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Harvard professor suspended after allegedly firing pellet gun near Brookline synagogue

The professor was allegedly seen shooting a pellet rifle in the vicinity of Temple Beth Zion on Erev Yom Kippur.

 Graduating students hold a sign reading "There Are No Universities Left in Gaza" during the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, May 2024.
 Harvard students wearing Keffiyehs, May 2025.

Trump says Harvard to pay $500 million in deal with administration

 Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. April 12, 2025.

Trump administration seeks to make Harvard ineligible for federal funding

 A person stands watch at an entrance to the encampment on the university grounds as protests continue at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, US, April 25, 2024.

Jews are living through a 'high tide' of antisemitism, says American historian


Israeli-led study finds green and Mediterranean diets slow brain aging

The investigation focused on the “brain age gap,” the difference between the MRI-predicted brain age and chronological age.

 Microglia and neurons.

Judge overturns Trump administration’s Harvard funding freeze tied to antisemitism allegations

US District Judge Allison Burroughs wrote that the Trump administration had used allegations of antisemitism at top US universities as a “smokescreen” for advancing its political agenda.

Here, people gather at Harvard to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard scientists pinpoint two pelvic breakthroughs that put humanity on its feet

Study reveals how growth plate reorientation transformed the human ilium from tall and narrow to short, wide, and curved, creating the bowl-shaped pelvis essential for upright walking.

Skeletons of great apes at the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology. From left to right: Bornean orangutan, western gorilla, western gorilla, chimpanzee and human.

Belgian princess to resume Harvard studies despite Trump ban on foreign students

The future queen of Belgium is set to begin her second year of a two-year master's program in Public Policy at Harvard.

Belgium's Crown Princess Elisabeth attends Belgian National Day celebrations in Brussels, Belgium, July 21, 2025

Jewish student: Don’t use my experience to go after Harvard

ANTISEMITISM AFFAIRS: When the White House used her antisemitic incident to discredit Harvard, a Jewish student countered that this tactic was causing irreversible damage.

 Students walk on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 23, 2025.

Harvard astrophysicist warns interstellar object 3I/ATLAS may be alien technology on sunbound path

Avi Loeb: 'the orbit of 3I/ATLAS coincides with the plane of the Earth by only 5 degrees - the probability of such a coincidence occurring randomly is only 0.2%'.

3I/ATLAS. Image: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/K. Meech (IfA/U. Hawaii).

Trump signals openness to $500 million settlement with Harvard

"Well it's a lot of money," Trump told reporters when asked at the White House if $500 million would be enough to make a deal.

 Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. April 12, 2025.

Tom Lehrer, satirist who sang about ‘Hanukkah in Santa Monica,’ dies at 97

Satirist and mathematician, Tom Lehrer, died at the age of 97 on Saturday, following a vibrant career that found him writing popular songs for the Jewish holidays.

Tom Lehrer sings and plays piano at the Hungry I Nightclub in San Francisco

Judge in Trump-Harvard case questions tie between antisemitism allegations and federal funding cuts

Both Harvard and the administration are seeking summary judgment, which would allow the court to decide the case without a trial.

 Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organized by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. April 12, 2025.

US Republicans grill university leaders in latest House antisemitism hearing

Many of the reps. echoed President Donald Trump's recent attacks on universities, and questioned whether the presidents were doing enough to protect Jewish students.

 Demonstrators in support of Gaza raise red hands behind Rabbi Mark Goldfeder, CEO of National Jewish Advocacy Center, a witness at the House Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on "Antisemitism on College Campuses", on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 15, 2024.

Trump admin. to subpoena Harvard for info on antisemitism, harassment by foreign students

The administration escalated its feud with the Ivy League university on Wednesday, in a move that could result in the loss of Harvard's accreditation.

 Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organized by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. April 12, 2025.