a hundred affiliates rallying outside, and a heavy policy presence.
The question on everyone’s minds: if — or when — there will be arrests.
Stay tuned for more.
BREAKING: University Hall at Harvard is actively being occupied by student group Harvard Jews for Palestine, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
@thecrimson
is on the scene. Read now.
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As the Council returns to work under new city manager Huang, zoning for multifamily housing has once again emerged as a top priority.
@realBurhanAzeem
: "This will be the city council" to end single-family zoning. Read my latest for
@thecrimson
:
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My latest in the Crimson, on the city manager search:
“As a city, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and so we really need to be intentional about recruiting.” -
@Ammallon
The Cambridge City Council released a draft leadership profile for Cambridge’s next city manager, stressing the “opportunities and challenges” the new manager will face with regards to housing, transportation, and climate.
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Though Harvard President Claudine Gay still has her job, she has not yet escaped the flames of controversy. I reported with Rahem Hamid and
@nia_orakwue
on recently surfaced allegations of plaigarism against Gay spanning 24 years.
Read now in
@thecrimson
:
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NEW: The student demonstrators emerged from University Hall just passed 11:30, holding hands and chanting “Ceasefire Now.” They are now speaking at a rally in Harvard Yard.
Full story in
@thecrimson
to come.
Good morning!
It’s a brisk day in Cambridge, and 9 students with Harvard Jews for Palestine remain in the basement of University Hall, where they’ve been since 11 a.m. yesterday.
Read
@thecrimson
’s account of yesterday’s events, and stay tuned for more.
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🧵: Former Harvard fencing coach Peter Brand and Harvard parent Jie “Jack” Zhao stand trial today in federal court after being charged with bribery to get Zhao’s sons into Harvard.
Follow this thread for live courtroom updates from me and
@ryandoannguyen
for
@thecrimson
(1/X)
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On Tuesday, Harvard announced that hedge fund CEO and GOP megadonor Ken Griffin donated $300 million to the school — and that the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will bear his name.
Not everyone is thrilled.
Rahem Hamid and I report in
@thecrimson
:
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NEW: In the 2020-21 academic year, 79% of Harvard's undergraduate grades were in the A range, per a new report on grade compression shared at Tuesday's Faculty of Arts & Sciences meeting.
Rahem Hamid and I report for
@thecrimson
:
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Today in
@thecrimson
, read how Harvard students are expressing grief and anger over the police beating and death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.
Darley Boit,
@nia_orakwue
, and I report:
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This morning in
@thecrimson
:
Nearly half of the Harvard faculty who took our survey said they were pessimistic about the effect of artificial intelligence on higher education.
🖊️ w/ Rahem Hamid:
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Thank you to
@raquelco15
@Jasper_Goodman
@kelseyjgriffin
@taylorcpeterman
for your unparalleled leadership and mentorship! Your presence at 14p will be sorely missed.
@CrimsonOpinion
@crimsonarts
@crimsonFM
@THCSports
Finally: Thank you to the 149th Guard of The Harvard Crimson.
Your leadership has brought us back to 14 Plympton St. and through 14 redesigned print issues. Farewell, and keep the old sheet flying.
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Today in
@thecrimson
:
Harvard professor Jennifer L. Hochschild apologized after facing backlash from Harvard Extension School affiliates for remarks on X which were perceived as denigrating students at the school.
Kirsten Agbenyega and
@lenny_787
report:
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Support has been rolling in for President Gay: in addition to the main faculty letter, now around 700 signatures, nearly 100 Black faculty and hundreds of Black Harvard alumni wrote letters to the Corporation backing her.
A student rally is also expected today. Stay tuned.
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BREAKING: Harvard Accepts 8.74% of Early Applicants to Class of 2028 in First Admissions Cycle After SCOTUS Ruling.
From
@mnamponsah
and
@HaidarEmma
:
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Exclusive in
@thecrimson
today: Ken Griffin, the GOP megadonor who gave $300m to Harvard in April, is breaking with Florida gov. Ron DeSantis, whom Griffin had said he’d support for president, over the “Don’t Say Gay” expansion to all grade levels.
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As a queer Crimson editor myself, I couldn't be more proud to have been a part of this issue and to help these seven phenomenal pieces come to fruition. Give them a read, and happy pride! 🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
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In this week's cover story for
@thecrimson
, Rahem Hamid and I set out to discover how Harvard was adapting to shifts in the humanities as part of its strategic planning process.
