Donald Trump administration sues Harvard University over Jewish students’ civil rights, seeks recovery of billions in public funds

The Trump administration sued Harvard University, alleging the school violated Jewish students’ civil rights, in the latest escalation of the government’s yearlong campaign against the Ivy League school.The suit alleged Harvard failed to protect its Jewish and Israeli students by ignoring hostility on campus and refusing to enforce antiharassment rules. The suit, being filed Friday […]

Harvard accused of ‘blatant Hinduphobia’ over Sanskrit course artwork: ‘Straight out of a horror movie’ | World News

Harvard University has found itself at the centre of a growing online storm after an artwork featured on its Department of South Asian Studies website drew sharp criticism and allegations of bias. The Coalition of Hindus of North America ignited the debate after calling out the university for what it described as “blatant Hinduphobia” in […]

Larry Summers: Who is Larry Summers? Former US treasury secretary set to resign from Harvard professor role over ties with Jeffrey Epstein

Former US Treasury Secretary and past Harvard University president Larry Summers has announced that he will resign from his teaching and faculty roles at Harvard University amid controversy over his ties to convicted sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Harvard confirmed that Summers will retire from his academic appointments at the end of the current academic […]

‘Harvard is woke, we are not’: US to cut ties, end military training and fellowships with Ivy League giant

The US Pentagon has announced it will end all military training, fellowship and certificate programmes with Harvard University, escalating the Trump administration’s long-running confrontation with the Ivy League institution over higher-education reforms.US defense secretary Pete Hegseth said on Friday that the decision would take effect from the 2026-27 academic year and would halt graduate-level professional […]

Priyanka Chopra Jonas to address Harvard India Conference 2026 as global conversations on India take centre stage : Bollywood News

Actor and producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas is set to speak at the 23rd edition of the India Conference at Harvard University, scheduled to be held on February 14 and 15, 2026, in the United States. Organised by Harvard students, the annual conference is regarded as a key student-driven platform that brings together voices from policy, […]

US travel ban hits top talent: Iranian biologist with more than 200 citations forced to abandon Harvard postdoc | World News

For nearly a year, Delaram Pouyabahar planned her next academic step around a postdoctoral position at Harvard University. Interviews, fellowship applications, visa paperwork and a consular interview in Toronto were all completed. Then, in early June 2025, a new US travel ban quietly brought those plans to a halt.The policy, announced on June 4, expanded […]

Harvard professor claims 3I/ATLAS emits a ‘heartbeat’-like pulse that could signal alien technology |

Comet 3I/ATLAS reveals glowing coma, plasma and dust tails from ESA’s Juice mission/ Image: European Space Agency Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb has made a kind of second career out of being the person in the room who refuses to leave “aliens” off the table. With 3I/ATLAS, only the third confirmed interstellar object ever spotted passing […]

Rising H-1B visa fees threaten foreign doctors in US, Harvard scholar says; immigrant physicians vital to American healthcare

Foreign-trained physicians, who make up nearly one quarter of the United States’ medical workforce, could be forced to leave underserved communities due to skyrocketing H-1B visa fees, a historian of science has warned.Before, the hospitals had to pay approximately $5,000 to sponsor a physician’s visa to work in the United States. Now, they’d have to […]

Why Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb thinks 3I/ATLAS is defying comet physics

A new set of deep-space images has reignited one of the strangest scientific arguments of 2025. The photos show sideways jet-like lines shooting out from the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Their geometry is so unusual that Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says they may not be natural at all.Some astronomers insist the object is simply a weird […]

Harvard Medical School explosion: Authorities call blast ‘intentional’, release photos of two suspects

An explosion that rocked inside a building on the Harvard Medical School campus in Boston early Saturday morning appears to have been “intentional”, though no injuries were reported.Just before 3 am, a Harvard University Police Department officer was dispatched to the Goldenson Building on Longwood Avenue in Boston for a fire alarm activation, CBS news […]