BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University will relinquish 175-year-old photographs believed to be the earliest taken of enslaved people to a South Carolina museum devoted to African American history as part of a settlement with one of the subjects’ descendants.

Harvard University has agreed to give up ownership of photos of an enslaved father and his daughter who were forced to be photographed in 1850 for a racist study by a professor trying to prove the inferiority of Black people to resolve a lawsuit by one of their descendants.

Paul Krugman argues that if Harvard crumbles under pressure from the Trump administration, the rest of Greater Boston's economy could crumble with it.

Petrova was charged with smuggling earlier this month as U.S. District Judge Christina Reiss in Burlington set the hearing date on her petition. Reiss ruled Wednesday that the immigration officers’ actions were unlawful, that Petrova didn’t present a danger, and that the embryos were non-living, non-hazardous and “posed a threat to no one.”

Harvard University, in a rare move, has revoked the tenure and terminated the employment of renowned ethics professor Francesca Gino.

A federal judge said a Harvard researcher who was charged in connection with undeclared frog embryos brought to the United States from France was unlawfully detained.

Harvard Business School has announced the 2025-2026 cohort of its Leadership Fellows Program. The program is based on University Professor Michael Porter’s vision of developing a network of HBS graduates with cross-sector experience who are committed to addressing societal issues throughout their careers.

The Harvard Square Business Association is pushing the idea of an events and entertainment space in the abandoned tunnel used by MBTA trains before the Red Line extension in the 1980s.

The Trump administration has moved to terminate the federal government’s remaining federal contracts with Harvard University, the latest escalation in an ongoing feud between the university and the government.