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Occidental Students Protest Harvard Law Professor as Commencement Speaker
Students and faculty at Occidental College are protesting the school’s choice of Harvard Law School professor Randall L. Kennedy as their commencement speaker for his controversial statements on race-related activism and the film “The Hunting Ground.”
Yale Decides to Keep Calhoun Name Despite Activism
A wave of student protest failed to persuade Yale University to remove the name of former U.S. Vice President and slavery advocate John C. Calhoun from a residential college named after him.
Lauding Greener
Devontae A. Freeland ’19 speaks at the unveiling of a portrait of Richard T. Greener, class of 1870, in Annenberg Hall Thursday afternoon.
A Broken Pipeline: Minority Students and the Pathway to the Ph.D.
While underrepresented minorities represent a small percentage of GSAS—and those who are here often struggle to stay afloat—administrators and individual departments are actively seeking to bolster their numbers and experience at Harvard.
Mather House Examines Namesake's Past
Mather House residents have begun a process to investigate the controversial past of their House’s namesake.
Law School Activists Demand End to Tuition
In the most recent wave of activism at the Law School, some students are calling on the school to eliminate tuition completely as part of their new campaign for financial justice.
Overseers Candidate Donates to ‘Quasi-White Nationalist’ Group
Over the course of his career as a conservative intellectual and political activist, Ron K. Unz ’83—now a candidate for Harvard’s Board of Overseers and U.S. Senate in the state of California—has donated tens of thousands of dollars to an organization he describes as “quasi-white nationalist.”
Passing in History
Author Allyson Hobbs discusses her new book, A Chosen Exile, which examines black individuals who have passed as racially white throughout history.
Gala Honors Black Women Trailblazers
The Harvard Black Men’s Forum celebrated black women making waves nationally and at Harvard during the 22nd annual Celebration of Black Women Friday.
Flint Mayor Criticizes State For Role in Water Crisis
Flint, Mich. mayor Karen W. Weaver reflected on the city’s unfolding water crisis and emphasized the importance of utilizing existing channels of government to respond to local issues at the Institute of Politics’ John F. Kennedy Jr. forum Friday.
Police Investigate Hidden Recorder at Law School
Harvard police are investigating allegations that an audio recording device illegally documented sensitive conversations Harvard Law School activists held in a hall they are occupying.
Faust Commemorates Harvard Slaves
In a stirring ceremony Wednesday, University President Drew G. Faust, joined by Congressman John R. Lewis, remembered Harvard’s forgotten past and dedicated a plaque to four enslaved persons who lived and worked on campus in the 18th century.
Wadsworth Commemoration
Professor Henry L. Gates, Jr. and Georgia Congressman John R. Lewis celebrate the unveiling of the Wadsworth House plaque. The plaque bears the names of Bilhah, Venus, Titus, and Juba, four enslaved persons who labored in the house in the eighteenth century.
Activists Caution Admitted Law Students at Visiting Weekend
Prospective students who converged on the Law School’s campus last weekend found themselves in the midst of protests and a new financial justice campaign by activists.
GSAS Students Protest Outside Massachusetts Hall
Jean Fan, a Ph.D. student in Biological & Biomedical Sciences at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, speaks at a protest outside Massachusetts Hall Friday. The protest was in demand that more steps be taken to increase diversity at the school, which had only eight percent underrepresented minorities in the 2014-2015 academic year.
GSAS Students Protest About the “Leaky Pipeline”
Students from the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, along with supporters, gather for a protest outside Massachusetts Hall Friday evening. The protest was in demand that more steps be taken to increase diversity at the school.
Law Students Clash Over Posters and Free Speech
Tensions flared in a standoff between activists and opposing students at Harvard Law School Friday as an intensifying debate that began over posters evolved into one about rights to space and free speech on campus.
Gov. Deval Patrick, President Faust at Gomes portrait unveiling.
Former Massachusetts Governor Deval L. Patrick and Harvard President Drew G. Faust discuss the newly unveiled portrait of the late Rev. Peter Gomes. The two knew Gomes well, and spoke before the painting was revealed in April.
Gomes For History
A close-up of the painting of the late Rev. Peter Gomes to be added to a University Hall collection of works depicting important Harvard personages. It was revealed Thursday evening in front of a number of Harvard administrators.
Critical Race Theory at Belinda Hall
A poster hangs in the Harvard Law School's Caspersen Student Center lounge, called "Belinda Hall" by some students, in honor of a former slave of prominent Law School benefactors.
Architects, Urban Planners Address Racial Tensions in St. Louis
The Graduate School of Design kicked off a three-day event with keynote speeches that focused on racial justice in St. Louis, Mo., a continuation of a series addressing design, space, and social justice at the school.
Intersections of Irrelevance
Melissa Harris-Perry, a professor at Wake Forest University, speaks at the Agassiz Theatre for the fourth annual Anita Hill Lecture on Gender Justice. Her talk proposed 10 hypotheses regarding the work women do in the modern economy.
Faculty Diversity Still a Work in Progress, Administrators Say
Administrators at a town hall acknowledged that diversifying the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is still a work in progress.