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1/9: After 4 months of reporting, today,
@thecrimson
released a piece about the Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative detailing tensions among leadership, turnover, and allegations that Harvard tried to limit its scope.
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You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me.
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Thanks for the tip — we're checking in with our sources.
Joe Biden to join Harvard’s Institute of Politics
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NEW:
@Harvard
just gave us a summary of its internal review into the plagiarism allegations against Harvard President Claudine Gay.
Story in
@thecrimson
, to be updated, with Tilly R. Robinson.
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LIVE: Students rally to protest PSC suspension.
Follow along with the events in Harvard Yard in
@thecrimson
:
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small personal announcement but Tilly and I will be covering
@Harvard
's Faculty of Arts and Sciences and its administration this year!
if you're a professor, grad student, researcher, or anyone else who's in the FAS, we'd love to meet and if you have any tips, send them our way!
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Our latest re: plagiarism allegations against
@Harvard
President Claudine Gay has been updated.
Main points:
- She will request 3 updates to her dissertation.
- The Corporation found she did not commit research misconduct.
This and more in
@thecrimson
:
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Thank you to
@CNN
and
@brikeilarcnn
for having Tilly and I on tonight to talk about our recent reporting!
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Today, Tilly Robinson,
@joycekim324
, and I spoke to
@Harvard
faculty members about their reactions to Claudine Gay’s resignation.
Their responses? They ranged from being ‘deeply saddened’ to calling it ‘inevitable.’
As always, more in
@thecrimson
:
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In recent years, several tenured Harvard professors have faced misconduct allegations. All of them either retired or remained on the faculty.
If history is any indication, none of them were in any danger of being fired.
With
@eschisgall
for
@thecrimson
.
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NEW, 1/2:
@Harvard
Pres. Claudine Gay has requested corrections to two articles — one from 2001 and one from 2017 — following plagiarism allegations, following a statement from the Harvard Corporation.
With Tilly R. Robinson in
@thecrimson
:
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Actress Michelle Yeoh addressed
@Harvard_Law
's Class of 2023 during their Class Day ceremony Wednesday afternoon.
Yeoh gave graduates advice for the next stages of their careers: "How to Survive the Fall in Three Easy Steps"
For
@thecrimson
.
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The Harvard Crimson Raises More Than $15 Million in Historic Capital Campaign
More in
@thecrimson
:
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SCOOP:
@Harvard
is expected to announce a working group to consider a policy of institutional neutrality.
That (and much more on institutional neutrality) in
@thecrimson
with
@TillyRobin
:
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SCOOP: The co-chairs of Harvard's Legacy of Slavery memorial project committee have resigned over frustrations that administrators had rushed the group's progress.
Read more in
@thecrimson
:
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BREAKING: Prof. Walter Johnson resigned as an adviser to the Palestine Solidarity Committee and as a member of Faculty and Staff for Justice in Palestine after the groups faced backlash for sharing a post containing an antisemitic image.
In
@thecrimson
:
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Four scholars —
@AmnaUncensored
,
@JeannieSGersen
,
@stacyhawkinsesq
, and
@ishapiro
— debated university DEI efforts at a
@HarvardEthics
event last Thursday.
Read about it in
@thecrimson
:
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A group of UCLA students scraped Datamatch profile data and made crude remarks about students' profiles in a private Discord server — a transcript of which was obtained by
@thecrimson
.
More w/
@Jo_Lemann
in
@thecrimson
:
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Harvard will adopt University-wide rules for use of its campus spaces, per a draft policy obtained by
@tillyrobin
and me.
Read more, including the full draft, in
@thecrimson
:
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This week,
@tillyrobin
and I are on
@NewYorker
's Radio Hour to chat with editor David Remnick about Harvard's winter of chaos.
Thanks to the New Yorker for inviting us, and make sure to check out the episode wherever you listen!
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Critics Blast, Colleagues Defend Penslar’s Selection to Lead Harvard Antisemitism Task Force
My latest with Tilly R. Robinson in
@thecrimson
.
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BREAKING: More than 300 Harvard faculty members have signed a letter urging the administration to negotiate with pro-Palestine protesters occupying Harvard Yard.
Story to come in
@thecrimson
.
