Sexual Assault
Harvard Finalizes Sexual Assault Climate Survey
The survey, which is a localized version of an Association of American Universities survey that 28 schools will issue this spring, will ask student respondents a range of questions on sexual misconduct and affirmative consent.
Quinn, Activists Lead Discussion on Sexual Violence
Former New York City Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn joined members of undergraduate advocacy group Our Harvard Can Do Better in detailing goals to modify the University’s sexual harassment policies.
In Memo, Law Profs Pushed for Title IX Procedural Changes
The 20 faculty members submitted the memo to a faculty committee that Dean of the Law School Martha L. Minow tasked last fall with creating new Law School-specific Title IX procedures following widespread faculty discontent over Harvard’s central framework.
With Staff Doubled, OSAPR Operates at Capacity
After receiving increased funding and expanding staff, OSAPR faces extra demand from expanded services offered across the University's schools.
Professors Praise New FAS Sexual Harassment Procedures
Professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences say new procedures clarify the boundaries between the school's different constituencies.
Controversial Conversations
“To be able...to reason through these challenging subjects is a big part of what it is lawyers do in our society,” Law professor Jeannie C. Suk said at a panel on whether rape law should be taught in law classes on Wednesday in Pound Hall.The well-attended event featured several students sitting on the floor.
Law Professors Argue for Teaching Rape Law
Laws regarding rape should be taught in criminal law classes at Harvard Law School despite its potential to trigger psychological trauma, two Law professors argued Wednesday.
Two College Students Dismissed for Sexual Misconduct
The cases were the last reviewed under the school’s interim sexual harassment policies and procedures, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith said at Tuesday's meeting of the Faculty.
Title IX Activists Shift Priorities
Activists say they will focus on more actively pushing to ensure that Harvard's policy is clear and properly implemented, rather than only arguing for its strict inclusion of affirmative consent.
Provost Alan Garber
Provost Alan M. Garber ’76 enters University Hall to attend the semester’s first meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The body voted to add a new Ph.D. program and learned that two students were dismissed for sexual misconduct in December.
In Latest Filing, Dershowitz Again Denies Misconduct Allegations
In yet another entry in the back-and-forth legal saga surrounding allegations of sexual misconduct against Alan M. Dershowitz has filed a new response in court.
Central Office To Hear FAS Faculty Sexual Harassment Cases
FAS's finalized sexual harassment procedures were released Monday afternoon and remain largely unchanged from a draft version presented at December’s Faculty meeting.
Karvonides Responds to Law School’s Departure from Central Title IX Procedures
The working group that crafted Harvard’s newly centralized sexual harassment policy and accompanying procedures did not anticipate that individual schools would deviate from those procedures to the extent Harvard Law School may, according to University Title IX Officer Mia Karvonides.
In Wake of Allegations, 38 Law School Profs Sign Letter ‘in Support of’ Dershowitz
In the letter, the professors argue that Dershowitz was unable to directly respond to the recent allegations in a legal setting, citing the fact that he does not have standing in the civil case in which the allegations of sexual misconduct were first filed and that Dershowitz denies.
