Crimson Courage

Register now for a Crimson Courage webinar: What's the upshot? How research really works and how we can save it at Harvard. March 24 from 7:30-8:30pm EDT.

Register now! This webinar is limited to 1,000 guests and will not be recorded.

We'll take a close look at how research and grants work at Harvard and why the cuts from the Trump administration are so detrimental to the Harvard community.

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We’re working on it! We are finalizing a questionnaire (informed by the responses we received to our survey about what alumni want to know) and will publish candidates’ responses on our website.

February 26, 2026 Dear members of the Columbia community: This morning at approximately 6:30 a.m., federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security entered a Columbia Residential building and detained a student. We are working to gather more information, working to reach the family, and providing legal support. Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a "missing person." We are working to gather more details. It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including

It is important to reiterate that all law enforcement agents must have a judicial warrant or judicial subpoena to access non-public areas of the University, including housing, classrooms, and areas requiring CUID swipe access. An administrative warrant is not sufficient. If law enforcement agents seek entry to non-public areas of the University, ask the agents to wait to enter any non-public areas until contacting Public Safety. Public Safety will contact the Office of the General Counsel to coordinate the University's response. Do not allow them to enter or accept service of a warrant or subpoena. We will update our community as additional information becomes available. Sincerely,

BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained a student.

"Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.'"

US justice department sues Harvard over admissions records access Justice department accuses university of failing to comply with government’s request for over 10 months

Thanks for giving us the last word @us.theguardian.com! Our quote reads in part: "As usual, the Trump administration is misusing the legal system to impose its views and values on Harvard in an attempt to control its institutional autonomy and academic freedom.'"

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Dear Ms. Wolfe, Petitioner-Appellee Rümeysa Öztürk submits this Rule 28(j) letter to advise the Court that on January 29, 2026, the immigration court held that the Department of Homeland Security had not met its burden of proving removability, and the immigration court thereby terminated removal proceedings against Ms. Öztürk.' This development underscores the dangers of the government's interpretation of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Under the government's view, it could punitively detain any noncitizen in retaliation for her speech for many months, so long as it simultaneously institutes removal proceedings—no matter how unmeritorious—all without any federal court review of the lawfulness of detention at any time. To be clear, the termination of Ms. Öztürk's removal proceedings does not moot her habeas case. (By contrast, as Ms. Öztürk has argued, this appeal is moot. Br. 18-20.) Without habeas jurisdiction and the bail order that is currently in place, any government appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals would again subject Ms. Öztürk to re-detention. See 8 C.F.R. § 1003.6(a). For that reason, she continues to suffer the threat of continuing "now-or-never" First and Fifth Amendment harms. Br. in Opp. 55-57.

NEW: An immigration court has terminated removal proceedings against Tufts doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk, finding that DHS did not meet its burden of establishing that she was removable, her lawyers tell the Second Circuit. live-awp-vermont.pantheonsite.io/app/uploads/...

Opinion | Universities are sending Trump a dangerous message Higher education is under attack. Drop the appeasement.

Today's op-ed by Arne Duncan (U.S. secretary of education 2009-2015) and David Pressman (U.S. ambassador to Hungary 2022-2025) says that "American universities... face a threat to their independence unmatched in modern U.S. history." We agree wholeheartedly.

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Trump demands $1 billion from Harvard President Trump is now demanding $1 billion from Harvard University, after a New York Times report that he was dropping a key ask from the university.

Crimson Courage co-chair @pattynolan.bsky.social was interviewed today on @wbur.org’s Here & Now about Crimson Courage and Trump’s latest wild threats to levy a $1B fee and criminal charges against Harvard. Take a listen!

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#harvard #highereducation #academicfreedom

Thank you, @cornellcourage.bsky.social! ❤️✊

We join in solidarity w/ @crimsoncourage.bsky.social, calling on Harvard's leaders to standing up to unlawful pressure.

Americans must join together in getting universities to stand up to these attacks on our universities. Find the group for your alma mater here:
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Trump Is Said to Have Dropped Demand for Cash From Harvard

The NY Times reported that Trump was backing off from his $200M fine. Trump saw the report and had a tantrum: he is now threatening Harvard with a capricious and baseless $1B fine and criminal charges. Read the whole sordid tale in this gift article from the Times.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...

