Over the past year, Harvard University and Columbia University have stood at the center of a high-stakes fight with the federal government. Beginning in January 2025 following President Trump’s inauguration, both schools saw major funding streams frozen or pulled as the Trump administration tightened its grip on federal research expenditures. What followed: months of canceled […]
On Aug. 18, pre-freshmen began moving into the Yard for one of Harvard College’s six pre-orientation programs: First-Year Retreat and Experience, First-Year Arts Program, First-Year Outdoor Program, First-Year Urban Program, First-Year International Program, and Leadership Institute for the First-Year Experience. Designed to build connections between incoming students, upperclassmen, and the Harvard community, the ‘pre-frosh’ programming […]
Mexico City residents are frustrated as a result of years of redevelopment in the area. Animosity quickly turned into actionable fury on July 4. Mexico City civilians took to the streets, protesting the sizable influx of foreigners—mostly American—who have relocated and made the area their home. “Gentrification is colonization!” shouted Mexican civilians. Mexican American Harvard […]
Throughout Harvard College’s annual academic calendar, one thing rarely leaves an undergraduate’s mind: summer internships. As the spring semester comes to an end, students anxiously confer with each other about their suitably prestigious occupations, often citing consulting in New York, public policy in Washington, D.C., or start-ups in Silicon Valley. However, not everyone follows Harvard’s […]
On July 3, the Republican-dominated House of Representatives passed President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” in a 218-214 vote. The extensive legislative package has cemented 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act while pulling federal funding from healthcare, social programs, and higher education. Passing the OBBB is a major step toward the Trump administration’s broader agenda […]
On July 2, the undergraduate organization Harvard Students for Freedom began gathering online signatures across the University’s students on a letter urging Harvard to maintain its opposition to legal and political pressures from the Trump administration. After internally circulating for two days, the letter will start publicly gathering student signatures today, July 4. “What we’re […]
On April 16, the Trump administration first threatened Harvard University’s ability to host international students across its 13 schools. After weeks of contention between University leadership and the federal government, foreign undergraduates have started to join administrative push back and speak out against the government’s actions—despite clear federal disdain for international enrollee activism. “A visa […]
Months of contention between American universities and the federal government have placed student journalism at the epicenter of political commentary. Student publications across the nation have devoted considerable portions of their content to documenting recent public demonstrations and administrative action taking place on college campuses. However, the latest crackdowns from the presidential administration regarding student […]
What is Harvard, and what are its students meant to do with it? Though separated by decades, the Harvard commencement ceremony speeches of Robert Mulé ’77 and Thor Reimann ’25 converge in their attempts to answer these same questions. Each year, Harvard College selects one graduating senior to deliver the Senior English address, a speech […]
“Ideas to Enterprise,” reads the recently updated front page of the official Harvard University website. “Across Harvard’s campus, our students, scholars, and faculty turn ideas into ventures that solve problems and create value.” A series of executive orders and lawsuits in recent months have left the institution struggling to actualize such values. With nearly $3 […]