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Trump starts talking about Harlem when asked about Harvard funding freeze

Donald Trump began answering a question about Harvard University by speaking about Harlem, a neighbourhood in New York City, as he joined a NewsNation town hall via phone on Wednesday night (30 April).

The Independent UK

A crackdown on diversity programs is reshaping college graduation ceremonies

Some colleges are canceling graduation ceremonies that recognize individual cultures or groups

The Independent UK

Gen Z is so miserable they've flattened the long-established happiness curve

“Young people are not doing as well as they used to be.”

Fortune

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Harvard taskforces on anti-Muslim bias and antisemitism find widespread hostility on campus

Harvard’s president noted ‘searing personal accounts’ from listening sessions with about 500 students and employees

The Guardian - US

Trump 100 days: after tepid start, protest movements – and Democrats – find footing

Although the resistance at the start of Trump’s second term was wobbly, ‘ordinary people’ are pushing the movement forward

The Guardian - US

Pedro Almodóvar calls Trump ‘greatest mistake of our time’ as he receives Chaplin award

Celebrated Spanish director slams Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants and trans rights

The Independent UK

Harvard reports find students face anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish bias

Harvard president says students report being pushed ‘to the periphery of campus life’ over their identities and beliefs.

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Harvard pledges reforms following internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab bias

Harvard University is promising to review its academic offerings and admissions policies in response to a pair of internal reports on antisemitism and anti-Arab prejudice at the Ivy League campus following pro-Palestinian protests

The Independent UK

The uniting theme of Trump’s presidency? Ineptitude

From deportations to human rights to the economy, the president’s actions have resulted in mayhem. Here’s a sampling

The Guardian - US

Trump administration to investigate Harvard Law Review for ‘race-based discrimination’

Education department claims that article selection process ‘appears to pick winners and losers on the basis of race’

The Guardian - US

Harvard Renames DEI Office to "Community and Campus Life" Amid Federal Pressure

Harvard University has rebranded its Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging as the Office of Community and Campus Life, signaling a shift in focus as the Trump administration intensifies its campaign against DEI programs.

International Business Times

Greater share of US losing faith in health guidance, poll says - Roll Call

Both parties say they’d like the CDC to prioritize preventing chronic disease and protecting against new viruses with pandemic potential.

Roll Call

Mark Zuckerberg says college isn’t preparing students for today’s job market—this and the debt burden will create a ‘reckoning’ for higher education

Mark Zuckerberg, who notoriously dropped out of Harvard, said college may prove more beneficial from a social standpoint as opposed to career.

Fortune

New York Times Symposium on "A Road Map of Trump's Lawless Presidency"

I was one of 35 legal scholars who took part.

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The Independent UK

Harvard and Trump administration's battle over freeze of $2B in grants will head into summer

The battle between Harvard University and the Trump administration’s freeze on its $2.2 billion in grants will head into the summer

Fortune

How legendary venture firm Insight Partners hires—and trains—its next generation of investors to expand its $90 billion war chest

Landing a spot in Insight’s coveted summer analyst class is more competitive than Harvard.

The Guardian - US

Hope as US universities find ‘backbone’ against Trump’s assault on education

Anxious Americans find solace as university leaders start to mount more muscular defense of academic freedom

The Guardian - US

Harvard labor unions rally behind non-citizens and workers amid Trump attacks

As Trump administration escalates threats on university, unions call on Harvard leadership to support workers

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The Guardian - US

They staged protests for Palestine. The consequences have been life-changing

Legal aid group says most students contacting them are Palestinian, Arab Muslim and other students of color

Reason

Can America Get Out of the Gerontocracy Trap?

If voters so overwhelmingly prefer younger candidates, why are they underrepresented in politics?

International Business Times

Harvard University Explores $1 Billion Private Equity Stake Sale Amid Financial Pressures

Harvard's endowment is in talks to sell $1 billion in private equity stakes, navigating market challenges and Trump administration threats to federal funding.

The Independent UK

Trump administration opens investigation on UC Berkeley over foreign funding

The Trump administration has launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, centered on foreign funding, making it the latest university to be targeted by the federal government

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Trump v universities: essential institutions must defend themselves

Editorial: Harvard is leading the pushback because it can afford to fight. Others are realising that they can’t afford not to

Capital & Main

When Scientific Inquiry Meets the Big Chill

From Harvard’s president facing down political pressure to a science foundation scrubbing controversy from its website, the battle for free speech and open inquiry plays out where ideas are meant to thrive.

The Conversation

Trump’s aggressive actions against free speech speak a lot louder than his words defending it

Harvard University took the extraordinary step of suing the Trump administration on April 21, 2025, claiming that the pressure campaign mounted on the school by the president and his Cabinet to force viewpoint diversity on campus violated the Constitution’s guarantees of free speech.

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