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Harvard ’28

Joined January 2021
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🚨NEW in @thecrimson: Jeffrey Epstein rented a house near Harvard for several years in the 90s, making sporadic visits and hosting a small circle of guests that included Ghislaine Maxwell and at least one young woman thecrimson.com/article/2026/…
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Claudine Gay is back. More than two years after her dramatic resignation, Gay will re-enter the classroom next fall to teach “What is a University?" — a selective course that will ask students to scrutinize Harvard and propose institutional reforms. thecrimson.com/article/2026/…
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🚨NEW in @thecrimson: Jeffrey Epstein rented a house near Harvard for several years in the 90s, making sporadic visits and hosting a small circle of guests that included Ghislaine Maxwell and at least one young woman thecrimson.com/article/2026/…
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The Hasty Pudding Institute of 1770 received at least $225,000 more in donations from sex offender Jeffrey E. Epstein than was previously known, according to Friday DOJ documents. @abbysgerstein, @amannmahajan, and @ClaireSimon report. thecrimson.com/article/2026/…
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.@thecrimson back at it again this PM with yet another scoop on Jeffrey Epstein and Larry Summers' relationship. Summers Named Successor Executor in 2014 Draft of Epstein’s Will, New Files Show thecrimson.com/article/2025/…
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SCOOP: In a survey of Harvard undergrads, 63% of question respondents — 582/925 — said the University should divest from Israel.
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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/…
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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.
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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/…
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SCOOP: Unreported July 5, 2019 exchanges — sent a day before Jeffrey Epstein’s arrest — show Larry Summers asking Epstein for advice about a woman whose career Summers said was shaped by his professional influence, calling himself her “economics mentor.” thecrimson.com/article/2025/…
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Devastating news about Teen Vogue, whose team was not only a friend of @genzforchange, but also dedicated to uplifting stories of young people that were otherwise going unreported. In an era of rampant censorship, it's awful to lose such a powerfully authentic and creative outlet
STATEMENT: (1 of 2) We strongly condemn @CondeNast's consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. ...
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The Harvard Undergraduate Association can now accept direct donations for club funding, following a $10,000 donation from a former UC member. The HUA has long struggled to meet the funding asks of student orgs. via @ClaireSimon and @nina_ejindu thecrimson.com/article/2025/…
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California is getting the Harvard treatment
EXCLUSIVE: Trump plans to sign a trio of resolutions Thursday to revoke California’s nation-leading vehicle emissions standards. “If it’s a day ending in Y, it’s another day of Trump’s war on California. We’re fighting back,” said a spokesperson for Newsom. politico.com/news/2025/06/10…
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There’s no bond quite like the bond that one makes commiserating with other commuters about their delayed bus/train
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this is bigger than One Direction breaking up i swear
TRUMP ON MUSK: DON'T KNOW IF WE'LL HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP ANYMORE
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So excited to be spending my summer as a Communications Intern at @Public_Citizen this summer! 🗳️☀️
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