The mother of a 21-year-old man who was fatally shot in a Harvard dormitory three years ago claims that Harvard’s negligence in allowing a drug dealer to live in Lowell for months led to the wrongful death of her son.

As 2011 comes to an end, The Crimson looks back at the most important events at Harvard over the year.

Blayn Jiggetts, one of three men found guilty of the murder that took place in a Harvard dormitory two years ago, was sentenced to 9 to 12 years in prison.

Former Harvard student Brittany J. Smith pleaded guilty Friday to five of the six counts related to the 2009 shooting in Kirkland House and was sentenced to three years in prison.

A change of plea hearing has been set for Sept. 30 in the case of Brittany J. Smith—the former Harvard student charged as an accessory in the May 2009 killing of a Cambridge drug dealer.

A judge has denied Brittany J. Smith’s motion to dismiss charges for her involvement in the May 2009 shooting in Kirkland House.

For Brittany J. Smith and many others whose lives were touched by the 2009 Kirland shooting, the tragic saga is far from over.

Jason F. Aquino, one of three men implicated in the fatal 2009 shooting of Cambridge resident Justin Cosby in the basement of Kirkland House, was sentenced Monday to 18 to 20 years in prison.

Jabrai Jordan Copney—who was recently convicted of first-degree murder in the May 2009 Kirkland House shooting—was an aspring songwriter while growing up in New York City. He attended the Dr. Susan S. McKinney Secondary School of the Arts and chose not to go to college in order to pursue a career in music, according to his trial attorney John A. Amabile.