HMC Quietly Removed Diversity Data from Internal Investment Tracker Weeks after Trump Demands

Harvard Management Company quietly scrubbed diversity data from its internal investment-tracking system in May 2025 as the Trump administration zeroed in on the University’s diversity programs, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Harvard Astronomers to Lead NASA-Funded Research on New Roman Space Telescope

Four principal investigators at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics won NASA funding to study data from the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, the agency’s newest flagship observatory, which launched in August to survey wide swaths of the sky.

Physics Faculty Lose Bid to Preserve Grant Administrator’s Role Under FAS Restructuring

Third Man Arrested in Connection with Fatal July 4 Shooting

SEAS Pilots Client-Facing Capstone Option for Engineering Students

Harvard undergraduates pursuing engineering degrees can now formally partner with an outside client — including industry partners — for their senior capstone project under a pilot launched this fall by the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

Three Harvard Researchers Leave for Canadian Universities Amid Funding Struggles

Three current and former Harvard researchers are heading north to Canadian universities as part of a sweeping $1.21 billion government effort to recruit top academic talent, with two citing instability in the United States’ research and political climate under the second Trump administration as driving factors.

New IOP Director Plans to Expand Diminished Senior Advisory Committee, Backs Close Integration with HKS

Harvard Institute of Politics Director Betsy Fischer Martin plans to expand the Institute’s Senior Advisory Committee, she said in an interview — but stopped short of saying she would restore the authority the body lost six years ago, when Caroline B. Kennedy ’80 resigned as its honorary chair.