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FILE - Graduating students hold Palestinian flags and chant as they walk out in protest over the 13 students who have been barred from graduating due to protest activities, during commencement in Harvard Yard, at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Harvard temporarily suspends library privileges for faculty involved in ‘study-in’ protests

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

FILE - Rowers paddle down the Charles River near the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., March 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Harvard University’s fundraising tumbles by 15% amid donor revolt over campus antisemitism

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A demonstrator sprays graffiti on a building on the UCLA campus, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)

Entrenched pro-Palestinian protests threaten to spoil college graduations, Biden addresses

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

This Nov. 13, 2008 file photo shows the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University said it has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th century book about the afterlife that has been in its collections since the 1930s. The decision came after a review found ethical concerns with the book's origin and history. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)

Harvard says it’s removed human skin from binding of 19th century book

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Students walk past the "Great Dome" atop Building 10 on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge, Mass, April 3, 2017. Two Jewish students on Thursday, March 7, 2024, filed a federal lawsuit against MIT accusing the university of allowing antisemitism on campus that has resulted in them being intimidated, harassed and assaulted. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Lawsuit filed against MIT accuses the university of allowing antisemitism on campus

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. In a letter Monday, Feb. 19, to the school community, Harvard University condemned what it called a “flagrantly antisemitic cartoon” posted on social media over the weekend by a group that includes students and faculty. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Harvard condemns student and faculty groups for posting antisemitic cartoon

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

People take photographs near a John Harvard statue, left, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

House committee sends subpoenas to Harvard officials over antisemitism investigation

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

A passer-by walks through a gate to the Harvard University campus, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University, struggling to manage the campus response to the Israel-Hamas war, announced plans Friday, Jan. 19, to create task forces to combat antisemitism and anti-Arab bias. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression rebukes Harvard with ‘lifetime censorship award’

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

A passer-by walks through a gate to the Harvard University campus, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University, struggling to manage the campus response to the Israel-Hamas war, announced plans Friday, Jan. 19, to create task forces to combat antisemitism and anti-Arab bias. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Harvard stokes fresh outcry over choice to head antisemitism task force

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - Harvard President Claudine Gay speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Dec. 5, 2023 in Washington. Harvard University has shed fresh light on the ongoing investigation into plagiarism accusations against former president Claudine Gay, including that an independent body recommended a broader review after substantiating some of the complaints. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, file)

Plagiarism probe finds some problems with former Harvard President Claudine Gay’s work

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. On Wednesday, Jan. 10, several Jewish students filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of becoming “a bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Lawsuit accuses Harvard of violating civil rights of Jewish students

By Michael Casey - Associated Press

People take photos near a John Harvard statue, left, on the Harvard University campus, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. On Wednesday, Jan. 10, several Jewish students filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing it of becoming “a bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment.” (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Harvard accused of ‘severe and pervasive’ antisemitism in lawsuit filed by Jewish students

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Attorney Jane Peachy, left, and client William Giordani, of Nashua, N.H., walk out of federal court in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Giordani, 55, accused of participating in a plot in which a caller issued bomb threats last year to Harvard University and demanded a large amount of bitcoin, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Wednesday. (AP Photo/Steve LeBlanc)

Man accused in Harvard bomb threat and extortion plot last year pleads guilty to a lesser charge

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Claudine Gay’s resignation should revive merit, undermine DEI programs

By John Tillman

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Letter to the editor: Harvard needs a new vision

Harvard President Claudine Gay, left, speaks as University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill listens, during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Media identifies villains in Harvard president’s downfall: Conservatives, of course

By Tim Murtaugh

Harvard University President Claudine Gay speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington. Gay resigned Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, amid plagiarism accusations and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing where she was unable to say unequivocally that calls on campus for the genocide of Jews would violate the school’s conduct policy. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) **FILE**

Media, academia seek to ‘redefine’ plagiarism after Claudine Gay allegations at Harvard

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

People take photographs near a John Harvard statue, left, Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024, on the campus of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

Culture battle over DEl rages after Harvard’s Gay resigns; defenders contend conservative bullying

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Then-U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker speaks during a news conference in the Commission Berlaymont building in Brussels, Belgium on July 12, 2016. The Biden administration has tapped former Commerce Secretary and major Democratic donor Penny Pritzker to coordinate U.S. efforts to channel private sector reconstruction assistance to Ukraine. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)

Biden counting on Penny Pritzker to help rebuild Ukraine despite debacle at Harvard

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Harvard President Claudine Gay speaks during a hearing of the House Committee on Education on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023, in Washington. The university presidents called before last week’s congressional hearing on antisemitism had more in common than strife on their campuses: The leaders of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT were all women who were relatively new in their positions. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

House panel widens Harvard probe to include President Claudine Gay plagiarism charges

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times