On Aug. 24, a week before the start of the 2026 fall semester, Dean of Undergraduate Education Amanda Claybaugh told Peer Advising Fellows that Harvard College would automatically turn all course A grades into A-minuses if professors refused to comply with the new grade cap. Claybaugh then retracted her statement on Aug. 27, claiming the […]
“Square pizza. Where do you get it? Any self-respecting Harvard alumnus would know the answer to that,” Louis Litt, a corporate attorney in the legal drama series “Suits,” claimed in the first season of the series. Pinocchio’s Pizza, located in the heart of Harvard Square on Winthrop Street, is considered a Harvard tradition to many. […]
Harvard is no stranger to pushback from the federal government; in the most recent installment of its legal disputes, the university made significant headway. In a memorandum issued Aug. 13, U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns granted Harvard’s motion to dismiss the antisemitism case brought by the U.S. Justice Department in March. The DOJ […]
From 2018 through Aug. 16, 2023, morgue manager Cedric Lodge participated in the sale and interstate transfer of cadavers stolen from the Harvard Medical School (HMS). During that period, Lodge removed human remains, including organs, brains, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads, and other body parts, after they had been used for research purposes but before […]
Harvard is expanding campus security measures ahead of the 2026–27 academic year, including plans to install additional security cameras outside academic buildings and throughout the River and Quad residential areas. The University has not announced when installation will begin, though administrators have described the expansion as part of a broader effort to modernize campus security […]
The U.S. Supreme Court’s term ended on June 30 with the release of seven high-profile decisions. One of the most controversial decisions was Watson v. Republican National Committee, which allowed Mississippi to continue counting absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day but received up to five days later. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 on the decision, […]
Trading Senior Class Committee events and final exams for a different kind of cumulative project, the 2026 English Undergraduate Oration Speaker has had a distinct senior week experience from their peers. Noah Eckstein ’26 will deliver one of three orations by memory on Thursday, May 28, 2026, during the College’s 375th commencement exercises, along with […]
The Franciscan Poor Clare Nuns of Boston have been attempting to redevelop their old monastery in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, into housing since 2023. Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum, the nature preserve next door, has consistently blocked these plans due to concerns about which buildings and residents would occupy the site. On April 13, the nuns sent a […]
In 2025, Harvard University had to completely reevaluate the way its endowment is used. Harvard’s endowment has historically sought high-return investments in order to sustain annual withdrawals for University operations. In 2025, however, shifts in the national policy landscape—namely, higher tax rates and the Trump administration’s attempt to freeze federal funding—have forced Harvard’s endowment to […]
On April 30, 2026, Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy Jason Furman ’92 was announced as the next co-director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, previously held by former Charles W. Eliot University Professor and Harvard University President Emeritus Larry Summers ’82, who resigned from the University following the release of […]