Harvard To Pay $53 Million To Settle Body Parts Theft Lawsuits
Harvard University agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits over a former morgue manager's theft of donated body parts, the biggest of several fresh entanglements for the Cambridge school this week. Reuters reported the settlement Tuesday, while the South China Morning Post reports …
CAMBRIDGE — Harvard University has agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits tied to the theft of body parts by a former morgue manager, according to a Reuters report published Tuesday, the most consequential of several fresh stories touching the Cambridge-based university this week.
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"Harvard to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits over theft of body parts by ex-morgue manager": Harvard has reached a $53 million settlement resolving lawsuits over a former morgue manager accused of stealing and selling body parts from donated cadavers, Reuters reports. (read it at https://www.reuters.com/world/harvard-pay-53-million-settle-lawsuits-over-theft-body-parts-by-ex-morgue-2026-08-18/)
"Harvard, MIT among 30 US universities ordered to audit China research ties": Harvard and MIT are among 30 universities the federal government has directed to review their research partnerships with Chinese institutions, the South China Morning Post reports. (read it at https://amp.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3364485/harvard-mit-among-30-us-universities-ordered-audit-china-research-ties)
"Whistleblower says Trump's campus antisemitism probes were used as tool, lacked evidence": A whistleblower alleges the Trump administration task force that previously investigated Harvard over campus antisemitism relied on political pressure rather than solid evidence, according to the Times of Israel. (read it at https://www.timesofisrael.com/whistleblower-says-trumps-campus-antisemitism-probes-were-used-as-tool-lacked-evidence/)
"These Are The Best Public High Schools In MA For 2026-27: U.S. News": U.S. News issued new rankings of Massachusetts' top public high schools based on six performance measures, according to Cambridge Patch. (read it at https://patch.com/massachusetts/cambridge/s/kn42f/these-are-the-best-public-high-schools-in-ma-for-2026-27-u-s-news)
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