Pro-Palestine organizers began an encampment in Harvard Yard on Wednesday to protest the Monday suspension of the Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee and demand the University divest from Israel’s war in Gaza.| www.thecrimson.com
House Republicans subpoenaed three top Harvard officials on Friday, demanding internal documents and communications for an investigation into the University’s handling of antisemitism on campus.| www.thecrimson.com
In what is perhaps the most important vote of confidence thus far, the Harvard Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — has not even launched a presidential search to appoint a permanent successor. Either way, Alan M. Garber is not waiting around.| www.thecrimson.com
When Harvard College students left campus for winter break, the student body was divided. With students in fierce disagreement over the Israel-Hamas war and former President Claudine Gay’s leadership of the University, rifts continued to grow, and a bright national spotlight landed on Harvard and its students.| www.thecrimson.com
The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”| The Stanford Daily
The co-chairs of Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery memorial project committee slammed the University in their resignation letter, alleging that their timeline was rushed by administrators.| www.thecrimson.com
Harvard Extension School administrator Shirley R. Greene was accused of 42 instances of plagiarism in her 2008 University of Michigan dissertation in a complaint sent to the University Friday — the latest in a string of anonymous plagiarism complaints against Black Harvard officials.| www.thecrimson.com
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.| www.thecrimson.com
Interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 is expected to announce a working group that will consider a policy of institutional neutrality, a move that comes just months after the University became embroiled in controversy over its response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.| www.thecrimson.com
As the pro-Palestine occupation of Harvard Yard approaches the end of its second week, interim University President Alan M. Garber ’76 has adopted a policy of strategic patience to avoid the controversies facing peer institutions.| www.thecrimson.com
Ph.D. student Kevin Feigelis urged Congress to investigate antisemitism on the Stanford campus last Thursday. Feigelis addressed the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, whose December hearing led to high-profile resignations at other universities.| The Stanford Daily
Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned on Jan. 2, ending her tenure as the University's 30th president after it was clear the Harvard Corporation lost confidence in Gay's ability to lead amid mounting allegations of plagiarism and unrelenting criticism of her congressional testimony.| www.thecrimson.com
Growing plagiarism allegations plagued the final weeks of former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s tenure, setting the stage for her resignation Tuesday afternoon.| www.thecrimson.com
Harvard Provost Alan M. Garber ’76, who has served in his role since 2011, became Harvard’s interim president following Claudine Gay’s resignation on Tuesday.| www.thecrimson.com