Academics
Homeless Invited to Speak in Lecture
A typical Harvard course may host renowned authors, environmentalists, and politicians from around the world, but the speakers featured in Thursday’s Sociology 149: “Inequality, Poverty, and Wealth in Comparative Perspective” spend most of their time on the streets right outside the campus gates.
Art for the Ages
This week, FM emailed professors to find out which artistic work in their field they think most shaped history.
Administration Makes Changes To Cope with Cheating Scandal
College administrators are bringing in extra help and shifting their priorities as they seek to balance new responsibilities stemming from Harvard’s sweeping cheating investigation with their normal job duties in University Hall.
Football Team Responds to Cheating Allegations
Limited by privacy laws and a desire for team privacy, Murphy provided few specifics or details about the investigation into alleged cheating in last spring’s Government 1310: “Introduction to Congress” class and its possible effect on the Harvard football team, but Murphy defended the character of his team as a whole.
CS 50 Office Hours To Move To Annenberg
Starting this semester, Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I” office hours will be held in Annenberg to facilitate interaction between students and the course staff.
Past Tense: Radcliffe, Cheating, and the Honor Code
The awkward wedge between the Harvard and Radcliffe policies was centered on the Radcliffe honor system that governed student life at the women’s college.
Ad Board Reform of 2010 Led to More Options, More Dishonesty Cases
Due to a change approved by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in May 2010, the Ad Board has additional, arguably less severe, ways to punish students which it may use for anyone found guilty of illicit collaboration in Government 1310.
New Dean To Address Academic Integrity
Just days before Harvard announced its most sweeping plagiarism investigation in recent memory, the College tapped Brett Flehinger, resident dean of Lowell House and a lecturer in the history department, to fill a recently-created position in the College administration addressing academic integrity.
Professors Emphasize Collaboration Policies on First Day of Shopping Week
Students muddling through their first day of shopping period encountered a change when several professors chose to highlight collaboration policies while introducing their courses this Tuesday.
GSAS Appoints New Dean
Meng will replace classics professor Richard J. Tarrant, who has served as interim dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science’s graduate school since Dean Allan M. Brandt stepped down in February due to poor health.
Students Create Another Course-Shopping Website
Freshman roommates Ben S. Kuhn '15 and Billy A. Janitsch '15 say that their new site, Harvard-Class.com, will bring course searching into modern times.
Harvard Introduces First Gen Ed Curriculum, Travels to Nixon's Kitchen Debate, and Hosts Olympic Soccer
Every week, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
"Queer Exodus" from Harvard Subject of Facebook Discussion
As Harvard’s first-ever permanent director of bisexual, gay, lesbian, transgender, and queer student life starts work this week, all is not well according to gay and lesbian employees at Harvard.
Course Catalog for 2012-13 Now Available
For those looking to get a head start on Pre-Term Planning, which opens on June 4, the course catalog for the 2012-13 academic year is now available via the Registrar's website. Among the thousands of different courses offered in Harvard's 46 varying concentrations, a few stand out. For your reading enjoyment, we've chosen two that we find particularly interesting.