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International Graduate Students Petition Harvard for More Resources
The petition calls on Dench and GSAS administrators to hire ESL tutors at the school’s Writing Center, among other requests.
Up to 31 Percent of Harvard Graduate Students Report Struggles with Depression, Anxiety in Survey of Four Departments
HUHS developed the questionnaires in collaboration with students studying Earth and Planetary Sciences, Physics, Integrative Life Sciences, and Economics.
Grad Unionization Movement Sees Successes Nationwide As Harvard Begins Bargaining
Months after Harvard's graduate students voted to unionize for the first time in the school's almost four centuries of existence, unions at peer institutions around the nation have begun to win both elections and bargaining rights.
Grad Union Petitions Harvard for More Bargaining Sessions
Negotiators for Harvard’s graduate student union are asking the union’s 5,000-plus members to sign a petition calling on administrators to schedule more half-day bargaining sessions.
Two Sessions In, Grad Union Says Bargaining With Harvard Will Be Uphill Battle
The committee wrote in an email that their first two bargaining sessions have been marked by forceful pushback from Harvard administrators.
Dudley House Splits Into Two Groups: One for Grads, One for Undergrads
Officials plan to separate Harvard’s “13th House” into two distinct organizations, per Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana’s email.
Harvard and Its Grad Union Are Poised to Negotiate. But First They Have to Pin Down Eligible Students
Harvard is required to provide the union with updated lists of eligible students throughout the semester — a task University administrators say can be challenging.
Grad Union, Harvard Head to the Bargaining Table
Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Automobile Workers marked the occasion with a kickoff rally in Harvard Yard.
Harvard Still Facing Three Federal Probes Into Its Compliance With Title IX
Harvard continues to face three separate federal Title IX investigations more than four years after the first complaint was filed.
GSAS Shopping Week
The Graduate Student Council listened to administrators detail a possible replacement for shopping week at a meeting Wednesday.
Harvard Grad Union Unveils 'Ambitious' List of Bargaining Goals
Harvard’s brand-new graduate student union inched towards the bargaining table earlier this semester when it published a list of goals for its inaugural round of negotiations with administrators. There are 80 goals in total.
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Hires New Title IX Coordinator
Danielle E. Farrell will serve as the new Title IX coordinator for the roughly 4,000 Ph.D. and masters students enrolled in GSAS.
Grad Union Negotiations With Harvard Will Likely Take Place Behind Closed Doors
Harvard and its brand-new union have yet to hammer out initial bargaining terms. But both University and union representatives say their upcoming negotiations will likely take place behind closed doors.
UC, Harvard Grad Council Collaborate on Mentorship Program
The Undergraduate Council and the Harvard Graduate Council plan to create a mentorship program this fall that will pair undergraduate and graduate students according to their interests and career goals.
Grad Union Expects to Start Negotiating With Harvard 'Early' This Semester
If HGSU-UAW does begin pushing for a contract with Harvard this semester, it will cap off an eventful — and historic — year for both the University and the brand-new union.
Pushing for Sexual Assault Bill, Harvard's New Union Wades into State Politics
Harvard’s brand-new graduate student union is wading into state politics to advocate for a sexual assault prevention law currently under consideration by the Massachusetts state legislature.
Labor of Love: The Five-Year Road to Unionization
As Harvard and its new union prepare to begin negotiations, current and former union organizers remember the five-year march to unionization as convoluted, lengthy, and difficult.
Preparing to Bargain, Admins Draw Line In Sand Between Academics and Labor
University President Drew G. Faust said administrators “will be very adamant” in maintaining the division between academic and labor issues.
Harvard Will Bargain With Grad Union
Harvard will collectively bargain with its newly formed graduate student union, University President Drew G. Faust said in an interview Tuesday.
Polls: Pro-Union Voters Twice as Likely to Disapprove of Harvard’s Handling of Sexual Harassment
Students who voted “Yes” to unionization were two-and-a-half times more likely to disapprove of how Harvard handles issues of discrimination and sexual harassment than were students who voted “No,” according to an exit poll.
University, Union Decline to Object to Union Election
Neither Harvard nor the newly-formed graduate student union have filed objections over the April 2018 unionization election within the seven-day period set by the National Labor Relations Board.
Large Percentage of Economics Ph.D. Students Report Depression, Anxiety Symptoms
Survey results revealed that 15 percent of Economics Ph.D. students reported above a 10 on the depression scale, while 23 percent of the PhD students reported above a 10 on the anxiety scale.
Polling: Pro-Union Voters More Likely to Report Dissatisfaction with Harvard Advising, Financial Support
Students who voted in favor of unionization last week were more likely to report feeling dissatisfied with Harvard’s advising and financial support systems, according to exit polling data collected by The Crimson.
Polling Shows Strong Union Support Among Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences Students
Arts and Humanities and Social Sciences students were much more likely to vote to unionize in Harvard’s election last week than were Sciences and Engineering and Applied Sciences students.