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Covering Longwood for @thecrimson

Joined December 2025
HMS faculty offered diverging views on the school’s revised mission statement — which removed an explicit reference to diversity and inclusion — as some supported the change, while others denounced it. @RiyaShah233 and @JulianaYao298 report. thecrimson.com/article/2026/…
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An HMS working group on open inquiry found that students and faculty frequently self-censor on controversial topics and recommended a series of changes to strengthen classroom and laboratory discourse. @RiyaShah233 and @JulianaYao298 report. thecrimson.com/article/2026/…
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HMS Dean George Daley defended the school’s decision to remove a reference to diversity and inclusion from its mission statement, saying it produced a “leaner” document without retreating from values. @RiyaShah233 and @JulianaYao298 report. thecrimson.com/article/2026/…
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Harvard Medical School assistant professor Christopher Palmer said Secretary of Health RFK Jr. overstated his research when claiming that Palmer had “cured schizophrenia using keto diets." @RiyaShah233 and @JulianaYao298 report. thecrimson.com/article/2026/…
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HMS instructor Sylvia Fogel was named chair of the federal Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, taking on leadership amid a renewed — and controversial — national push to reshape autism research. @RiyaShah233 and @JulianaYao298 report. thecrimson.com/article/2026/…
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