Year: 2025

Dear colleagues, In my email on May 16, I shared details of our Research Continuity Funding (RCF) program that supports FAS faculty research activities related to mass-terminated federal grants for the upcoming year (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026). Today, I write to announce updates to that program that have been recommended by the…Continue Reading Updated FAS Research Continuity Support

Dear colleagues, As President Garber shared in his message this afternoon (see below), the District Court has granted Harvard’s motion for a temporary restraining order as the University begins its legal challenge to the federal government’s unlawful and unwarranted action. While the move to strip Harvard of its SEVP status is paused for now, I am writing…Continue Reading FW: An Update on Supporting Our International Students and Scholars

Dear colleagues, Over the past several days, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), like other Schools at Harvard, has received a wave of termination notices for federally sponsored research grants from multiple agencies, including NIH, NSF, DoD, and DoE. In the coming days, Principal Investigators (PIs) with grants subject to termination notices will be…Continue Reading FAS Research Continuity Support

Dear Members of the FAS Community, It is with excitement and profound gratitude that I write to announce that David Deming, Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy at the Harvard Kennedy School, professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Faculty Dean of Kirkland House, will serve as the next Danoff…Continue Reading Danoff Dean of Harvard College

Dear colleagues, Earlier today, President Garber shared the final reports from the Presidential Task Forces on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias and Combating Anti-Muslim, Anti-Arab, and Anti-Palestinian Bias. I am deeply grateful for the hard work of faculty, staff, and student members on both task forces, including members of the FAS community. These are substantial documents, the result…Continue Reading Update on Presidential Task Forces

Dear colleagues, Last week, President Garber described the steps Harvard is taking to defend our University against unprecedented demands by the federal government that seek to dictate what we can teach, whom we can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry we can pursue. As the President noted, these demands are unlawful and beyond…Continue Reading Facing the Challenges Ahead