Tilly Robinson

And (as I return from my Twitter hiatus) I wanted to congratulate @dhruvtkpatel, @camsrivastava, and @laurelmshugart on their powerhouse first week as The Crimson's top editors. The paper is in excellent hands.

Read @HugoChiassonn and @EliseSpenner on Alan Garber's newly open-ended mandate as Harvard president. In @thecrimson, which is, as always, the best place to follow what's happening within Harvard's gates: thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

On Trump's mind during today's Cabinet meeting: Harvard. The president told Ed Sec Linda McMahon to accept "nothing less than $500 million" in settlement payments from the University. @saketh_sundar in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/8…

Rozhan Rasti speaks 5 languages, codes in 3, and was admitted to Harvard's Class of 2029 this spring. But Trump's travel ban on Iran has left her waiting across the ocean as her peers arrive on campus. @camsrivastava & @samuelachurch in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/8…

Administrators said the Black Lives Matter lettering violates Harvard's new campus use rules, which require "exhibits/displays" to receive written approval. But the campus curator is interested in archiving it as "an important piece of Harvard cultural ephemera."

In 2020, two Harvard biology professors put letters spelling "Black Lives Matter" in their office windows. Five years later, Harvard is planning to take the message down. via @williamcmao and @VeronicaHPaulus in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/8…

Read @cghennigan and @MeganBlonigen on how fights inside the Harvard Law Review turned it into a focal point for national debates on DEI, meritocracy, and the Israel-Palestine conflict — and a political football for the Trump administration.

SCOOP: North Carolina will cut Medicaid rates by 3% for all providers effective Oct. 1 in response to a shortfall in the state budget. Some, like behavioral therapy for patients with autism, will see cuts of 10%. Read the letter from the NCDHHS Secretary: ncnewsline.com/2025/08/13/nor…

Harvard invests in gold and Bitcoin ETFs in Q2 2025 via @saketh_sundar in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/8…

Noteworthy: Harvard's accreditor asked the University to provide a report on the Trump admin's finding in June that it violated civil rights law. via @williamcmao in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/8…

Read this in-depth account of Harvard's dismantling of the Religion and Public Life program, by @SebastianC4784 and Julia Karabolli in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/8…

Major administrative restructuring at Harvard's antidiscrimination offices this a.m. as the University unifies its Title VI and Title IX compliance programs @dhruvtkpatel and @graceunkyoon in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/8…

Garber said talks with the White House have been off-and-on, and the University could still decide to pursue a resolution in court. Did not rule out the possibility of a negotiated settlement.

Alan Garber told faculty Harvard is not currently considering a $500m settlement with Trump, per sources @williamcmao and @VeronicaHPaulus in @thecrimson w/ the scoop yesterday: thecrimson.com/article/2025/8…

INBOX: Harvard to hand over most employees' I-9 forms to Dept of Homeland Security in response to subpoena @samuelachurch and @camsrivastava in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

NEW: Days before sending the demands that prompted Harvard to back out of talks in April, the Trump admin floated an even more aggressive agenda. The confidential memo was released in lawsuit docs last week. @dhruvtkpatel @graceunkyoon in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

Winthrop House — an undergrad dorm at Harvard College — will keep its name but lose its association with John Winthrop, thought to be a slaveowner. via @samuelachurch and @camsrivastava in @thecrimson, more TK: thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

Students staying in Harvard dorms are facing the summer heat without AC. What's it like? "I feel like a rotisserie chicken every night." "I can't really sleep." "You kind of feel suffocated." via @MeganBlonigen in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

In Cambridge news: The City Council learned of allegations that Councilor Paul Toner patronized a brothel network more than a year before his name became public in the case. via @ShawnBoehmer and @JackBReardon in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…

Several Harvard graduate schools shuttered their diversity, equity, and inclusion offices over the past two weeks, as the Trump administration has broadly painted them as illegal. @williamcmao, @VeronicaHPaulus, and @EliseSpenner report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/7…