The Harvard CrimsonOpinion

Is Harvard’s Speech Culture on Fire?

Harvard's jump in the FIRE rankings might seem like cause for celebration — but the threats to free speech on our campus loom ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard College Will Ignore Student Magazine Article Echoing Hitler Unless It Faces Complaints, Deming Says

Harvard College Dean David J. Deming said during an interview on Friday that he would not review or comment on an article in ...

Harvard, like all Americans, can't be punished by the government for speaking freely

When the federal government threatened to cancel billions in research funds from Harvard University—as it has also done to other research universities—the message was clear: Institutions that speak or ...

Harvard brass mum as rival schools denounce political violence after series of professor blunders

Harvard University refuses to condemn political violence after hosting a controversial 2018 panel where faculty discussed ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This 1837 Harvard Speech by Ralph Waldo Emerson Inspired a Generation of American Writers to Declare Their Independence From ‘the Courtly Muses of Europe’

On Thursday, August 31, 1837, shortly after noon, 215 members of Harvard University’s prestigious Phi Beta Kappa Society ...

Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

Many students don’t do the reading and don’t speak up in class, according to a report. Now, professors are trying to change a ...

Free speech divide inside the Ivy League: Who talks freely and who walks on eggshells on campus?

The 2026 FIRE rankings expose a stark contrast in free speech environments among Ivy League schools. Dartmouth's impressive rise reflects policy refor ...
Independent Journal Review

Harvard Blamed Jewish Victim Assaulted At Campus Protest, House Committee Alleges

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce alleged on Monday that Harvard University failed to punish students for ...
ksby

Tom Hanks will give Harvard’s Class of 2023 commencement speech

Tom Hanks is headed to the Ivy League! Harvard announced Hanks will be the principal speaker during the school’s 372nd commencement ceremony on May 25. In a video that looked more like a movie trailer ...

Harvard Axes Engineering School Staff on ‘Enormous’ Pressure

Harvard University said it would be laying off staff from its engineering school after years of financial challenges and as the federal government cuts funding and raises taxes on some colleges.

Marcyliena Morgan, Harvard’s ‘scholar queen of hip-hop,’ dies at 75

Hip-hop "was built on dreams and imagination,” Professor Morgan once said. “It imagined a world of equality and justice — and fun.” ...