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After Corporation Approval, Law School Seal Quickly Disappearing
Harvard Law School now faces the practical implications of a major branding change: the extensive process of physically removing all traces of the image from its campus and websites by the end of April.
Corporation Accepts Proposal to Change Law School Seal
The Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body, agreed Monday to allow Harvard Law School to remove and replace its seal, which features the crest of a slaveholding family.
Harvard Corporation Accepts Seal Change
Harvard University President Drew G. Faust and William F. Lee '72, the senior fellow of the Corporation, accepted recommendations to change the Law School's seal.
After Controversy, Currier Removes Trump-Themed Video
Although businessman Donald J. Trump won three states in Tuesday’s primaries, his presence as the subject of Currier House’s Housing Day video was far less welcome.
Law School Activists to Continue Occupation
Three weeks into their occupation of the lounge in the Law School’s Caspersen Student Center, student activists said they will remain in the hall, despite some concerns raised by other students and administrators.
Law School Affiliates Unsurprised, But Divided Over Seal Recommendation
While Harvard Law School affiliates agree that a committee’s recommendation to change the school’s controversial seal was the expected result of a fair process, they remain divided over the recommendation itself.
Alumni Group Mounts Opposition to Outsider Overseers Slate
A group of nearly 500 alumni is mounting a campaign against an outsider ticket for Harvard’s Board of Overseers, denouncing its proposals to eliminate tuition and scrutinize affirmative action as antithetical to diversity.
Law School Hosts African Development Conference
Harvard affiliates and locals interested in Africa gathered to discuss the continent’s future at the 7th annual African Development Conference, hosted at Harvard Law School this weekend.
Dominance of Western Perspectives Troubles the Social Sciences
American and Western European foci and schools of thought continue to dominate social science fields at Harvard, frustrating some students and faculty even as other perspectives and methods grow.
Law School Committee Recommends Seal Change
A committee tasked with re-considering Harvard Law School’s seal in light of its ties to slavery recommended Friday that the Harvard Corporation revoke the emblem’s status as the school’s official symbol.
Town Hall Meeting Questions 'Community Conversations'
A crowd of more than 20 discussed the efficacy of required “community conversations” on identity at a town hall meeting hosted by the Undergraduate Council’s Freshman Class Council and the Freshman Dean’s Office on Thursday evening.
Oscars Spark Discussions About Race in Houses
Students and tutors in Lowell and Mather gathered to discuss issues of race and diversity in response to controversy surrounding the 88th Academy Awards.
Narrating Asian America: Teach-In with Terry Park
Professor Terry K. Park, a Visiting Lecturer of Asian American Studies at Wellesley College, talks about the importance of Asian and Pacific American Studies and its relevance to current political and social concerns on Friday afternoon in Ticknor Lounge.
Radcliffe Fellow Reflects on Black Power Movement's Legacy
Today’s civil institutions reflect the legacy of the Black Power movement, said Joyce M. Bell in her lecture,“Race and Resistance: The Lasting Legacy of the Black Power Movement.”
Student Activists Protest Award Ceremony for Law School Dean
A group of five Harvard Law and roughly 15 to 20 Brandeis protesters stood at the back of the Brandeis library where Minow delivered her acceptance speech, holding signs and interjecting with a chant.
Harvard House Masters Now Called ‘Faculty Deans’
Each of Harvard’s 24 House masters will now be called a “Faculty Dean,” Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith wrote in an email to undergraduates and FAS members early Wednesday evening.
Law School Committee Prepares to Release Report on Seal
A Law School committee will likely decide this week whether to recommend changing the school’s shield roughly 80 years after its adoption.
HLS Panel Encourages Reparative Justice Over Buried History
Caribbean historian Hilary M. Beckles told a Harvard Law School audience the best way to deal with a thorny past is confronting it head on.
Reparatory Justice in the 21st Century
Kenneth W. Mack, a professor at Harvard Law School, speaks about reparations and the way that entities such as HLS can look at the fact that they would not be as successful without slave labor. The event was a joint seminar featuring Sir Hilary Beckles and Harvard professors.
At Town Hall, Students Demand Administrative Accessibility
Dozens of undergraduates called on Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana to increase the accessibility of top administrators and diversify campus artwork at a town hall concluding last week’s Cultural Rhythms festival.
A Week In, Law School Activists Continue Occupation
As Law School activists continue their occupation of the Caspersen Student Center lounge—along with students from other schools— administrators have publicized a series of efforts to address problems of diversity and inclusion on campus.
Student Groups Take Center Stage at Cultural Rhythms
The 31st annual Cultural Rhythms Festival brought students and faculty together in Sanders Theater to watch student groups take to the stage and to celebrate the accomplishments of 2016 Artist of the Year, actress Lucy Liu.
Reacting to Campus Discussions on Race, Cultural Rhythms Expands Programming
The annual festival has expanded its programming to include a dialogue series and other events in an effort to connect the performance showcase to conversations happening on campus and across the country.
Law School Activists Occupy Student Center
Student activists began to occupy a portion of Harvard Law School's Caspersen Student Center Monday evening in an effort to create a space on campus they say has been denied to minorities at the school. Calling the lounge “Belinda Hall” after a former slave of prominent Law School benefactors, the group of activists led by Reclaim Harvard Law said they plan to remain there indefinitely.