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Amid
@Harvard
's institutional push to address the rise of AI,
@Harvard_Law
and
@BKCHarvard
jointly announced the Initiative on Artificial Intelligence and the Law last week.
Read more in
@thecrimson
.
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It’s summer, but faculty news at Harvard keeps going.
Faculty have formed a Harvard
@AAUP
chapter following a chaotic year at the university, citing a lack of “meaningful faculty governance” and “mutual mistrust” between faculty and admin as key drivers.
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Harvard's
@BKCHarvard
hosted a panel of journalists and activists for a conversation Thursday on gender-based harassment in journalism.
With
@Jo_Lemann
for
@thecrimson
.
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SCOOP: A group of prominent Harvard professors, including
@dsallentess
and
@cafharvard
co-president Ned Hall, are seeking to establish a University-wide faculty senate.
More (including their full memo to faculty) with
@tillyrobin
in
@thecrimson
:
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2 scoops from
@tillyrobin
and I in
@thecrimson
today: (1) that Prof. Sadun resigned from the antisemitism task force and (2) why.
Also, a 3rd piece on the dual presidential task forces' full memberships.
The most thorough Harvard coverage, as always, at .
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Academy Award-winning actress Michelle Yeoh and Emmy Award-winning neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta will be the Class Day speakers for
@Harvard_Law
(May 24th) and
@harvardmed
(May 25th), respectively.
With
@Jo_Lemann
for
@thecrimson
.
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Research admin dean Lauren Ferrell stepped down on Monday — two months after a Crimson investigation uncovered a slew of workplace complaints against her — per an email obtained by
@thecrimson
.
Story with
@TillyRobin
, edits by
@claireyuan33
:
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NEW: Harvard Submits Documents to House Committee, Shares New Details on Gay Plagiarism Review
w/ Tilly Robinson in
@thecrimson
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Harvard Law School's
@AnimalLawHLS
clinic will enter a new chapter after the departure of its director at the end of this semester.
Check out my profile of the clinic for
@thecrimson
!
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Harvard President Claudine Gay Faces Additional Plagiarism Allegations
With Tilly R. Robinson for
@thecrimson
.
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Jukebox — a participatory art project at
@FoundryCamb
created by Elisa Hamilton — shares stories, not songs. Hamilton intends for the project to be a hub for sharing and saving Cantabrigians' stories.
My first piece for
@crimsonFM
!
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Harvard Law Review Elects Sophia M. Hunt ’19 as 138th President
@MacHealey
and
@saketh_sundar
report for
@thecrimson
.
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Two things:
1. Check out
@thecrimson
's coverage of today's decision at .
2. MASSIVE shoutout to our AMAZING president
@CaraChang20
who none of this would be possible without.
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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BREAKING:
@Harvard
suspends the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee.
Read in
@thecrimson
:
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Constitutional law expert
@NoahRFeldman
draws upon established political systems to tackle the digital world. The man who advised constitutional processes in Iraq and Tunisia now turns to tech governance.
My 2nd
@crimsonFM
piece (!), with Yasmeen Khan.
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I cannot emphasize this enough:
@camsrivastava
and
@william_y_tan
are LEGENDS.
This semester — and especially over the last two weeks — they've set the standard for what it means to cover a student government. Read them in
@thecrimson
.
SCOOP: Ashley C. Adirika and Jonathan Haileselassie will serve as the next Harvard student government co-presidents, according to an internal email obtained by The Crimson of the HUA election results.
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.
@BKCHarvard
announced a new Applied Social Media Lab this past week, supported by an eight-figure donation from Frank McCourt and Project Liberty.
Read more
@thecrimson
:
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Looking forward to an awesome year of HLS reporting from our new beat duo Mac and Saketh!
Harvard Prof. Alan Dershowitz May Defend Israel at International Court of Justice
with Saketh Sundar in
@thecrimson
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The news analysis piece by Rahem D. Hamid and I for
@thecrimson
has been updated to include perspectives from a number of prominent legal scholars, including
@AlanDersh
,
@JeannieSGersen
,
@our_ford
, and more.
Check out the piece here:
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A bhangra group is currently performing in front of the Harvard Yard encampment in solidarity with those demonstrating.
This comes minutes after Dean of Students Thomas Dunne sent a College-wide email saying those participating in the encampment will face disciplinary action.
