Harvard Kennedy School lecturer Marshall L. Ganz ’64 met with incoming New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani in August to advise his campaign on how to sustain a grassroots movement once in office. Elise A. Spenner and Tanya J. Vidhun report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Following the first round of preliminary results in the Cambridge elections, incumbent David J. Weinstein won back his seat on the School Committee after auxiliary ballot counts were announced Friday. Shawn A. Boehmer and Claire A. Michal report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The Atlas Hotel and Treehouse Conference Center at Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus will open in January, confirming Harvard’s vision for entrepreneurship amid its expansion into Allston. Angelina J. Parker and Emily T. Schwartz report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard archaeology professor Jason Ur and Johns Hopkins University professor Aja M. Lans are mapping the racial segregation in the Old Burying Ground cemetery to uncover colonial burial trends in New England. Andrew Park and Nari Shin report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard proposed freezing custodian wages for the next year in a contract proposal to their union on Thursday, opting to cut labor costs across worker groups as it navigates financial uncertainty. Hugo C. Chiasson and Amann S. Mahajan reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

As Harvard spends another year under the glare of a political spotlight, its instructors face a new challenge: teaching students about the same topics that draw furious headlines. Victoria D. Rengel reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Dean of Harvard College David J. Deming announced in an email to the College that laundry will be free for all undergraduates, financed by an increase in the Student Activities Fee. Nina A. Ejindu, Harmony G. Fisher, and Darcy G Lin report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Nearly 1,300 non-tenure-track faculty signed and delivered a petition to Harvard’s top brass at Massachusetts Hall on Thursday, demanding a union contract “as soon as possible." Megan L. Blonigen, Hugo C. Chiasson, and Amann S. Mahajan report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

From Sports: With less than three weeks until the FCS Playoff Committee sets the field for the 24-team postseason tournament, Harvard football hopes to solidify its strength and dominate the Columbia Lions. Connor Castañeda reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Cambridge’s food pantries are ramping up their distribution as the ongoing government shutdown limits the distribution of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Diego García Moreno and Summer E. Rose report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard faculty said they were frustrated with the recent reductions in Ph.D. admission numbers at the FAS, even as some accepted the cuts as a necessary step to shore up the school’s finances. William C. Mao and Veronica H. Paulus report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

More than a hundred Allston-Brighton residents and local leaders gathered in Union Square Thursday evening for a vigil honoring nine car wash workers who were arrested by immigrant enforcement officers earlier this week. Kevin Zhong reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard will begin screening international participants, faculty, and co-sponsors for all University-affiliated educational events according to an internal presentation obtained by The Crimson. Dhruv T. Patel and Saketh Sundar report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Experts on psychedelic use and regulation discussed whether psychedelic therapy should be legalized at an event hosted by the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School. Risha Sinha reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

A team of Harvard researchers established an observatory on top of the Sphere, a giant immersive entertainment venue in Las Vegas, to detect signs of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or mysterious objects in the sky. Anna Shao reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The long wait is finally over. After a 2024-25 season where Harvard men’s basketball recorded its first losing record since 2016 and missed out on Ivy Madness, the Crimson begins its 2025-26 regular season on Nov. 7. Samuel S. Rudavsky report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

More than 40 Environmental Science and Engineering concentrators demanded that the dean of Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences rehire Bryan Yoon, a lecturer for the concentration. Stephanie Dragoi and Thamini Vijeyasingam report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Former Venezuelan National Assembly deputy Miguel A. Pizarro said he supports potential U.S. military intervention in Venezuela during a panel at the Institute of Politics Wednesday evening. Sophia E. Alcacer reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

