Harvard in the City
Students Support Long-Awaited Library in Chinatown
An advocacy program launched by six Harvard undergraduates plans to provide programming focused on storytelling, mentoring, and computer literacy to the Chinatown Cultural Center.
Harvard Club of Boston Faces Complaint
The Harvard Club of Boston recently came under fire for its behavior during contract discussions with its workers.
Faculty Comments on Occupy Boston Protests
In spite of the Occupy movement’s increasing presence in cities across the country, some say the movement lacks specific, attainable goals.
Harvard Helps Build $168M Supercomputing Facility
Harvard is taking another stride in revolutionary computing by participating in the development of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center, a state-of-the-art research computing facility in Holyoke, Massachusetts.
Dallying with the Dead
A walk through Boston’s major cemeteries and burial grounds shows how varying aesthetics of death are signposts for different moments in Boston’s history.
University Merges Allston-Brighton, Cambridge Community Football Days
This year’s Harvard Community Football Day, an annual event put on by the University for neighboring residents, saw a number ...
Lampoon Honors Bruins With 'Best Sports Team Ever' Award
Members of the Boston Bruins accepted the “Best Sports Team Ever” award in front of a crowd of approximately 400 Cambridge residents and students on Sunday afternoon.
Voicing Discontent, Occupy Boston Packs Boston Common
Tensions rose high early Tuesday morning in Dewey Square as scores of police officers cautioned protesters, including several Harvard students, to vacate the Square.
Michael F. Glavin To Leave the BRA
Michael F. Glavin—who coordinated development work with the Allston community and Harvard for the Boston Redevelopment Authority and whose tenure saw the University’s plans for a science complex in the neighborhood halted due to financial constraints—is leaving the BRA later this month to lead the Office of Strategic Planning and Community Development in Somerville.
After Troubled Past, Barry's Corner in Allston Poised for Development
Residents say they feel that Harvard’s recommendations for Allston represent a chance for the University to reinvigorate the neighborhood but are worried that history will repeat itself in what they characterize as a perennial exclusion of community members from neighborhood planning.
Allston Residents Dissatisfied with City's Role in Planning
Local residents who provide input on Harvard’s expansion into Allston say they are disappointed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s community support during the planning process.
