Harvard University

After the school announced it would not cave to the Trump administration’s demands, a federal task force said $2.2 billion in grants would be frozen, along with contracts worth $60 million.

Harvard University has rejected demands brought by the Trump administration earlier this month to guarantee its nearly $9 billion in federal funding will continue, saying it won’t “surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights.”

After Harvard’s president announced it wouldn’t accept Trump administration demands, the Education Dept.’s Joint Task Force to Combat Anti-Semitism’s froze billions in funding.

A rally was held in Cambridge to urge Harvard University to push back against the Trump administration over its threat to slash federal funding if the school doesn’t slash DEI initiatives. 

Several hundred people, including Harvard University students and staff, attended a rally Saturday calling on the school to push back against the Trump administration’s crackdown on student visas and its threat to withhold federal funding if the school doesn’t slash DEI initiatives.

Dozens of international students in Massachusetts have been impacted by visa revocations.

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Harvard issued a $750 million bond dated Sunday for what it says was “ongoing contingency planning,” an unusual step that shows the financial pressure faced by the nation’s wealthiest school amid federal funding changes.

Multiple local universities have reported the visa revocations of international students and other community members in recent days, and students say it’s making them fearful.

Three current students and two recent graduates of Harvard University have had their visas revoked, according to school officials.

Harvard president Alan Garber said in response the school had “devoted considerable effort to addressing antisemitism” and would provide a full accounting to the government.

An antisemitism task force is reviewing over $8.5 billion in grants and over $255.6 million in federal contracts involving Harvard University, the Department of Education said

Harmoni Turner had 24 points for 10th-seeded Harvard (24-5), which topped two Big Ten teams in November but couldn’t pull off another victory against a power conference opponent.

People across Boston are getting into the March Madness spirit — including college basketball fan Gov. Maura Healey, who is backing Harvard for a big upset in the first round of the women’s tournament....

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent letters to schools regarding possible Title VI violations for allegations of antisemitic discrimination and harassment

The Department of Education says dozens of schools, including six in Massachusetts, are facing “potential enforcement.”

Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus in Allston has signed its first corporate partner to launch a new innovation center.

Screaming fans lined the streets in frigid conditions Wednesday to catch a glimpse of Cynthia Erivo, the “Wicked” star who is being celebrated as Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals Woman of the Year. Erivo, bundled in a parka, blew kisses to the crowd and mouthed “I love you” as the car she and costumed members of the Hasty Pudding...

The “Wicked” actress was the star of a parade on the streets of Cambridge Wednesday.

Kiah Duggins was a civil rights attorney, once worked as a policy intern in the White House for first lady Michelle Obama and competed twice in the Miss Kansas pageant.

Harvard Law School graduate and two-time Miss Kansas contestant Kiah Duggins, who died in the American Airlines Flight 5342 crash in Washington, was remembered for her “boundless enthusiasm for advancing justice for the most vulnerable.”