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Articles by Saketh Sundar
Trump Threatens To Revoke Harvard’s Tax-Exempt Status One Day After Garber Rejects Demands
The American flag flies from University Hall over the John Harvard statue. | By Crimson Multimedia Staff By Dhruv T. Patel, Avani B. Rai, Saketh Sundar, and Grace E. Yoon, Crimson Staff Writers United States President Donald Trump threatened to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status less than one day after Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 rebuffed the White House’s demands, marking yet another escalation in the Trump administration’s campaign against the University.
Harvard’s Researchers Take Center Stage in Funding Showdown With Trump
David R. Walt, a professor at Harvard Medical School and Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, lost hundreds of thousands in research funding from the Trump administration last week — just two months after receiving the nation’s highest honor for technological achievement.
More Than $110 Million in NIH Grants to Harvard, Affiliated Hospitals Terminated Since Late February
The National Institutes of Health has terminated research grants worth more than $110 million to Harvard University and its affiliated hospitals since late February, according to public Department of Health and Human Services filings reviewed by The Crimson.
Trump Admin’s $9 Billion Review of Harvard’s Grants Could Hit Boston’s Hospitals Hardest
The brunt of the threatened $9 billion cuts by the federal government will hit Boston hospitals, not Harvard. | By Lucy H. Vuong By Saketh Sundar, Crimson Staff Writer The Trump administration’s sweeping federal review of nearly $9 billion in multi-year research funding tied to Harvard has sparked uncertainty across the University — but the brunt of the planned cuts may be felt by Boston hospitals, not the University.
Nine-time Pro Bowl Fullback Kyle Juszczyk ’13 Re-Signs with 49ers
Kyle Juszczyk '13 has enjoyed a lengthy playing career despite a positional switch after college. | By Mark Kelsey By Praveen Kumar and Saketh Sundar Kyle Juszczyk ’13, a nine-time Pro Bowl fullback and former Harvard standout, is staying in the Bay Area. After being released by the San Francisco 49ers last week, Juszczyk has re-signed with the team on a two-year, $8 million deal, securing his place as he enters the later stages of his NFL career at the age of 33.
Senate Committee Targets $3 Million in Harvard NSF Research Grants for ‘Far-Left Ideology’
By Saketh Sundar, Crimson Staff Writer More than $3 million in federal grants to Harvard researchers were labeled as promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives or “neo-Marxist class warfare propaganda” in a Senate Commerce Committee report released last week. The investigation, spearheaded by committee chair Sen.
Republicans Are Floating Plans To Raise the Endowment Tax. Here’s What You Need To Know.
By Avani B. Rai and Saketh Sundar, Contributing Writers Rep. Mike V. Lawler (R-N.Y.), a loyal ally of President Donald Trump, became the latest Republican lawmaker to introduce an endowment tax on Friday, proposing an 8.6 percentage point tax hike for Harvard and other wealthy colleges and universities.
Harvard’s Lobbying Spending Rose by 17% in 2024, the Most in More Than a Decade
By Saketh Sundar, Crimson Staff Writer Harvard spent $620,000 on lobbying the federal government in 2024 — the most it’s spent since 2010 — as the University attempts to dissuade lawmakers from imposing a larger endowment tax and other financial penalties on the heels of a 2023 leadership crisis.
Harvard’s Federal Funding Is Under Fire. Here’s What’s at Risk.
P resident Donald Trump’s wave of executive orders targeting funding for education sent shockwaves through Harvard this week, briefly jeopardizing thousands of research jobs and more than 10 percent of the University’s operating revenue.
Is the Next JD Vance Sitting in Your Philosophy Seminar?
By Rachael A. Dziaba and Saketh Sundar, Crimson Staff Writers I n the early 2010s, the Salient, Harvard’s conservative student publication, quietly fizzled out. Then, in November 2021, students across campus found copies of the paper dropped in front of their doors.
Inside the Century-Old HLS Program That Quietly Churns Out World Leaders
E very year at Harvard Law School, fewer than 200 students graduate with a Master of Laws, or LL.M., the exclusive HLS degree that has quietly shaped governments, courts, and legal systems around the world. The LL.M. program at HLS doesn’t often make headlines.
Harvard Law School Is Looking for a New Dean. Here’s What You Need To Know.
I n one of his first actions as Harvard’s 31st president, Alan M. Garber ’76 permanently appointed longtime Harvard Law School Dean John F. Manning ’82 to serve as the University’s provost — creating a vacancy at the helm of HLS for the first time in seven years. Garber and Manning will officially launch the search for the Law School’s 14th dean this month, with Manning expected to be heavily involved in picking his successor at the helm of one of Harvard’s most powerful graduate schools.
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