Harvard offers over 100 free online courses in subjects like Python programming, artificial intelligence, machine learning, databases, and more.
Staff told Harvard's student newspaper that they were not given any advance notice of the decision to lay off staff and outsource research to a nonprofit.
Harvard University laid off the staff members of its Slavery Remembrance Program on Thursday and outsourced the program.
Harvard abruptly laid off its Slavery Remembrance Program staff, who were tasked with identifying direct descendants of people enslaved by Harvard affiliates.
Harvard, which has seen its campus erupt in pro-Hamas demonstrations after the terror group launched its Oct. 7 attacks, has settled two separate lawsuits alleging antisemitic discrimination brought by The Louis Brandeis Center and the other filed by Students Against Antisemitism and Shabbos Kestenabaum.
Critics say the definition Harvard adopted conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism and could chill pro-Palestinian speech.
Harvard University had to be dragged to court to make some small changes to prevent antisemitic outbursts on campus.
A program at Harvard University meant to identify the descendants of people previously enslaved by university affiliates has been outsources, while its staff was terminated, a report said.
The scrapped lecture is the latest controversy for Harvard in what has been a week of turmoil for the Ivy League institution.
The No. 1 Boston College Eagles (17-4-1, 10-3-1 HE) men’s hockey team is looking to sweep its cross-town rival the No. 8 Boston University Terriers (13-8-1, 9-4-1 HE) at Conte Forum on Saturday night.
Many universities have been reluctant to embrace a definition that, among other things, considers some criticisms of Israel as antisemitic. The university’s decision was part of a lawsuit settlement.