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The email landed at 10 minutes to midnight on a Friday in early April—a more menacing email than Alan Garber had imagined. The Harvard president had been warned that something was coming. His university had drawn the unwanted and sustained attention of the White House,
A Massachusetts judge hasn't ruled on Harvard's lawsuit against the Trump administration, but she did make some pointed comments on Monday.
The Trump administration’s attack on Harvard University is an unprecedented campaign by the U.S. government against an institution of higher education.
Alan M. Garber, an economist and physician who is Harvard University's provost and chief academic officer, will serve as interim president after Claudine Gay resigned Tuesday.
Alan M. Garber ’76’s first semester in Harvard’s top job would have tested even the most battle-hardened university president — and technically, he was not even the real president.
Alan Garber will serve as Harvard’s president for another three years. ... Dr. Garber’s ties to Harvard stretch more than a half-century, since he became an undergraduate student there in 1973.
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He was ready to disappear from university leadership.Anyway, an aging white man didn’t fit the brief. Harvard was preparing to defend itself in the Supreme Court in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard,
Harvard University is undergoing major restructuring under new President Alan Garber, amid political pressure from Donald Trump and internal dissent. Following Claudine Gay’s resignation, Garber faces federal scrutiny over alleged antisemitism and liberal bias.