Harvard announced two leadership changes at campus centers this week. The university replaced the director of a public-health affiliated center after criticism that the center’s programming had shown bias on Israel-Palestine; a separate FXB Center director, Mary Bassett, said she will step down Jan. 9 and shift the center’s emphasis toward children’s health, with Kari Nadeau named interim director. Harvard officials tied both moves to broader efforts to recalibrate programming and governance after outside reviews and public scrutiny. For boards, development officers and academic leaders, the departures underscore heightened political scrutiny of campus centers and the operational challenge of balancing scholarly work, donor relations and external pressures—especially around programming tied to contested global issues.