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol discussed growing nuclear threats from North Korea at
@HarvardIOP
Friday evening, capping off his six-day visit to the United States.
With
@thomasjmete
,
@asherjmont
for
@thecrimson
.
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My favorite kind of FAS news. Pictured: Claudia Goldin, Harvard economist, throws the first pitch.
Is that... A Nobel Prize winning economist throwing out the first pitch?
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The search for the next pfaculty deans of Pforzheimer House is down to three pairs of pfinalists, Pfoho Resident Dean Monique Roy announced Monday.
With
@eschisgall
for
@thecrimson
.
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UPDATE: In their resignation letter, the co-chairs also alleged that the Office of the Vice Provost had "cautioned" them to "delay and dilute" their outreach to local descendant communities.
More details, including the full letter, in
@thecrimson
:
SCOOP: The co-chairs of Harvard's Legacy of Slavery memorial project committee have resigned over frustrations that administrators had rushed the group's progress.
Read more in
@thecrimson
:
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NEW: Harvard will standardize its fact-finding processes for disciplinary cases.
This comes after participants in the pro-Palestine encampment faced different charges based on which school they attended.
More from me and
@cam_kettles
in
@thecrimson
:
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Harvard’s Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer Sherri A. Charleston faced 40 allegations of plagiarism in an anonymous complaint filed with the University on Monday.
More with
@TillyRobin
in
@thecrimson
.
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Every day, I wake up and I think: "What will Cam and Emma scoop today?"
A major scoop from
@cam_kettles
and
@HaidarEmma
— a development that was potentially the last barrier for the governing boards in starting the presidential search.
SCOOP in
@thecrimson
: Vivian Y. Hunt ’89 will be named the next president of the Board of Overseers, the University's second highest governing body, according to a person familiar with the decision.
w/
@HaidarEmma
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Former NYC Mayor
@BilldeBlasio
discussed the impacts of AI on cities at a
@HarvardSTS
event on Tuesday.
“I’ve rarely seen anything even slightly as important as this go so undiscussed in the official discourse."
With
@sxbrinahhu
for
@thecrimson
.
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For this week's
@thecrimson
cover story,
@AzusaLippit
and Natalia Bandura spoke to administrators, student group leaders, and more than FIFTY undergrads:
What’s the Move? Navigating Harvard’s Lackluster Social Scene
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A Harvard Law School student was arrested and charged after allegedly assaulting a fellow HLS student in a homophobic attack last month.
With
@Jo_Lemann
and
@yusuf_mian2
for
@thecrimson
.
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7
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The FAS Undermined the Ad Board. Now, the Harvard Corporation Must Take a Side.
Some news analysis from
@tillyrobin
and I in
@thecrimson
this morning:
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3
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Interim
@Harvard
President Alan Garber named former Harvard Hillel Exec. Director Jonah Steinberg as an advisor to the presidential task force on antisemitism and tapped CS prof. Boaz Barak to join the group.
Story with
@TillyRobin
in
@thecrimson
:
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My latest for
@thecrimson
on the shocking alleged conspiracy uncovered by
@FBI
agents.
An FBI affidavit linked a Kentucky resident arrested July 11 on a firearms charge to an alleged conspiracy involving the theft and sale of human remains from a Harvard Medical School morgue.
@neilhshah15
reports.
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Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences is set to discuss a resolution that — if passed — would be their first step toward forming a University-wide faculty senate.
Capping off a very busy week for
@thecrimson
's FAS desk with
@tillyrobin
:
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SCOOP: The Harvard Corporation has initiated a review of the University's presidential search process — which they intend to complete before launching
@Harvard
's next presidential search.
More with
@tillyrobin
in
@thecrimson
:
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Huge shoutout to
@eschisgall
,
@mherszenhorn
, and
@claireyuan33
(
@thecrimson
's new Managing Trio)!
They had a crazy first two days on the job (especially with finals) and handled it with such grace. I'm so excited to see what News accomplishes this year with them at the helm.
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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guys this is the real news
All’s fair in love and poetry... New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out April 19 🤍
📷: Beth Garrabrant
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After initially not commenting, the University and Derek Penslar break their silence on the debate surrounding Penslar's selection to the presidential task force on antisemitism.
