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2025-08-20 09:35
Sheila R. Canby, who shaped the study of Islamic art, dies at 76
TEHRAN - The world of Islamic art history is mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished figures, Sheila R. Canby, who passed away this week.
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2025-05-28 21:39
Harvard agrees in settlement to relinquish early photos of slaves
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.
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2025-05-27 21:21
Trump administration moves to cut $100 million in federal contracts for Harvard
The Trump administration is asking federal agencies to cancel contracts with Harvard University worth about $100 million, a senior administration official said Tuesday, intensifying the president’s clash with the nation’s oldest and wealthiest university, AP reported.
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2025-05-24 20:36
Federal judge blocks Trump admin from barring foreign student enrollment at Harvard
A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from cutting off Harvard’s enrollment of foreign students, an action the Ivy League school decried as unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands, AP reported.
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2025-05-23 20:14
By Sahar Dadjoo
Trump’s war on Harvard
Trump targets academic freedom, civil discourse and viewpoint diversity
TEHRAN - Since the beginning of his second term, President Trump has stepped up his war against elite American universities, claiming that they foster antisemitism and leaning toward certain ideologies.
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2025-05-20 22:25
US terminates $60 million in Harvard grants over alleged anti-Semitism
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said on Monday that it was terminating $60 million in federal grants to Harvard University, saying the Ivy League institution failed to address anti-Semitic harassment and ethnic discrimination on campus, Reuters reported.
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2025-05-04 22:47
By Mohammad Mehdi Imanipour
Four major cognitive errors of the White House
TEHRAN - The U.S. government's pressures on Harvard University and other educational institutions in the country have entered harsher and more overt stages.
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2025-04-22 22:23
Harvard sues Trump admin over threats to cut more than $2b in funding
Harvard sued U.S. President Donald Trump's administration Monday in a sharp escalation of the fight between the prestigious university and the Republican, who has threatened its funding and sought to impose outside political supervision, AFP reported.
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2025-04-14 21:50
Harvard faculty sue Trump administration over funding cuts threat
Harvard University faculty sued the Trump administration on Friday over a federal assessment of the school’s spending amid allegations of their “failure” to protect students from antisemitism, The Hill reported.