More than a hundred Harvard students and faculty gathered to celebrate Diwali with student-made food, colorful attire, and moments of prayer on Sunday. Alexander W. Anoma and Chantel A. De Jesus report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Fajr Khan ’26 was selected as one of two Rhodes Scholars from Pakistan to pursue graduate studies at the University of Oxford next year. Ben Ali H. Brown, Sierra R. Pape, and Alexa M. Schmitt report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The Harvard Salient’s board of directors issued a cease and desist order telling members to stop publishing under the Salient’s name and representing themselves as organizational leaders. Samuel A. Church and Cam N. Srivastava report. . www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Allston residents and elected officials rallied in support of nine Guatemalan and El Salvadoran people who were detained by immigration enforcement officers on Tuesday morning. Angelina J. Parker, Emily T. Schwartz, and Kevin Zhong report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber said at a talk Wednesday that universities should enforce clear time, place, and manner rules against student protesters. Jason J. Cheng, Adrian U. Ramirez, and Alexandria Villasenor report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Cambridge voters approved a measure to amend the City’s charter for the first time since 1940, according to preliminary election results, which showed more than three-quarters of ballots in favor. Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Challengers swept the Cambridge School Committee race in Wednesday’s preliminary results, with voters ousting all but two incumbents running — Elizabeth Hudson and Richard Harding Jr. Ayaan Ahmad and Claire A. Michal report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Underlying financial weaknesses set Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences on the path toward its estimated $365 million structural deficit according to projections presented by a faculty committee. William C. Mao and Veronica H. Paulus report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard’s Hutchins Center for African and African American Research awarded seven people the W.E.B. Du Bois Medal on Tuesday for their contributions to African and African American culture. Chantel A. De Jesus report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 appointed four new University Professors last Wednesday, Harvard’s highest faculty distinction. Noah Ferris, Celine Muir, and Sierra R. Pape report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Twenty-four years after Legally Blonde star Reese Witherspoon first asked if it’s hard to get into Harvard, she returned to campus to discuss entrepreneurship and female empowerment at Harvard Business School. Evan H.C. Epstein and Graham W. Lee report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Michelle Wu ’07 is poised to cruise to reelection on Tuesday to serve a second term as mayor of Boston, after a first term marked by national attention and opposition to the Trump administration. Megan L. Blonigen reports. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The Crimson interviewed more than two dozen voters outside of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and found that housing and bike safety were on the top of voters’ minds. Ann E. Gombiner and Dionise Guerra-Carrillo report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Cambridge voters reelected seven incumbents and two challengers to the City Council, according to preliminary results announced by the city early Wednesday morning. Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Remembered as a lifelong public servant who dedicated the end of his career to mentorship at the IOP, Setti D. Warren, 55, died of natural causes on Sunday morning, according to his wife, Tassy Warren. Elise A. Spenner and Tanya J. Vidhun report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences is running an estimated structural deficit of approximately $350 million, a shortfall that will require a budget rework, FAS Dean Hopi Hoekstra told to affiliates. William C. Mao and Veronica H. Paulus report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Boston University professor and neuroscientist Steve Ramirez promoted his new book on the science of memory manipulation and his experience with grief after the death of his research partner in a Monday talk. Saron Elias & Andrew R. Levy report.

Dana Bullister has put forward a slate of novel tax policy proposals as part of her bid for the Cambridge City Council, including a land value tax and dynamic parking pricing on city streets. Ann E. Gombiner and Dionise Guerra-Carrillo report.

Kevin O’Leary, an investor from the show “Shark Tank,” judged six teams of Harvard students on their startup pitches at a Harvard Business School event, awarding the winning team $200,000 in funding. Evan H.C. Epstein and Graham W. Lee report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Undergraduates in a Harvard anthropology course have begun excavating Harvard Yard for the twentieth year of the Harvard Yard Archaeology Project. Sophie Gao and Alexandra M. Kluzak report.

Two men have been arrested in connection with an explosion last week at Harvard Medical School, federal authorities announced Tuesday. Abigail Gerstein & Laurel Shugart report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The return of standardized testing requirements drove down the size of Harvard’s application pool this year — but it’s not clear how the change will affect the profile of future freshman classes. Cassidy M. Cheng and Elias M. Valencia report.

E. Denise Simmons — the longest-serving current member of the Cambridge City Council, who is serving as mayor after thrice being elected to the position — is seeking re-election for her 13th term. Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon report.

Explore candidate positions on key issues facing Cambridge schools. Browse candidate profiles, then compare their responses to specific questions. The Crimson News Staff reports. interactives.thecrimson.com/2025/cambrid...

Explore candidate positions on key issues facing Cambridge. Browse candidate profiles, then compare their responses to specific questions. The Crimson News Staff reports.

Cambridge City Councilor Ayesha M. Wilson is running for a second term on the promise that she will do her best to ensure that no residents’ concerns are overlooked. Shawn A. Boehmer and Jack B. Reardon report.

Somerville approved a tax increment financing deal on Oct. 23 offering a ten-year, $18 million property tax break to TransMedics — an organ-care company — hoping to motivate the company’s move to Assembly Park. Stephanie Dragoi & Thamini Vijeyasingam report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Roughly 50 Harvard affiliates protested the University’s July decision to remove more than 900 students on research-based stipends from the graduate student union outside Harvard Medical School’s Gordon Hall Friday. Hugo Chiasson & Amann Mahajan report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The Harvard Undergraduate Association held a town hall meeting on Sunday to gauge student opinion on a report the Office of Undergraduate Education released last week about the College’s grading practices. Nina Ejindu & Claire Simon report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The Harvard Undergraduate Food Security Initiative led a citywide baby food drive over the past two weeks, collecting essential supplies to share with a local homeless shelter for women and children. Katharine Chavez, Shalini Ramchune, & Risha Sinha report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard College Dean David Deming and Dean of Students Thomas Dunne opened their homes to students on Friday night, distributing candy and greeting them during Halloween festivities. Andrew Levy, Shalini Ramchune, & Samuel Rudavsky report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

The States Leading States initiative — a Harvard Graduate School of Education program that analyzes state education policy — announced its first cohort of partner states last month. Siena Devine Guzmán, Mia Lupica, & Jordanos S. Sisay report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...