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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 643

Harvard University

Graduates wave Palestinian flags during commencement ceremonies at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
June 30, 2025, 7:47 pm
Harvard willfully ignored harassment of Jews and Israelis, Trump administration finds
57-page investigation cites allegations of bias beginning shortly after Oct. 7 attack and stretching into this year, threatens loss of all federal funding
By AP and ToI Staff
Harvard University's motto, "Veritas," meaning "truth," is seen on a gate at Harvard University on April 17, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Sophie Park/Getty Images via AFP)
June 24, 2025, 5:25 am
US court issues injunction blocking Trump’s ban on foreign students at Harvard
Judge accuses administration of seeking ‘to control a reputable academic institution and squelch diverse viewpoints,’ and doing so ‘on the backs of international students’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Rowers paddle down the Charles River near the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
June 21, 2025, 3:17 am
Judge blocks Trump’s ban on foreign students at Harvard as he says ‘deal’ in the works
Order will allow international students to continue studying at Ivy League university while case plays out in court; US president claims deal possible ‘over the next week or so’
By Agencies
Shaul Magid has been appointed professor of modern Jewish studies in residence at Harvard Divinity School, June 2025. (Annette Yoshiko Reed via JTA)
June 10, 2025, 6:52 am
Harvard Divinity School taps professor critical of Zionism for new Jewish studies role
Critics of university’s handling of campus antisemitism decry appointment of ‘counter-Zionist’ Shaul Magid, who pushes back by saying he believes he can play a ‘balancing role’
By Grace Gilson
Pedestrians walk past the Widener Library at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 15, 2025. (AP/Charles Krupa)
June 8, 2025, 2:58 am
Israelis keep applying to top US universities amid Trump visa crackdown, advisers say
Consultants for Israeli applicants to American colleges say campus protests, immigration restrictions have scrambled application process, but students are undeterred
By Luke Tress
Graduates listen to speakers while displaying 'Free Palestine' signs on their mortarboards during commencement ceremonies at Harvard University, on May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
June 5, 2025, 9:44 am
Trump moves to bar US entry to foreign students planning to study at Harvard
US president says it would jeopardize national security to let university keep hosting international students; tries new legal method after judge blocked earlier effort
By AP
A protester holds a sign reading 'There are no universities left in Gaza' amid the commencement ceremony on May 29, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Libby O'Neill / Getty Images via AFP)
May 29, 2025, 10:41 pm
US judge says she will block Trump freeze on foreign students at Harvard
At graduation, Harvard president is cheered as he salutes international students in attendance with families; graduates hold up plastic globes to symbolize international students
By Gregory WALTON
A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
May 27, 2025, 11:43 pm
Trump administration seeks to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard
Letter directs federal agencies to look for alternatives for training, research contracts, as US president ups pressure on the university over antisemitism on campus
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Collin Binkley
FILE: The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 15, 2025. (Charles Krupa/AP)
May 26, 2025, 10:55 pm
Trump mulls transferring $3 billion in federal Harvard grants to trade schools
In the escalating battle between US president and prestigious private university over antisemitism, Trump may send funds to trade schools that largely do not conduct research
By David Shepardson and Jonathan Allen
Prof. Robert Putnam. (Harvard University)
May 25, 2025, 5:08 am
‘We need a moral revolution’: Social scientist Robert Putnam on fixing a fractured society
In Israel to accept an award from the Jonathan Sacks Institute, the Harvard professor and author reflects on polarization, pluralism and his friendship with the late UK chief rabbi
By Ariela Karmel
FILE: The Harvard University logo is displayed on a building at the school, Tuesday, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 15, 2025. (Charles Krupa/AP)
May 23, 2025, 9:45 pm
Judge temporarily halts Trump block on foreign students at Harvard after it sues
University had asked court to ‘stop the government’s arbitrary, capricious, unlawful, and unconstitutional action’
By Gregory WALTON
A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
May 23, 2025, 4:53 pm
Exchange students in limbo as Trump’s ban on Harvard foreign enrollment takes effect
The administration’s move will hurt America’s ‘own image and international credibility,’ says Chinese foreign minister; Germany calls decision a bad sign for the ‘free world’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
May 23, 2025, 6:37 am
Trump administration bans Harvard from enrolling foreign students, citing antisemitism
Homeland security secretary says university ‘perpetuating an unsafe campus environment that is hostile to Jewish students, promotes pro-Hamas sympathies,’ has ‘racist’ DEI policies
By Gregory WALTON
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, right, speaks on a panel with Liberties editor Leon Wieseltier and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt at 'The End of an Era: Jews and Elite Universities,' a symposium at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, May 18, 2025. (John Halpern via JTA)
May 21, 2025, 1:11 am
At US campus symposium, billionaire Bill Ackman solitarily defends Trump’s Harvard feud
The firmly pro-Israel hedge fund manager supports budget cuts to the elite school, facing down academics, journalists and clergy at a conference at the Center for Jewish History
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023, a week after Hamas terrorists launched a massacre in southern Israel. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
May 20, 2025, 3:33 pm
US terminates $60 million in Harvard grants, saying it failed to address antisemitism
In the past few weeks, the Trump administration has frozen or ended federal grants and contracts worth nearly $3 billion for Ivy League school
By Reuters and ToI Staff
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