Screenshot of a video showing the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting at which they unanimously voted in favor of a resolution condemning the Trump Administration’s attack on higher education and affirming San Francisco’s commitment to protecting higher education from political interference.

In December the #SanFrancisco Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution condemning the Trump Administration’s attack on higher ed. & committing to protect against political interference.

Watch: sanfrancisco.granicus.com/player/clip/...

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In Private Letters, Harvard and Trump Administration Escalate Duel

The goalposts are moved yet again, and the clown show continues.

There is resistance in Gilead. Thank you @margaretatwood.bsky.social for recognizing academic freedom for all of higher education!
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Yale, Harvard get bids in Ivy debut in FCS field The Ivy League is participating in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the first time. The conference will be well represented as both Yale and Harvard were named to the 24-team field S...

Sigh. But hope springs eternal!

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Harvard/Yale Sign-on Letter 11-25 Made with Fillout, the best way to make forms, surveys and quizzes your audience will answer.

Thanks for your support and for sharing, @martywalz.bsky.social!

And thanks for signing our joint letter at crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...!

Pabst, Pamphlets and a Petition: A Harvard-Yale Tailgate in the Trump Era

Great piece on yesterday’s tailgate with Stand Up for Yale! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/u...

Please sign and share our joint letter: crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...

#HYjointhefight #harvard #yale #academicfreedom #thegame

Harvard/Yale Sign-on Letter 11-25 Made with Fillout, the best way to make forms, surveys and quizzes your audience will answer.

Please sign and share our joint letter, alums! crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...

So happy we were able to snap this shot at The Game, and grateful for our allies in academic freedom at Stand Up for Yale! Check out their website at standupforyale.org and alums of both schools please sign our joint letter at crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...

#TheGame #HYjointhefight

Agreed! Glad to be in that battle with Yale alums (and alums from every other college and university across the U.S. fighting to preserve their right to determine what they teach and whom they admit and hire)!

Thanks for your support, @gregggonsalves.bsky.social! Wish we could say that The Game has been as much of a pleasure as collaborating with Stand Up for Yale. 😢 #notlookinggreatforharvard #ouch

Watching The Game with the Harvard Club of Denmark

Joining the watch party at the Harvard Club of Boston

Shout/out to our volunteers representing at Harvard and Yale watch parties across the world! They’re collecting signatures on our joint letter to both universities’ administrations in support of academic freedom: please sign! crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...
#HYjointhefight #TheGame

Thanks to @senatorblumenthal.bsky.social for handing out stickers and telling us that it was “the most fun he’s had all year!” ❤️💙

Sign our joint Harvard/Yale alumni letter in support of academic freedom: crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...

#hyjointhefight #TheGame #Yale #Harvard

Look who popped by! Harvard AND Yale alum @gtconway.bsky.social. Thanks for joining us, George!
#HYjointhefight #harvard #yale #thegame

@gtconway.bsky.social thanks for popping by! @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social hope to see you, too. And thanks for the shout-out, @tremontpublic.bsky.social! ❤️💙

#HYjointhefight #harvard #yale

The rain has stopped and the H-Y (turkey/-bulldog) ❤️ is on 🔥… at least until kickoff!
#HYjointhefight #thegame #harvard #yale

Just in case you’re trying by to find us at the tailgates today, here’s a handy-dandy map! We’re here at tailgate 16 now: see you soon!

#HYjointhefight #thegame #harvard #yale

We’re getting ready to welcome tens of thousands of Harvard and Yale alums tomorrow at The Game! Stop by tailgate 16 to say hi, quaff a purple drink (crimson+blue, get it?), have a snack, and sign on to our joint alumni letter! crimsoncourage.fillout.com/yale-harvard...
#thegame #HYjointhefight

Good question - Miles Rapoport will be there and would love to see you (as would the rest of us)! Already confirmed: @blumenthal.senate.gov and @delauro.house.gov. Swing by! #HYjointhefight #thegame

Yale, Harvard alumni hosting tailgate for academic freedom at The Game Alumni groups Stand Up for Yale and Crimson Courage will host a joint tailgate to gather signatures for a letter they plan to send to their universities’ presidents about protecting academic freedom.

Stop by our tailgate with Stand Up for Yale at The Game on Saturday and sign our joint letter to both university’s leaders calling for a strong and principled defense of academic freedom.

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