Highlighted in Academe, the AAUP–Harvard Faculty Chapter has grown more than 600% since 2024, defending faculty rights, challenging administrative overreach, and protecting academic freedom through advocacy, litigation, and campus-wide organizing.

After a court victory, Harvard researchers were told some grants were being restored. But the battle over whether the government can halt the money is probably not over.

The A.A.U.P. is, for now, pressing forward with its own lawsuit against the Trump administration, even as Harvard would be likely to resolve, as part of any deal with the White House, the two federal court cases it filed.

Lawsuit filed along with motion for temporary restraining order calls threats an existential ‘gun to the head’

Cambridge officials, residents, and members of the Harvard community braved the cold and rain Saturday for a rally on the Cambridge Common calling on Harvard University to push back on new demands by the Trump administration. The Cambridge City Council partially sponsored the demonstration.

Harvard professors are suing the Trump administration over its review of about $9 billion in federal funding for the university following pro-Palestine protests, calling the move a “gun to the head.” In the lawsuit, the professors argue that reviewing the funding is discriminatory and undermines free speech.