FAS Administration
After Critique, College Reevaluates Hall Common Rooms
Undergraduates are critical of the hallway common rooms featured in recent House renovations at the expense of private space.
Two Years In, FAS Campaign Focuses on Struggling Priorities
The fundraising drive will now focus on priorities that have received fewer donations, namely house renewal and funding for new teaching techniques.
Honor Council Members Adjust Schedules as Hearings Begin
Undergraduate members of the Honor Council—the student-faculty body tasked with enforcing the honor code—are adjusting their schedules as the Council hears its first slate of academic integrity cases.
For Gen Ed, Harvard Faculty Oppose a System Like Yale's
As the College reviews its General Education program that is “failing on a variety of fronts,” its New Haven rival has maintained a set of distribution requirements as its core curriculum.
Grad Student Union Effort Joins With United Auto Workers
The union of Harvard graduate students must expand its membership to include a simple majority of Graduate School of Arts and Sciences students as part of the legal requirements to form a union.
Following Rise in Teaching Awards, Some Question Criteria
In the last 15 years, recipients for the Certificate of Distinction for TFs, TAs, and CAs has increased dramatically, from 350 in the spring of 1999 to 513 in the spring of 2015.
In the Wake of Sexual Assault Survey, Faculty Assess Their Role
While the roles of administrators and students in addressing issues of sexual assault are scrutinized, faculty members are unsure of their own role in solving an issue that affects so many of their students.
Overall Target in Reach, Smaller Campaign Goals Remain
An internal report shows that some fundraising areas in the Harvard Campaign still have a ways to go, even as it approaches its overall $6.5 billion goal.
Harvard’s Capital Campaign Crosses $6 Billion Mark
Harvard has raised more than $6 billion in gifts and pledges in its capital campaign, charging still closer to its public goal of $6.5 billion.
SEAS Gains a 'Bumper Crop' of Eight Faculty Members
The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has brought in eight new professors this fall, plus its new dean, the largest addition to the school's faculty in the last five years.
UC Website Down After Summer Cyber Attack
According to the Undergraduate Council's technology chair, the UC's official website was one of the servers affected by a cyber attack this summer.
Ec 10 and CS50 Compete for Largest Enrollment Numbers
Economics 10a: “Principles of Economics” had enrolled just barely more undergraduates than Computer Science 50: “Introduction to Computer Science I” with 701 undergraduates compared to 697, respectively.
Committee Will Present Draft Gen Ed Proposal This Month
The committee has worked for the past year soliciting feedback about general education at the College and, at the end of last semester, presented an interim report of recommendations on how to change what it has deemed a “failing” program.
Curtain Rises on 'Theater, Dance, and Media' Concentration
Martin Puchner said the fall offerings unite the academic study of dramatic literature with practical experience.
Graduate Student Union Leaders Try to Recruit New Members
Leaders of a group of Harvard graduate students seeking to unionize made a pitch for new members at the fall's first Graduate Student Council meeting.
