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The Latest Breaking News from Louis Agassiz

NZ’s earliest climate change debate: the 150-year-old feud over glacial retreat

Climate change may seem a uniquely 21st-century concern, but people have been wrestling with the idea for a long time.

The Conversation · Nov 19, 2025

Harvard caves and relinquishes slave photos to descendant after 15-year battle

Harvard caves and relinquishes slave photos to descendant after 15-year battle

Harvard had to give up.

We Got This Covered · May 29, 2025

Harvard agrees to transfer early photos of enslaved people to African American museum

Harvard agrees to transfer early photos of enslaved people to African American museum

University settles with Tamara Lanier, who says she is descendent of people featured in 175-year-old images

The Guardian - US · May 29, 2025

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Harvard University agrees to transfer ownership of slavery photographs

The photographs of a father and daughter have sparked conversations about the legacy of slavery and who profits from it.

Al Jazeera · May 28, 2025

After a 15-year battle, Harvard agrees in settlement to relinquish early photos of slaves

Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people

The Independent UK · May 28, 2025

Sasha Huber’s You Name It: Swiss-Haitian artist renegotiates colonial history in activist exhibition

In 2008, Sasha Huber, a Swiss-Haitian multimedia visual artist based in Finland, began a project to challenge the problematic legacy of Swiss-American glaciologist and natural scientist Louis Agassiz (1807-1873).

The Conversation · Mar 14, 2023

Lake View school — renamed to honor Harriet Tubman instead of racist biologist — unveils new sign

Chicago Public Schools’ Harriet Tubman Elementary had long been named for Swiss American biologist Louis Agassiz before it was changed last year to honor the Underground Railroad activist.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 15, 2022

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