J Term
Pizza and Comfort
Students gather for the Symphony of Pizza night in Winthrop dining hall to beat the cold and emptiness of January term.
Reading in Caluco
Debra L. Gittler (middle), a GSE student and one of the organizers of Learning Through Libraries, shows teachers at the El Castaño school books for the school’s new library.
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Students gather for the Symphony of Pizza night in Winthrop dining hall to beat the cold and emptiness of January term.
GSE Students Bring Books To Caluco
Back in August, Graduate School of Education students Jill A. Carlson and Eleanor B. O’Donnell asked their classmate Debra L. Gittler to help them organize a project of international scope—but none of them had a clear idea of what exactly they wanted to do.
HBS Debuts January Courses
As the University experienced its first Harvard-wide January term break, Harvard Business School launched J-Term programming to help its students make the most of the new gap between semesters.
Lonely Campus, Hospitable Houses
The first week, Zachary C. Sifuentes ’97-’99 cooked “aji de garbanzos,” a spicy Bolivian broth with tomatoes and garbanzo beans that he served with white rice. Alongside the stew was a salad, and he made a sorbet with green mangoes, basil, and Thai bird’s eye chilies for dessert.
Jamming During J-Term
Feeling a little Harvard-sick? This J-Term, look out for lime green socks and snazzy dance moves when four a capella groups bring a little bit of Harvard to a city near you.
Books to Read Over J-Term
J-Term will officially begin on Jan. 4, but we at FlyBy know better than anyone that it will be difficult to make the coming three weeks into anything other than a colossal waste of time. So, in the spirit of genuine or—who are we kidding?—feigned intellecutalism, we've compiled a list of reading recommendations from several campus mailing lists. (We've also provided, of course, the requisite value judgment on each title.)
TOP 10 NEWS STORIES OF 2009
From a fiscal nightmare to a campus shooting, 2009 had it all. See the stories, events and people that made the top headlines this past year.
A List to Keep You Company During J-Term
If you managed to score one of the highly competitive stay-on-campus spots for J-Term this year, you might as well enjoy the company of your similarly situated peers. And what’s a group of Harvard students without an e-mail list or an online forum?