Here's what we learned (THREAD)
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@Redistrict
my hunch is that Garcia still has a minor path to victory; if Yang 2nd choices break hard for her, she might overtake Wiley, and then if Wiley 2nd choices break for her as well, then possibly she has a shot? seems unlikely though
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Vividly, masterfully reported piece by
@jjgiordano1
and
@wallfeng
on the fascinating saga of inmate self-governance at Walpole state prison in the 1970s. A true must-read.
In
@thecrimson
@crimsonFM
:
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My latest for
@thecrimson
: Cambridge has switched water sources after testing finds rising levels of PFAS "forever chemicals" in water supply. Read my first article this semester below:
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@AzusaLippit
and
@sallyedwards04
wrote about a viral video of Harvard prof. Jason Furman’s wife going on an anti-Palestinian tirade against a graduate student, for which she publicly apologized.
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Story in
@thecrimson
is up on the latest development in the lawsuit against Harvard alleging the school mishandled complaints against professor John Comaroff.
With Rahem Hamid:
NEW: This morning, a federal judge denied Harvard’s motion for summary judgement on the last of 10 counts of a lawsuit against the school. The lawsuit alleges Harvard mishandled allegations against Professor John Comaroff for years.
Story to come in
@thecrimson
.
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NEW in
@thecrimson
: More than 1000 people rallied in Harvard Yard to support Palestinians in Gaza, where Israel is expected to launch a ground invasion in the coming days, and called on Harvard to better protect Palestinian students from doxxing attacks.
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so great to be out with
#StudentsforLincoln
supporting
@LincolnRestler
@JumaaneWilliams
@bradlander
at AOC’s
#CouragetoChange
endorsement event!
@AOC
@TheJewishVote
@NYWFP
@sunrisemvmtnyc
@VOCALNewYork
Let’s elect progressives up and down the ticket!!!
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New in
@thecrimson
: Former Harvard professor Charles Lieber, who was convicted of lying to govt. authorities about his ties to China, asked a judge not to send him to prison, citing his battle with cancer. He will be sentenced Wednesday.
W/
@mherszenhorn
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Thanks to
@Jasper_Goodman
@kelseyjgriffin
@taylorcpeterman
for being incredible teachers and showing me I could do journalism for real. Thanks to
@newskingdollar
@LeahTeichholtz
and
@MeimeiXu7
for being wonderful mentors and friends, and steering the ship through rocky waters.
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Immensely grateful to all of our reporters, who dropped everything in the middle of their winter breaks to jump into this news. Thankful for
@neilhshah15
for a beautiful landing page, and for Rahem Hamid,
@ryandoannguyen
,
@ScottSophia_
, and
@yusuf_mian2
for edits on short notice.
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Billionaire Ken Griffin's $300 million gift to Harvard got the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences renamed in his honor.
But many still have lingering questions.
Read what
@mherszenhorn
,
@claireyuan33
, Rahem Hamid and I found for
@thecrimson
. THREAD:
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For
@thecrimson
’s year-in-review issue,
@KaterinaCorr
and I talked to Cambridge advocates, developers, and policymakers to try to understand the scale of the city’s affordable housing crisis. Read what we learned:
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Good morning!
It’s a brisk day in Cambridge, and 9 students with Harvard Jews for Palestine remain in the basement of University Hall, where they’ve been since 11 a.m. yesterday.
Read
@thecrimson
’s account of yesterday’s events, and stay tuned for more.
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New: the nine Harvard students who occupied University Hall last week will face the Administrative Board for disciplinary proceedings, they said yesterday.
@SellersHill
and
@mherszenhorn
have the story in
@thecrimson
.
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I'm back in the courtroom with
@ryandoannguyen
to give live updates on day 7 of the Peter Brand bribery trial for
@thecrimson
. Follow along for live updates!
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“I don’t think you’d do well in a bar fight” - my mother, to me (in front of my entire extended family)
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I wrote for the
@PtownIndie
about
@FLOTUS
Jill Biden's visit to Provincetown, MA — and how the town has emerged as a lucrative fundraising destination for national political candidates looking to prove their LGBTQ bona fides. Give it a read!
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This week,
@KaterinaCorr
and I talked with new Cambridge city manager Yi-An Huang ’05 for
@thecrimson
. Read what he had to say on the role of the city manager, his time at Harvard, and his approach to public service below:
Yi-An Huang ’05 Begins Term as City Manager, Pledging Deeper Connection With City Council | News | The Harvard Crimson
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New in
@thecrimson
: Harvard is hiring a preceptor to teach Tagalog — the fourth most spoken language in the U.S. — for the first time in its history. Read about the decision and Filipino students' reactions to it below.
