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Sunday, May 3, 2026

Will Harvard Continue to Lead the Charge? - Part 156

From the Harvard Crimson: The Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study implemented a series of staffing cuts Wednesday, laying off employees and reducing positions as it grapples with mounting financial uncertainty. The Institute laid off four employees, shifted three staff members to part-time roles, and eliminated eight vacant positions, according to a Radcliffe employee familiar with the matter.

In [an] email to staff — which was obtained by The Crimson — Radcliffe Institute Dean Tomiko Brown-Nagin described the decision as “painful,” citing “a wide range of federal actions targeting Harvard, cost pressures, and market volatility.” She said Harvard’s central administration had directed units to pursue “structural cuts.”

“We will operate with substantial financial uncertainty for the foreseeable future — years, not months — and we have been asked to respond accordingly,” Brown-Nagin wrote... 

Full story at https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/4/30/radcliffe-layoffs/.

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