Updated story in
@thecrimson
.
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The story, if you were wondering why Rabbi Zarchi walked over to Maria Ressa on Harvard's Commencement livestream.
Harvard Chabad Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi confronted Commencement speaker Maria Ressa during Thursday’s ceremony. Zarchi said in an interview that he asked her to publicly clarify a remark he found antisemitic.
@neilhshah15
reports.
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BREAKING: Harvard Faculty Overwhelmingly Vote to Allow Suspended Seniors to Graduate
More in
@thecrimson
with
@tillyrobin
, updates to come:
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A scoop (!) from my favorite former co-writer,
@Jo_Lemann
, and
@tyler_ory
in
@thecrimson
:
Harvard Football Head Coach Search Down to 4 Finalists
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Harvard Corporation Discusses Gay’s Testimony, Donor Revolt in FAS Town Hall
More with
@tillyrobin
in
@thecrimson
:
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5
10
Federal prosecutors allege that Cedric Lodge, former manager of the morgue at the Anatomical Gift Program at
@harvardmed
, stole and sold human remains from the school for profit.
With Rahem D. Hamid for
@thecrimson
.
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Harvard is, at long last, moving toward launching a search for its next president.
Last week, Harvard Corporation members met with groups of prominent faculty for feedback on how to pick Harvard's next leader, per sources.
w/
@tillyrobin
in
@thecrimson
:
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Harvard Law School is partnering with law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP to launch a new pre-law fellowship program targeting first-generation and low-income participants, the school announced Wednesday.
For
@thecrimson
.
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Admissions discussions take Harvard’s regime of selectivity for granted, as though it had to remain a zero-sum game. But what if it didn’t have to? What if Harvard could think bigger?
With
@eschisgall
for
@thecrimson
.
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3
9
Fifteen Questions:
@JeannieSGersen
on Free Speech, Fast Fashion, and Getting Over Yourself
Interview with
@jemkwilliams
for
@thecrimson
and
@crimsonFM
:
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Demonstrators rallying in support of creating an ethnic studies department at
@Harvard
disrupted an ice cream social in Harvard Yard hosted Tuesday afternoon by University President Claudine Gay.
First byline with
@mnamponsah
for
@thecrimson
.
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Apsara Iyer, a second-year law student at Harvard Law School, was elected the 137th president of the Harvard Law Review, becoming the first Indian American woman to hold the position.
with
@Jo_Lemann
for
@thecrimson
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HUGE news at
@Harvard_Law
/
@Harvard
:
Law School Dean John Manning named Interim Provost, John Goldberg to serve as Interim Law School Dean
Article by
@cam_kettles
,
@HaidarEmma
in
@thecrimson
:
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NEW: Quincy Grille will be opening at 9pm tonight, per an email today to Quincy residents. 🫡
(I will probably be there.)
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Harvard Law Review Faces Internal Turmoil After Vote to Block Piece by Palestinian Scholar
With
@jo_lemann
for
@thecrimson
.
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Rep.
@JoaquinCastrotx
on the possibility that ousting McCarthy could backfire on Dems:
"Kevin McCarthy was doing everything he could to please the far-right... Functionally, I don't know how different even a Jim Jordan or somebody like that would be."
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scoop (i'm on the mailing list): quincy grille now serves thin mint milkshakes, as of tonight.
i see more grille purchases in my future.
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Extremely well-written and informative piece by
@mnamponsah
for
@thecrimson
:
Deep within the complaint that could cause the Supreme Court to overturn affirmative action is a citation for an essay by a conservative activist who now denies the Holocaust.
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I think I tweeted this piece out already but it was late at night so I kept it short but:
Thank you so, so much to
@eschisgall
for being the best scrut co-writer I could ask for and to Io for helping bring our words to life.
@crimsonfm
#SCRUTINY
:
Admissions discussions take Harvard’s regime of selectivity for granted, as though it had to remain a zero-sum game. But what if it didn’t have to? What if Harvard could think bigger?
By
@neilhshah15
and
@eschisgall
.
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Felt artsy, here's my first piece for
@thecrimsonarts
! Check it out now.
