University News
Veterans, Students Run Stadiums to Fundraise for Veterans
Under a rainy evening sky on Veterans Day, former service members, ROTC members, and civilians ran the steps of Harvard Stadium to raise money for a veterans’ education program.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Talks Race Relations at JFK Forum
Ta-Nehisi Coates, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, discussed African American heritage and contemporary race issues at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on Wednesday.
Graduate School of Design Launches Office for Urbanization
The Harvard Graduate School of Design has created a new office to study urbanization, and it will approach the issue from a design perspective.
Harvard Medical School Launches Arts Initiative
The “Arts&Humanities@HMS” initiative supports the arts by creating more opportunities for students to explore music, visual arts, and drama through programs and events.
Student Veterans Give Harvard Military History Tour
To commemorate Veterans Day, current Harvard students who have previously served in the U.S. Armed Forces led official “Harvard Military History” tours that centered on the University’s and its affiliates’ association to American wars.
Harvard Files Plans, Begins Formal SEAS Complex Review
Harvard started a formal review process for the construction project of its new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences complex, filing an Institutional Master Plan Notification Form with the Boston Redevelopment Authority on Monday.
Garber Talks Importance of Academic Disciplines
Titled “Why Disciplines Persist,” the lecture followed an eight-year hiatus after the first Provostial Lecture, given by former University Provost Steven E. Hyman.
Authors Discuss Extreme Poverty At HKS Talk
Authors of the book “$2.00 a Day: Living on Almost Nothing in America” called for the creation of public sector jobs at the lowest levels of the economy and shared their insights on extreme poverty in America at the Kennedy School on Tuesday.
Minow Champions Affirmative Action in Amici Brief
Counsel for Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow and Yale Law School Dean Robert C. Post ’69 filed the brief last week. Harvard also submitted an amicus brief in the Fisher case offering a similar pro-affirmative action argument.
Diane Quinn Chosen as A.R.T. Executive Director
Diane Quinn will take on the role of executive director of the American Repertory Theater beginning Dec. 1, joining Diane M.Paulus '88, who will continue as the A.R.T.’s artistic director.
Business School Capital Campaign Passes $861 Million
The most recently released data indicates that the Business School is currently at 86 percent of its target fundraising efforts
Researchers Find Increase in Prescription Drug Use
The prevalence of the use of prescription drugs rose from 51 percent of adults in 2000 to 59 percent in 2012. The increase persists even after accounting for the changing age distribution of society.
Blaming Citizens United Is an ‘Oversimplification,’ Tribe Says
Harvard Law School professor Laurence H. Tribe ’62 argued Monday that holding the 2010 ruling primarily responsible for campaign finance issues is “a dangerous oversimplification.”
Panel Discusses Progress in Polio Eradication
Expert and student panelists contemplated the struggles in the quest for the eradication of polio, a disease that now prevails only in Pakistan and Afghanistan, in a panel discussion Monday evening.
Libraries Digitize Thousands of Colonial Documents
Thousands of essays, journals, and other archival documents from the 17th and 18th centuries are now available online, after a group of University libraries launched the Colonial North American Project website last week.
Before UN Conference, HKS Panelists Talk Climate Policy
The panel discussion, which took place at the Kennedy School of Government, centered around both the short-term and long-term implications of the conference for national and international climate change policies.
On Southeast Trip, Faust Talks Harvard’s Role
In addition to at least two policy-oriented speeches, University President Drew Faust addressed a gathering of more than 350 Harvard alumni and affiliates in Atlanta on the topic of “Education as a Civil Right.”
Management Company Sustainable Investing Chief To Depart
Pedicini, who will leave HMC after just two-and-a-half years, departs after her department suffered criticism from Divest Harvard over the Management Company’s steadfast refusal to fully divest the endowment from the fossil fuel industry.
Weather Unseasonably Warm, Students Flock the Square
With guitars, bikes, and class assignments in tow, faculty, students, and Cambridge residents flocked the Science Center Plaza and Harvard Square Thursday and Friday to enjoy what could be the last warm days leading up to New England’s notoriously harsh winter months.
College Makes Two Offices Title IX Confidential Resources
Counselors at the Bureau of Study Counsel, the College’s Office of BGLTQ Student Life, and College peer counseling groups—unless legally compelled—will not disclose undergraduate reports of sexual harassment to a University Title IX coordinator or third party without the student’s permission.
Foreign Legal Issues Can Inform U.S. Courts, Breyer Says
U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer gave his remarks at a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum event at the Institute of Politics Friday afternoon.
CrossFit Event Evokes Comparisons to Religion
Implicit comparisons to religion continued to pervade the discussion, as CrossFit's co-founder emphasized the mental strength and resilience he said membership can build.
Harvard Lands Fourth in Economist’s First College Rankings
Peter F. Lake ’81, a professor at Stetson University College of Law who specializes in higher education law, said he was unsure how this new system would hold “in a crowded field of metrics.”
Study: Carbon Dioxide Levels Correlated with Cognition
Researchers studied the decision-making abilities of 24 participants in a controlled office environment at the Syracuse Center of Excellence in Environmental and Energy Systems.
Graduate Student Council Votes To Cut Student Fee Waiver
Currently, students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are billed a $25 fee each year that goes toward funding Graduate Student Council meetings, as well as conferences and summer research grants.