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The Trump administration launched another line of attack on @Harvard this week—its ability to sponsor students, doctors, researchers, and professors for temporary immigration visas to the United States. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/rubio-…

Nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project is linked to higher rates of cancer among people who grew up near Missouri’s Coldwater Creek between the 1940s and the 1960s, according to a new @Harvard study. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/radiat…

From the front lines of the civil rights movement to leading campus protests at Harvard, Michael Ansara ’68 has never stopped fighting for justice. In his new memoir, “The Hard Work of Hope,” Ansara reflects on a lifetime spent resisting. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvar…

“Storytelling is about exploring the unknown,” says novelist David Leo Rice @raviddice ’10. “Trying to go places, even in your own mind, where there’s some taboo, something holding you back from going.” His novels ask: what lies just out of view? #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvar…

Why do women retire earlier than men? Is government disability insurance unfairly excluding workers? These are the questions that @Harvard health economist Nicole Maestas considers. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/06/harvar…

A federal judge on Monday heard oral arguments in @Harvard's much-anticipated federal funding case against the Trump administration, which challenges the freezing of more than $2.2 billion in research grants and contracts. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvar…

On Thursday, @Harvard announced it would keep the name “Winthrop House,” but drop “John.” The university cited that “the Winthrop name in general has positive associations,” despite acknowledging his slaveholding. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvar…

The @Kennedy_School has announced a new program to educate military veterans and mid-career public servants. The American Service Fellowship, slated to begin in the fall of 2026, will fully fund a one-year master’s degree for at least 50 students. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvar…

Why are beetles considered the most diverse plant or animal group on the planet? Brian D. Farrell, professor of biology @HarvardOEB has been at Harvard for over 30 years—and many of those have been spent studying, and thinking about, beetles. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/five-q…

Harvard University's hiring freeze will continue, President Alan M. Garber wrote in a statement to faculty and staff on Monday, as the University prepares for up to $1 billion per year in lost revenues in fiscal years 2025 and 2026. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvar…

Happy Bastille Day! On this day in 1789, the Bastille–a royal fortress and prison–was stormed by the citizens of Paris. It marked the beginning of the French Revolution and the symbolic end of absolute monarchy in France. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2023/11/montag…

Looking for things to do in the Boston or New England area this summer? We've got you covered. @OnlyInBOS #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/boston…

On July 25th, the 11th annual Salsa Squared festival will take place in @HarvardSquare, featuring music, dancing, and lessons. Drinks will be available, along with complimentary chips and salsa. There’s no alternative date—come rain or shine. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/salsa-…

Chris Ledlum '23, former Harvard men's basketball player @HarvardMBB, has made the Houston Rockets' NBA Summer League team @HoustonRockets! We're so excited for you, Chris. Go Crimson @harvardcrimson. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2023/02/harvar…

Several @Harvard schools and one institute have begun layoffs this summer in response to the federal government’s actions: a federal funding freeze, the potential loss of international students, and an increased tax on endowment investment gains. #harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvar…

In a trial that began July 7, the @AAUP accuses the Trump administration of violating the First Amendment through a policy of “ideological deportation” that targets faculty and students engaged in pro-Palestinian advocacy. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/aaup-v…

The Trump administration escalated its campaign against @Harvard on Wednesday, issuing a subpoena for student records and informing the University accreditor that Harvard should lose its accreditation due to federal civil rights law violations. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/trump-…

According to new research by the Environmental and Energy Law Program @Harvard_Law, the rush to build new data centers risks shifting infrastructure costs onto consumers in the form of increased electricity rates. How? Century-old policies. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvar…

15 billion trees vanish every year. Where are they disappearing the fastest? To find out, Jeannine Cavender-Bares, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology @HarvardOEB and director of the @HarvardHerbaria, is looking to space. #Harvard harvardmagazine.com/2025/07/harvar…