With Madeline Hung and Joyce Kim:
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Today in
@thecrimson
:
Following Tuesday's walkout of Professor John Comaroff's class, hundreds have emailed top Harvard administrators demanding that the professor be fired.
Darley Boit,
@Charritzjack
, and I report.
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Wow.
@mnamponsah
with an eye-opening report on the antisemitic, holocaust-denying activist whose work is cited in the anti-affirmative action lawsuit against Harvard.
Give it a read in
@thecrimson
:
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Harvard Yard was treated to a larger-than-life visitor yesterday: Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian Refugee. Hundreds gathered to welcome her on her two-month journey across the United States.
I report w/
@AzusaLippit
for
@thecrimson
.
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@ryangrim
the debate really got me thinking about whether or not we should abolish the new york mayorship entirely
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NEW: Harvard Chemistry professor Charles Lieber, who in 2021 was convicted of lying to the FBI about his relationship with the Chinese Government, quietly retired on Feb. 1st, just weeks ahead of his sentencing.
Rahem Hamid and I report for
@thecrimson
:
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Don’t miss
@thecrimson
’s cover story this week, on the fatal police shooting of Sayed Faisal in Cambridge that left a city angry, grieving, and looking for answers.
Spectacular reporting — a true feat from
@ryandoannguyen
,
@yusuf_mian2
, and
@John_Pena7
.
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BREAKING: Harvard professor Hopi E. Hoekstra will be the next dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, succeeding Harvard president-elect Claudine Gay. Emma Dench, who leads the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, will be interim dean until August 1.
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From
@AzusaLippit
in
@thecrimson
:
Undergrad Sues Harvard IRC After Removal Over $170,000 ‘Financial Stress Test’
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Allegations against Comaroff were first reported in
@thecrimson
in 2020, where an eight-month investigation found that at least three female graduate students had contacted Harvard's Title IX office with complaints of sexual harassment and retaliation.
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@neilhshah15
and Tilly Robinson followed up on the plagiarism allegations against Harvard President Claudine Gay, analyzing new instances of shared wording between Gay and her sources that surfaced in the New York Post and on X:
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NEW: Harvard arts & humanities dean Robin Kelsey will step down at the end of this academic year, per an email sent to Harvard faculty this afternoon.
Full story in
@thecrimson
coming tomorrow AM.
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New from
@VeronicaHPaulus
and
@akshayaravi22
:
Four senior researchers at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute allegedly falsified data in multiple papers, a data investigation blogger claimed last Tuesday.
Out now in
@thecrimson
:
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Stellar work by
@CaraChang20
and the whole
@thecrimson
team today.
Stay tuned for more of our coverage of today’s landmark Supreme Court
#AffirmativeAction
ruling.
Night's young, but this is already a beautiful
@thecrimson
homepage
⭐️ our incredible News team
@mnamponsah
@HaidarEmma
@SellersHill
@paton_dr
@claireyuan33
@neilhshah15
@thomasjmete
RDH
@newskingdollar
@LeahTeichholtz
@MeimeiXu7
@ericyan0
@SarahGirma_
@byAZWang
@vivielu_
MRS
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My latest for
@thecrimson
—
@KaterinaCorr
and I sat down for a wide-ranging conversation with Cambridge Mayor
@MayorSiddiqui
on Thursday. Read below:
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Claudine Gay, the new president of Harvard, is a Beyoncé stan confirmed.
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From
@thecrimsonarts
, Stella A. Gilbert speaks to the creative teams behind three Harvard student theater productions that featured queer Asian stories, and their perspectives on the importance of queer Asian representation.
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Stellar work from
@SellersHill
and
@sagelattman
INVESTIGATION: A Harvard Student Org's $30,000 Dispute
Shortly after the conclusion of her term, former president of the Harvard Undergraduate Foreign Policy Initiative transferred approximately $30,000 from the organization’s bank account to her own.
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SCOOP from
@tillyrobin
and
@neilhshah15
:
Another tenured Harvard professor — German prof. Eric Rentschler — was found to have violated sexual harassment policies and placed on leave, per an internal email from Dean Hopi Hoekstra.
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Substantial Israel news in
@thecrimson
this AM (THREAD):
First, a piece from
@SellersHill
and
@nia_orakwue
on the Saturday statement from 30+ Harvard student groups holding Israel "entirely responsible" for recent violence, sparking national backlash.
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