“This is notable in part because Harvard's graduate student workers have gone on strike twice in the last several years in part over their low pay from the university. It's also notable because Harvard is one of the richest academic institutions in the world, and has the largest endowment of any university in the world, with around $50 billion under management.”

https://www.vice.com/en/article/93kwaa/harvard-tells-grad-students-to-get-food-stamps-to-supplement-the-unlivable-wages-it-pays-them