Washington Worries
Challenges to endowments and philanthropyJohn S. RosenbergMarch-April 2017 washington-worriesChanges to federal policy on finance and higher education may pose significant risks to universities. U.S....
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University People
Harvard University Press director retiring and moreMarch-April 2017 university-peoplePress ChangesWilliam P. SislerPhotograph by Stu RosnerWilliam P. Sisler, director of Harvard University Press since...
View ArticleSanctions Scrutinized
Rethinking policy on Harvard social clubsJonathan ShawMarch-April 2017 sanctions-scrutinizedFollowing months of heated debate within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) over the policy of...
View ArticleFaculty Figures
Harvard faculty slow growth and gradual diversificationJohn S. RosenbergMarch-April 2017 faculty-figuresOne way the constraints on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) show up is in the relatively...
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Brevia
Harvard Law dean to depart and other news briefsMarch-April 2017 breviaLaw Leader’s LeavetakingMartha Minow, dean of Harvard Law School (HLS) since 2009, announced in January that she would step down...
View ArticleReporting on the Environment in Trump’s America
Reporting on the Environment in Trump’s AmericaOset Babür climate energy media trumpConversations about climate change are no longer limited to academics. Yesterday, members from various corners of the...
View ArticleLearning to Lose
Learning to LoseBailey Trela sharmila sen dumbartok oaks humanitiesI’ll begin, straight off, with losing.”As far as opening remarks go, those words wouldn’t seem to augur well for the ensuing speech....
View ArticleAs Schoenhof’s Shutters, a Look at the Square’s Independent Bookstores
As Schoenhof’s Shutters, a Look at the Square’s Independent BookstoresOset Babür schoenhofs closes in harvard squareOn March 25, Harvard Square will bid a final farewell to Schoenhof’s Foreign Books....
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"A Vast Slave Society"
Harvard conference explores universities' role in slaveryLydialyle Gibson"A Vast Slave Society"Throughout last Friday’s daylong conference at the Radcliffe Institute on slavery and its historical ties...
View ArticleHarvard College’s Cross-Charles Classes
Harvard class schedules change for AllstonJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard to change class schedules AllstonThe Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is nearing a vote that will transform, and standardize,...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg to Speak at Harvard Commencement
Mark Zuckerberg to speak Harvard CommencementJohn S. Rosenberg Mark Zuckerberg to speak Harvard CommencementThe University announced today that Mark Zuckerberg’06, co-founder and CEO of Facebook, will...
View ArticleObjecting to Student Oaths
Challenge to Harvard social-club oathsJohn S. Rosenberg Challenge to Harvard social-club oathsSince last spring, the College’s policy to sanction members of unrecognized single-gender social...
View ArticleWhy the Grad Student Union Election Is Still Contested
Graduate Student Union ChallengesMarina N. Bolotnikova Graduate Student Union Challenges Harvard’s graduate-student union election ended inconclusively last December. Although 1,456 students voted...
View Article“How War Has Made Us”
Harvard President Drew Faust VietnamJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard President Drew Faust VietnamPresident Drew Faust has often described how the battle to achieve civil rights for African Americans shaped...
View ArticleSherry Turkle, Mark Doty, to Speak at Phi Beta Kappa Exercises
Harvard PBK literary exercises will feature Sherry Turkle and Mark DotySophia Nguyen pbk orator poet 2017writer Mark Doty and social psychologist Sherry Turkle will speak at this year’s Phi Beta Kappa...
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Harvard social club sanctions updateJohn S. Rosenberg Harvard social club sanctions updateControversy over the College’s policy to sanction students who join unrecognized single-gender social...
View ArticleWe’ve Heard All about Fake News—Now What?
We’ve Heard All about Fake News—Now What?Oset Babür fake news solutions berkman kleinThere has beenno shortage of events at Harvard on the public’s loss of trust in journalism and the prominence of...
View ArticleHarvard Dives Into Data Science
Harvard plans significant data science instituteJonathan Shaw data science instituteThe two faculty leaders of a new data-science initiative announced today that Harvard aims to build a significant...
View ArticleAshton Carter Returns to Kennedy School
Ashton Carter to Harvard Kennedy SchoolJohn S. Rosenberg Ashton Carter to Harvard Kennedy SchoolAshton B. Carter, who concluded his service as the twenty-fifth U.S. Secretary of Defense with the...
View ArticleHarvard College Admits 5.2 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2021
Harvard College Admits 5.2 Percent of Applicants to Class of 2021 harvard admissions class of 2021 5.2 percentHarvard College announced today that 2,056 students have been offered admission to the...
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