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Analysis Reveals Disparity in House Committee Budgets
Eliot’s House committee plans to spend about $120 per every undergraduate resident this year, while Adams’ House committee intends to spend about $70, a Crimson analysis of recently disclosed House budgets found.
Students Criticize Response to Emailed Death Threat
Several students raised questions about what they perceived as a lackluster outreach effort from College administrators and Harvard police at a discussion Tuesday night.
Yale Considers Proposal To Offer CS50 Next Fall
If the proposal is approved, Malan’s CS50 lectures would be streamed to Yale, where an on-the-ground instructor and support staff will hold standard sections and office hours, according to Yale Computer Science Department head Joan Feigenbaum.
Qatar and the FIFA World Cup 2020
Dr. Danyel Reiche, American University of Beirut Professor for Comparative Politics, speaks about Qatar's global role as a sports hub on Monday afternoon at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Bon Me Food Truck
Crowds of customers form around the Bon Me food truck at noon on Monday in the Science Center Plaza.
Dinner Event Focuses on Asian American Identity, Email Threat
The group discussed Asian American identity and the racially charged death threat emailed to some Harvard affiliates last weekend, among other topics.
Digging up Harvard Yard
Cristina S. Parajon '18 and Santiago Pardo '16 dig for buried artifacts in Harvard Yard. The Archaeology Fair was held by the Peabody Museum and the Semitic Museum on Oct. 5, 2014.
Account Linked to Death Threats Was Emailing Harvard Students for Months
A person who self-identified as Huy Dinh has repeatedly emailed College students as early as April from the same Google Mail address that sent a violent death threat to several hundred people Friday.
UC Approves Budget, Elects New Secretary
Few changes were made to this year’s budget, but the Council did debate how to allocate additional funds it will receive in revenue.
Nigerian Independence Day Feted at Gala
More than one hundred people attended a colorful gala, hosted by the Nigerian Students Association, on Saturday night at Wasserstein Hall.
'Food Better' Addresses Farmer, Buyer Disconnect
Harvard can take steps to reverse the growing separation between people and the farms that produce their food, panelists said at the Food Better Symposium on Friday.
Digging up Harvard Yard
Cristina S. Parajon '18 and Santiago Pardo '16 dig for buried artifacts in Harvard Yard on Sunday, during the archaeology fair hosted by the Peabody Museum and the Semitic Museum.
Chinese 'Power Couple' Defends Harvard Donation
Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin, who donated $15 million to the University last July, shared their views on education and philanthropy with hundreds of students on Wednesday.
Investigation Underway, Civil Rights Officers Visit Campus
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights is making visits to Harvard to investigate the College’s adherence to Title IX, according to members of the activist group that filed the complaint that precipitated the probe last spring.
In First Meeting, Committee Discusses Reevaluating Difficulty Score
Faculty members and undergraduates discussed revisiting the decision to no longer display course difficulty scores on Wednesday at a Committee for Undergraduate Education meeting.
First Town Hall Reflects Confusion about Gen Ed
The meeting was hosted in Eliot House by the committee tasked with reviewing the Gen Ed program and producing a report assessing its current state.
Affiliates Wear Yellow in Solidarity with Hong Kong Protesters
The action was originally conceived by Heather L. Pickerell ’15 as a chance for those on Harvard’s campus to raise awareness about the protests.
On Modes of Jewish Intellectual Life
Martin E. Jay, University of Berkeley professor of history, compares the childhoods of Walter Benjamin and Isaiah Berlin, major Jewish philosophers and intellectuals at the Center for European Studies on Monday.
EPS Field Trip
Wilson W. Kuhnel '16 explores the geological features of the Squantum Head coastline. Earth and Planetary Sciences 21: "The Dynamic Earth" took a field trip to North Quincy to identify minerals and sketch rock structures.
Resident Dean Name Change, Take 12
To save the College some time when it inevitably renames the resident dean position again, we've decided to offer up a few suggestions.
Unloading the Ad Board
Two major policy changes, approved in the span of just two months earlier this year, are set to overhaul the 124-year-old Administrative Board by next fall.
5 Questions with Pankaj Pradhan
Enjoying the improved dining hall menu this year? You can thank Pankaj Pradhan, the culinary artist behind The Red Lentil, a vegan and vegetarian restaurant in Watertown, Mass. This Summer, he shared his talents with Harvard University Dining Services to bring more flavor and variety to the dining halls. FM sat down with Pradhan for five questions about the collaboration.
Mather House Resident Dean Invents Portable Standing Desk
The StandStand, as Leafgren calls the wooden structure, is a portable set of three interlocking panels, easy to assemble and disassemble.
Official Resident Dean Title Changes Again
Resident deans—the administrators briefly known as House deans—will now be called Allston Burr Assistant Deans of Harvard College.