The Harvard Plan: Jay & Alan

NPR / Radio Ambulante Estudios· Nov 24, 2025· 51m 11s

Harvard president Alan Garber and National Institutes of Health head Jay Bhattacharya are two main characters at the heart of the national fight over the future of academia. Alan Garber has been cast as the defender of academic freedom and democracy; Jay Bhattacharya is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the NIH, the agency withholding billions of dollars in research grants from Harvard. Oddly enough, the two men go way back: Garber was Bhattacharya’s undergraduate thesis advisor and mentor in the late

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Bienvenidos al programa. Soy su presentador.
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Hoy analizamos las principales noticias de la semana.
Today we look at the main news of the week.
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Empezamos en Europa, donde los líderes se reunieron en Bruselas.
We start in Europe, where leaders met in Brussels.
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La cumbre se centró en política energética y migración.
The summit focused on energy policy and migration.
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Nuestro corresponsal informa desde el lugar.
Our correspondent reports from the scene.
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Gracias. El ambiente aquí fue tenso pero constructivo.
Thank you. The mood here was tense but constructive.
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