Harvard Awaits Federal Judge's Ruling On Funding Restoration Request Harvard University seeks federal funding restoration to avoid research cuts amid financial challenges. Top News · Aug 27, 2025
Trump news at a glance: president hints he already has replacement in mind for Fed governor Lisa Cook Trump reportedly considering same aide he has nominated to serve out another Fed board member’s term. Key US politics stories from Tuesday 26 August The Guardian - US · Aug 27, 2025
Trump says he wants ‘nothing less than $500m’ from Harvard as feud continues ‘Don’t negotiate with them, they’ve been very bad,’ Trump tells education secretary in cabinet meeting The Guardian - US · Aug 26, 2025
A commuter college thought it could avoid Trump’s education crackdown. Here’s what happened Administrators at the University of Colorado's campus in Colorado Springs believed they could avoid the Trump administration's focus on higher education The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2025
‘Everyone is coming into fire’: students return to US campuses bruised and changed by Trump’s assault The effects of a rightwing campaign to remake American higher education are fueling fear and anxiety, but advocates say they have plans to fight back The Guardian - US · Aug 23, 2025
Kevin O'Leary Recalls How Cutting Off His Son's Trust Fund Drove Him To Harvard: 'The Dead Bird Under The Nest Never Learns To Fly' Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary has recalled how stripping his son of financial safety nets pushed him to excel academically, sharing the tough-love lesson that propelled him to Harvard. Benzinga · Aug 23, 2025
Warren Buffett and top CEOs say a college degree doesn’t matter. Here’s what really counts in hiring Business acumen isn’t always learned in school. Just look at Bill Gates. Fortune · Aug 22, 2025
Why America still needs public schools While the White House’s fight with elite universities such as Columbia and Harvard has recently dominated the headlines, the feud overshadows the broader and more far-reaching assault on K-12 public education by the Trump administration and many states. The Conversation · Aug 21, 2025
The umpire who picked a side: John Roberts and the death of rule of law in America The chief justice of the US has painted himself as a modern institutionalist over the past 20 years. Experts say he’s emboldening Trump’s drive toward authoritarianism The Guardian - US · Aug 21, 2025
‘No Colon, Still Rollin’: Cass Bargell, US scrum-half and ostomy advocate, sets sights on World Cup Hosts England hold few fears for the Harvard graduate who recovered from serious illness and surgery to play with a stoma and a bag The Guardian - US · Aug 20, 2025
Adult Star, 18, Slams Women Who Work 9 To 5 As ‘Failures’, Encourages Them To Join OF "I still have respect over myself" Bored Panda · Aug 18, 2025
Harvard researcher attacked by ‘five teens’ after asking them to be quiet during a screening of Weapons Thiago Rentz said the attack happened on Sunday after he asked the teens to quieten down in the movie theater The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2025
The mineral that could protect against Alzheimer’s disease For nearly a decade, scientists from Harvard University have also been uncovering lithium’s unexpected importance in the brain The Independent UK · Aug 18, 2025
America's Two-Front War on Science Universities’ internal culture wars threaten free speech and inquiry, but political attacks on research funding and infrastructure are crippling U.S. scientific leadership. Reason · Aug 14, 2025
The Conversation · Aug 14, 2025 Exactly what is in the Ivy League deals with the Trump administration – and how they compare The Trump administration and Harvard University are reportedly close to reaching a settlement that would require Harvard to pay US$500 million in exchange for the government releasing frozen federal funding and ending an investigation into antisemitism on campus.
The Guardian - US · Aug 14, 2025 ‘Censorship’: over 115 scholars condemn cancellation of Harvard journal issue on Palestine In an open letter, writers denounced abrupt scrapping of a Harvard Educational Review issue dedicated to Palestine
Fortune · Aug 13, 2025 As degrees get branded worthless, LinkedIn’s just revealed the universities that give Gen Z the best shot at corner office jobs Move over Harvard and Columbia, Princeton and Duke are the schools most likely to fast-track Gen Z to the C-suite.
Al Jazeera · Aug 12, 2025 DOJ accuses George Washington University of indifference to anti-Semitism Trump administration claims GWU failed to address or remedy anti-Semitic abuses despite student and faculty complaints.
The Guardian - AU · Aug 10, 2025 Trump news at a glance: Lutnick threatens Harvard patents; former Fox commentator bound for UN Commerce secretary begins process could let the government seize Harvard patents; Tammy Bruce nominated for deputy US ambassador to UN – key US politics stories from 9 August 2025
The Guardian - US · Aug 9, 2025 Trump administration threatens to strip Harvard University of lucrative patents White House escalates offensive on Ivy League university by calling for review of federally funded research
The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2025 As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame. States feel pressure to act Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers
Space · Aug 9, 2025 Is that wildfire smoke plume hazardous? New satellite tech can map smoke plumes in 3D for better air quality alerts at neighborhood scale For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only two-dimensional
The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025 The Latest: Trump orders federal law enforcers onto streets of Washington, DC With President Donald Trump suggesting a federal takeover of the nation's capital city, the White House says there will be an increased presence of federal law enforcement on the streets of Washington, D
The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2025 College endowment tax is leading to hiring freezes and could mean cuts in financial aid An increase in the tax on university endowments is creating financial challenges for the wealthiest U.S. colleges
The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025 Harvard scientist warns interstellar object blasting toward Earth ‘may come to save – or destroy us’ 31/ATLAS is only the third interstellar object to be detected in our solar system