From
@thecrimsonarts
It’s hard to imagine “Swan Lake” without picturing ballet dancers following a plot set before our grandparents were born. Playwright Sophie H. Kim ’24 hopes to change that through their award-winning play “SWAN.”
🖋:
@neilhshah15
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BREAKING:
@usedgov
opened an investigation into Harvard’s donor and legacy preferences in response to a complaint filed by civil rights groups.
Read about it at
@thecrimson
. More coverage and updates to come.
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Harvard’s clerical and technical workers union voted 3,762 to 466 on June 1 to ratify their contract with the University, ending the second-longest contract standoff in the union's history.
Check out this phenomenal piece by
@cam_kettles
and
@maciejak_a
.
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If you read one thing today, read this feature on NIL collectives (and their absence at Harvard) by
@Jo_Lemann
and
@tyler_ory
.
Comes at a particularly notable time as one of Harvard's star basketball players, Malik Mack, enters the transfer portal.
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Harvard Law School is expanding its Low Income Protection Plan, a debt-assistance program for alumni pursuing public interest careers.
With
@Jo_Lemann
for
@thecrimson
.
0
1
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Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino — who faces data fraud allegations — was notified on July 28 that the school had begun reviewing her tenure status, per an attorney for Gino.
For
@thecrimson
, with
@claireyuan33
and RDH.
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BREAKING: HBS Professor Raffaella Sadun has resigned as co-chair of
@Harvard
's presidential task force on antisemitism, per a source familiar and confirmed by the University and Sadun.
Scoop with
@tillyrobin
in
@thecrimson
:
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2
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A courthouse in Merced, California, will now bear the name of Harvard Law School emeritus professor Charles J. Ogletree Jr. following a ceremony hosted by the Superior Court of California, County of Merced, Feb. 17.
For
@thecrimson
.
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BIG NEWS: Harvard names next FAS dean: Harvard biology professor Hopi E. Hoekstra.
GSAS Dean Emma Dench will serve as interim FAS dean from July 1 to August 1 after which Hoekstra will begin her tenure.
Read the piece by Rahem D. Hamid and
@eschisgall
.
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Supreme Court Associate Justices Sonia M. Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson ’92 fiercely dissented from the Court’s decision to dramatically limit the use of race in college admissions Thursday.
From Rahem D. Hamid and
@SellersHill
for
@thecrimson
.
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Two teams of
@Harvard_Law
students argued the final round of the Ames Moot Court Competition on Nov. 15 before a panel of professional judges — including U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
w/
@jo_lemann
in
@thecrimson
.
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The Crimson's Commencement Issue is out now! Grab a copy at any of the gates of Harvard Yard (while supplies last) or check it out online.
Also, make sure to follow along with the live coverage from
@claireyuan33
,
@ryandoannguyen
, and
@mherszenhorn
.
Today's the day: happy Commencement, Class of 2023!
Whether you're a loved one or a grad, as you're waiting for the festivities to begin, check out
@thecrimson
's special commencement coverage!
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The
@ElectionClinic
is representing individuals and civil rights groups in a suit against Jacksonville, alleging racial gerrymandering in redistricting last year.
“We’d like to see a Jacksonville that’s reflective of its demographics.”
For
@thecrimson
.
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HLS Reprimands Students Phone Banking for Israel-Hamas Ceasefire, Drawing Student Backlash
With
@Jo_Lemann
for
@thecrimson
.
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Daley, a sitting HMS Dean, is choosing to endorse a pick for president before Harvard has even ANNOUNCED the presidential search committee.
Something to keep an eye on, for sure.
Daley wants Garber.
Harvard Medical School Dean George Daley ’82 Endorses Garber for President.
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Harvard student groups hosted affinity celebrations for graduating students across
@Harvard
on Monday and Tuesday, bringing together students of shared identity as part of this year’s Commencement festivities.
With Madeleine A. Hung for
@thecrimson
.
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‘Steady, Sensible, Smart’: Faculty Say Garber Can Steer Harvard Through Political Crisis
More on the faculty’s reactions from
@tillyrobin
and me in
@thecrimson
:
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Charles Ogletree, a
@Harvard_Law
professor emeritus internationally renowned as a civil rights scholar and litigator who advocated for equality and social justice, died on Aug. 4 at his home in Odenton, Maryland.
More in
@thecrimson
.
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