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Harvard Sends International Students’ Info to DHS, Does Not Specify What Records Were Shared
Harvard shared data with the Department of Homeland Security in response to its request for information on international students’ disciplinary records and illegal activity, the University announced in a Wednesday evening email to affiliates.
6 Harvard Students, Recent Grads Have Visa Status Restored
Six of the 12 Harvard students and recent graduates whose student visas were revoked by the State Department have since had their visa status restored, according to the Harvard International Office.
Fulbright Funding Freeze and Silence from Harvard Leaves Scholars with Questions
Professors and graduate students studying at Harvard as part of the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program will be able to finish their programs despite federal funding cuts, though applicants say the program’s future remains unclear.
Harvard Students Raise $60,000 in Fundraiser for Myanmar Earthquake
Harvard Students for Myanmar — in collaboration with around 30 other universities — raised more than $60,000 as of Monday through a GoFundMe campaign for relief efforts following a Friday earthquake in Myanmar.
Actor, Politicians, and Harvard Leaders Gather at Asian Leadership Initiative Summit
Fernandopulle, a graduate of Harvard College, Medical School, and Kennedy School, encouraged audience members to “keep speaking out” against hatred following the arrest of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.
HKS Dean Visits West Bank and Israel To Recruit Students, Repair Alumni Relationships
Harvard Kennedy School Dean Jeremy M. Weinstein visited Israel and the West Bank over winter break to recruit Israeli and Palestinian students and re-establish a relationship with Palestinian alumni.
At Harvard Talk, Former Israeli PM Joked He Would Give Exploding Pagers to Protesters
Former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett joked to hundreds of people about sending detonators to dissenting event attendees at a talk at the Harvard Business School on Thursday, according to six people present at the discussion.
Mark Carney ’87 Chosen Prime Minister of Canada in Landslide Liberal Vote
Mark J. Carney ’87 defeated fellow Harvard College alum Chrystia A. Freeland ’90 and two other Liberal Party candidates to become the 24th Prime Minister of Canada and the new leader of the Canadian Liberal Party on Sunday afternoon.
‘Our Guy in the White House’: Harvard Experts Say Trump-Zelensky Confrontation Was a Win for Putin
After U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance staged a tag-team humiliation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at an Oval Office press conference last week, Harvard experts on foreign relations and Ukraine called the spectacle “absurd” and disappointing.
Princess Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi Discusses African Landscape Design at HGSD
Princess Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi of the Osun Sacred Grove in Osogbo, Nigeria and landscape architect Tarna Klitzner based in Cape Town, South Africa emphasized the importance of integrating the environment and architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s International Womxn’s Day Keynote Address.
HLS Clinic To File War Crimes Complaint With ICC Against Russia
HLS Professor Susan Farbstein, director of Harvard’s International Human Rights Law Clinic, announced plans to submit evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine to the International Criminal Court at a Thursday panel. Farbstein said the clinic plans to submit an Article 15 complaint to the ICC, alleging crimes against humanity, after documenting Russian military actions against civilians for over two years.
From Harvard to Ottawa: Carney and Freeland Vie To Become Canada’s Next Prime Minister
The race to lead both Canada and a reeling Liberal Party has narrowed to two frontrunners: Carney, the former Canadian and British central bank governor, and Chrystia A. Freeland ’90, the former deputy prime minister and a fellow Harvard alumna.
Former Greece Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras Appointed CES Policy Fellow
Alexis Tsipra, a two-time left-wing Prime Minister of Greece, was appointed as policy fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies and Harvard’s Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies on Tuesday.
In Antigua and Barbuda, Legacy of Slavery Initiative Identifies Hundreds More Enslaved by Harvard Affiliates
Researchers met with Prime Minister Gaston A. Browne and Governor General Rodney E.L. Williams of Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday to discuss identifying descendants of people enslaved by Harvard affiliates in the island nation.
‘A Very Frightening Picture’: Harvard Professors Discuss Trump’s International Impact at Forum
Harvard professors gathered in a Weatherhead Center forum Wednesday afternoon to analyze the international implications of President-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 win.
First Harvard Prize Book in Kosovo Established by Harvard Alumni
Harvard alumni in Kosovo established the region’s first Harvard Prize Book, which will be awarded to three students and two faculty members at the American School of Kosova at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year.
Harvard School of Public Health Study Finds That Deforestation May Increase Malaria Transmission
A Harvard School of Public Health study published Oct. 21 found that ecological changes in the Brazilian Amazon have led to a significant increase in the risk of malaria transmission.
Former Greek Prime Minister Discusses Relationship with Turkey at IOP Forum
Former Greek Prime Minister George A. Papandreou discussed the importance of international cooperation with Turkey and the European Union at a Harvard IOP Forum Tuesday evening.
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Asks for Long-Range Missiles at Harvard Panel
Oleksii Y. Reznikov, who was dismissed from his role as Ukraine’s Minister of Defense in September 2023, asked for unlimited access to long-range missiles to fight Russia at a panel event hosted by Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute on Wednesday.
Inside the Century-Old HLS Program That Quietly Churns Out World Leaders
Every year at Harvard Law School, less than 200 students graduate with a Master of Laws, or LL.M., the exclusive HLS degree that has quietly shaped governments, courts, and legal systems around the world.
Harvard’s CS50 Course to be Offered at Oxford this Fall
Beginning in October, Oxford University will launch its own online version of Computer Science 50, Harvard’s flagship introductory computer science course taught by David J. Malan ’99.
Taipei City Mayor Discusses National Security, Future of Taiwan at IOP Forum
Taipei City Mayor Wan-An Chiang said the Chinese government poses the greatest danger for Taiwan but pledged to try to “maintain peace and stability” at a Harvard Institute of Politics Forum on Monday.
Zoe Marks Named Director of Harvard Center for African Studies
Zoe Marks, a lecturer in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, will serve as the next faculty director of the Center for African Studies, the center announced Thursday.
Harvard Peabody Museum Returns Five Ancient Mummies to Denmark
The Harvard Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology returned five Greenlandic Inuit mummies to Denmark last week, five years after their repatriation was first requested by Danish authorities.
‘Message of Hope’: 11 Harvard Affiliates Visit Israel in Solidarity Trip
Ten Harvard professors and one undergraduate joined a delegation of academics to visit Israel on a solidarity trip earlier this month.