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The Harvard College Housing Office granted winter session campus housing to international students on financial aid Monday, just one week after the Office rejected students’ appeals — and around 48 hours after @thecrimson wrote about the rejections. thecrimson.com/article/2024/1…

Harvard custodians tasked with shoveling the blizzard struggled to find sleeping space in between shifts Sunday night — leaving many in common rooms, custodial closets, and on the floor. With @tmbierwerth for @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2026/2…

NEW: Larry Summers will resign from all academic and faculty appointments at Harvard at the end of the academic year in what may be the denouement of an extraordinary public unraveling over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. thecrimson.com/article/2026/2…

The city of Somerville indefinitely closed Kuya Jay’s Ube Kafe — known for their vibrant Filipino treats — on Monday. Sources I spoke with say the city’s licensing process kills family businesses before they can even open. Exclusive in @GBHNews today: wgbh.org/news/local/202…

Under iconic string lights, hundreds of Black Friday shoppers sipped hot chocolate and browsed local vendors’ booths at Boston’s SoWa winter festival today. Hear from organizers and small business owners about what makes the market special in @GBHNews: wgbh.org/culture/2025-1…

“We’re really good at attracting the attention of Mr. Trumpy-Wumpy and his friends,” Harvard lecturer Andrew Berry said in his annual Yale roast. Harvard's rival has not received the same scrutiny, he said. “Yale is just not worth bothering with,” Berry quipped. @thecrimson:

Read this story, and all of @ClaireSimon's scoops from this week, in @thecrimson: thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

SCOOP: In a survey of Harvard undergrads, 63% of question respondents — 582/925 — said the University should divest from Israel.

Local residents testified at the statehouse yesterday against the use of electric shock therapy on people with disabilities. “You have to stop this. Because it’s tortuous to your mind and body,” one speaker said to the legislators present. @GBHNews wgbh.org/news/local/202…

Dozens gathered at Boston City Hall in anticipation of the city’s 26th transgender day of remembrance tomorrow. “Trans Day of Remembrance essentially boils down to a love,” one attendee told me. @GBHNews wgbh.org/news/local/202…

Extremely true tweet! So proud of these guys

SCOOP in @thecrimson: Larry Summers will immediately stop teaching at Harvard while the University investigates his ties to Epstein. He's also resigning from his role as director of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government at HKS. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

BREAKING: Harvard students who responded to a survey question leaned “yes” on University divestment from Israel. @thecrimson thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

The numbers they provided to @thecrimson only show the % of total undergrads — not respondents — who said “yes,” divest. They did not share data on “no” or “undecided” responses to questions on disclosure or divestment.

Harvard’s student govt Election Commission withheld conclusive results to a survey question asking if Harvard should divest from Israel. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

Read the *full* story of how divestment got on the ballot in the College’s fall student govt election this week — more than 18 months after student activists’ first (nulled) referendum effort in April 2024. @ClaireSimon and @summerellenrose have the saga in @thecrimson.

Harvard students are voting today on whether the University should disclose its financial ties to and divest from Israel. Polls close at midnight. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

BREAKING: Former Harvard President Lawrence Summers told @thecrimson on Monday that he will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me.” Summers will continue to teach. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

EXCLUSIVE: Larry Summers tells @thecrimson he’s *stepping back* from all public commitments in light of his messages w/ Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.” He will continue teaching. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement. Crimson News Staff report. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…

NEW: Former Harvard President Larry Summers sought extensive advice from Epstein about a woman he described as his professional mentee. “U r better at understanding Chinese women than at probability theory,” Summers wrote weeks before Epstein's arrest. thecrimson.com/article/2025/1…