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Student or Worker?
Over the past year, both the graduate student unionization movement and the opposition to it have become stronger and more sophisticated, with no clear signs of letting up.
HSPH Set to Replace Doctor of Science with Ph.D. Program
After partnering with the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the five Doctor of Science programs at the School of Public Health will be replaced by a singular Ph.D. in Population Health Sciences.
GSC Plans to Keep Council Open to Unionization Debate
Having concluded a year of lengthy discussion about graduate student unionization, leaders of the Graduate Student Council say they hope to keep dialogue open among graduate students as they look to the next academic year.
Grad Students Rally for Harvard to Remain Neutral in Union Effort
Staging a rally and delivering a letter to University President Drew G. Faust’s office, graduate students on Thursday demanded that Harvard remain neutral and not interfere as they push for the right to form a union.
New Visa Policy Aids International STEM Students
For Harvard's international students, remaining in the United States after graduation can be complicated.
GSAS Writing Center
The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will open a writing center for graduate students in the offices located on the second floor of Dudley House.
GSAS to Launch New Writing Center Next Fall
The center will be staffed by a director and three writing fellows, who will specialize in the sciences, arts and humanities, and the social sciences respectively.
Grad Student Council Condemns Amicus Brief Against Unionization
Clashing over issues ranging from the meaning of true democracy to the role of the Graduate Student Council, graduate students voted to pass a hotly contested resolution to condemn Harvard’s filing of a joint amicus brief against graduate student unionization at this month’s GSC meeting.
Graduate Students Rally Outside Mass. Hall for More Diversity
Demanding more diversity in Harvard’s doctoral programs, members of the graduate student unionization effort, along with undergraduates and university employees, rallied for the formation of a collective bargaining unit just steps away from University President Drew G. Faust’s office last Friday.
Grad Student Union Effort Rallies Outside Mass Hall
To demand a fix for the “leaky pipeline,” members of the graduate student unionization effort, along with undergraduates and university employees, rallied just steps away from University President Drew G. Faust’s office for the formation of a collective bargaining unit on Friday.
Grad Union Effort Pushes for More STEM Money
In an effort to combat stagnant science research funding, members of the Harvard graduate student union effort are publicizing a petition asking the 2016 presidential candidates to prioritize STEM funding a part of their platforms.
Contested Unionization Effort Tries to Drum Up Support
Members of the Harvard graduate student union effort formally launched the campaign “Working for a Healthy Harvard” last Wednesday in order to promote visibility for the issues graduate students face and to drum up support for their movement to unionize.
Ph.D. Students Air Concerns to GSAS Administrators
About 20 Ph.D. students in the Graduate School of Design and the History of Art and Architecture Department met with administrators on Wednesday to review student benefits and relay frustrations to the graduate school leadership.
GSAS Increases Stipend for Ph.D. Students by 3 Percent
At the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Ph.D. student stipends have climbed annually by at least three percent for the past six years.
Harvard Graduate Students: The Faces Behind Union Effort
Even students from schools as different as the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and the Medical School share many of the same concerns, ranging from health benefits and financial stability to teaching position availability.
Graduate Student Council Vice President Condemns Amicus Brief
The vice president of the Graduate Student Council condemned Harvard's filing of an amicus brief against graduate student unionization in a proposal presented at the group's monthly meeting Wednesday.