Deirdre Fernandes

The state gave a Chicopee nonprofit $9.3 million to operate a homeless shelter. More than $1 million of it was paid to a grocery store, owned by a board member, that supplied meals.

A Globe analysis of financial aid data shows many US colleges and universities give quite generously to international undergraduate students.

Documents obtained by the Globe suggest that Center for Human Development failed to promptly report the allegations as required by its contract.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth once described closing minority achievement gaps as a “laudable goal.”

Following a whistle-blower complaint, the US State Department launched an inquiry into a little-known multimedia lab at Harvard.

Harvard has started to tighten its screening of foreign participants in its various programs and academic events, particularly those held abroad.

In response to Globe questions, Harvard announced a new review of those with university ties who are also mentioned in the recently released Epstein emails.

The images include pictures of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, academic Noam Chomsky, and Trump adviser Steve Bannon, among others.

The state has capacity for 2.6 times the number of families it is accommodating — leaving 2,351 vacancies last month.

Some of Epstein’s ties to the school were hiding in plain sight, yet Harvard officials missed or looked past them during their 2019 probe.