University News
Hollister Named CFO and VP for Finance
Harvard named Boston banker Thomas J. Hollister the new Chief Financial Officer and Vice President for Finance on Wednesday, concluding a months-long search for the new executive, according to a press release.
Teaching Campaign Delivers Section Cap Petition to Mass. Hall
At the time of delivery, the petition had garnered 2,273 signatures, with 1,103 undergraduates, 685 graduate students, 113 faculty members, and 81 alumni as signatories.
Study Proposes Excise Tax on Harvard’s Endowment
If implemented, the tax would generate approximately $5 billion of revenue, according to the study published this month by the Nexus Research and Policy Center.
Panelists Discuss Changes to Ballot Initiatives
Panelists spoke about Massachusetts House Bill 561, which would create a program to analyze ballot initiatives that would be modeled on the Citizens' Initiative Review currently in place in Oregon.
More Than One-Third of Students Respond to Sexual Conduct Climate Survey
Although administrators praise the 37 percent response rate so far, students who are currently studying abroad or taking time off from school are not able to take the survey, prompting some criticism.
Boston College Opens Applications for Neighborhood Improvement Fund
The program is intended to finance public projects that may include benefits to public parks, open space, neighborhood beautification, transportation improvements, and public art.
Harvard Business Publishing To Relocate to Brighton
Harvard Business Publishing will relocate its headquarters from its current location in Watertown to Boston Landing, a new complex in Brighton, to achieve more space for its expansion.
Bombing Memories Still Lingering, Harvard Affiliates Run Marathon
Two years after two bombings left the Boston Marathon’s finish line in chaos in 2013, more than a dozen Harvard students, faculty, and affiliates took to the 26.2 mile Marathon course on Monday.
Harvard Will Hold First University-Wide TEDx Event Next Fall
The event will be held next October, according to Christian G. B. Haigh ’16, the co-president of TEDxHarvardCollege, which is the student group in charge of putting on the event.
PETA Urges Investigation Into Harvard Primate Center
PETA argued that the inadequate care at the center violated Massachusetts’s cruelty-to-animals legislation and urged the district attorney to “pursue charges against the experimenters responsible for overseeing the animals’ care.”
Harvard Leaders Stay Quiet on Divest, Even During 'Heat Week'
Protesters from the environmental activist group Divest Harvard have done their very best to get administrators’ attention this week.
O’Malley Discusses Possible Presidential Run, Economic Revitalization
Former Governor of Maryland Martin J. O’Malley spoke at the Institute of Politics on Thursday about the choices and policies needed to build a more prosperous American economy and a stronger middle class.
