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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. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
August 18, 2026, 5:53 pm
Whistleblower says Trump’s campus antisemitism probes were used as tool, lacked evidence
White House pursued Ivy League schools to strong-arm them for political purposes, citing Jewish students’ safety as an excuse, alleges former Justice Department lawyer
By Eric Tucker and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
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. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
August 13, 2026, 10:52 pm
US judge drops Trump case alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students
Federal court says evidence presented by administration was ‘too isolated and episodic’ to back plausible claim of institutionalized noncompliance with Civil Rights Act
By Agencies
The Harvard campus Hillel House welcomes students into its 'safe space,' in Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 12, 2023. (Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
July 24, 2026, 8:51 am
Hillel files, then pulls, legal brief backing Harvard in antisemitism fight with Trump
In amicus brief, which Jewish group says was filed ‘without having gone through our internal review process,’ lawyer argues funding freezes hurt, don’t help, Jewish students
By Andrew Lapin
People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, January 2, 2024. (Steven Senne/AP)
July 21, 2026, 8:15 am
US Justice Department again probes Harvard, this time over financial aid programs
Review announced to determine whether China-based plans and practices exclude American students, continuing Trump’s crackdown over anti-Israel protests and other issues
By Kanishka Singh
Prof. Iris Shai of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, dean of the School of Sustainability at Reichman University, and an adjunct professor at Harvard University, left (courtesy Nir Slakman), and Dr. Dafna Pachter, from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Courtesy)
May 20, 2026, 3:18 pm
Reducing deep stomach fat can improve your brain function, Israeli scientists find
Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Leipzig and Harvard, say visceral fat reduction even for 18 months can decrease cognitive deterioration 5-10 years later
By Diana Bletter
A group of scientists extracted the DNA from the remains of 10,000 individuals from archaeological excavations across Europe and the Middle East. The study, published in Nature on April 15, 2026, shed unprecedented light on human evolution. Illustrative: Archeologists in an ancient cemetery with dozens of skeletons in Florence, Italy, on February 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Francesco Bellini)
April 24, 2026, 8:35 am
New secrets of human evolution unlocked in study of ancient DNA from Europe and Near East
Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years, including variants linked to celiac disease and multiple sclerosis
By Rossella Tercatin
Protestors gather outside the Moakley Federal Courthouse, where Harvard University appeared to challenge $2.6 billion in funding cuts by the Trump administration, July 21, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
March 24, 2026, 9:53 am
US launches more probes into Harvard for using race-based preferences in admissions
Trump’s administration sued Harvard last week to recoup billions in government grants over allegedly failing to protect Jewish students
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Anti-Israel demonstrators gather on Cambridge Common to protest Harvard's stance on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and show support for the Palestinian people, outside Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 25, 2025. (Joseph Prezioso/AFP)
March 20, 2026, 7:04 pm
US feds sue Harvard for failing to uphold civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students
Trump administration seeks to recoup billions in government grants for the elite university, accusing it of ‘intentionally refusing to enforce campus rules when victims are Jews or Israelis’
By Agencies
Former US treasury secretary Larry Summers attends a conference on July 9, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP)
February 25, 2026, 9:15 pm
Former US Treasury chief Larry Summers quits Harvard over Epstein ties
Summers, who also previously served as Harvard’s president, was revealed in the Epstein files to have had extensive exchanges with the convicted sex offender
By Agencies
The Harvard University logo is displayed on a metal gate leading to Harvard Yard at Harvard University, September 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
February 14, 2026, 4:14 am
Trump administration sues Harvard, accusing it of not cooperating on admissions probe
Justice Department alleges school ‘refused to produce pertinent data and documents,’ while university says it’s being targeted for ‘refusing to surrender its independence’
By Reuters
The Widener Library at Harvard University, September 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
February 7, 2026, 12:41 pm
Pentagon says it’s cutting study programs for officers at ‘woke’ Harvard
Defense Secretary Hegseth says too many officers come out with ‘heads full of globalist and radical ideologies’
By Jocelyn Gecker and Collin Binkley
US President Donald Trump speaks to the press in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 2, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
February 3, 2026, 11:29 am
Trump seeks $1 billion from Harvard University in damages in antisemitism row
‘We want nothing further to do’ with top university, US president says on Truth Social, without specifying what the damages were
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Former US treasury secretary Larry Summers attends a conference on July 9, 2025, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images/AFP)
November 19, 2025, 8:56 pm
Harvard reopens probe of ex-president Larry Summers after Epstein emails release
Summers, who served as secretary of the treasury under former US president Bill Clinton, steps down from board of OpenAI, but says he will keep teaching at Harvard
By AP
Harvard banners hang in front of Widener Library during the 374th Harvard Commencement in Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 29, 2025. (Rick Friedman / AFP)
October 29, 2025, 6:39 am
Harvard conservative magazine shut down after publishing article laced with Nazi rhetoric
Publication’s editor insists student who wrote article that triggered suspension ‘didn’t intentionally quote Adolf Hitler’ and that no one on staff ‘recognized the resemblance’
By Grace Gilson
Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
October 11, 2025, 10:09 am
MIT president rejects Trump’s ‘priority’ funding offer in exchange for policy changes
Sally Kornbluth, who is Jewish, is first university leader to reject Trump’s offer; US’s academic leadership ‘depends on independent thinking,’ she says in letter to administration
By Grace Gilson
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