As a member of Harvard College’s class of 2024, Shruthi Kumar went off script during her senior English address at Harvard’s commencement, acknowledging the 13 seniors barred from graduating and expressing indignation at Harvard’s response to the pro-Palestinian encampment.
Noah Kassis is a rising senior at Harvard College and has played an active role in facilitating open conversations with the Harvard community about the Palestinian liberation movement.
Rabbi Hirschy Zarchi founded the Harvard chapter of Chabad in 1997 and remains president of the organization. He also serves as the Jackie and Omri Dahan Harvard Chabad Jewish Chaplain at Harvard.
Professor Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology and the Co-President of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard University. He has been an outspoken critic of the pro-Palestinian campus protests.
Steven Levitsky is a political scientist and professor of Latin American studies and government at Harvard University. He is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller “How Democracies Die,” which he co-authored with Daniel Ziblatt.
Nuriel Vera-DeGraff and Shraddha Joshi are two Harvard College students being disciplined by the College due to their involvement in pro-Palestine movements at Harvard.