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Divest Protesters Released, Likely to Settle Case
Four members of the student activist group Divest Harvard were arraigned and charged with trespassing after staging a sit-in in the lobby of the Boston Federal Reserve, home to the offices of the Harvard Management Company, which manages Harvard’s $37.6 billion endowment.
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.”
HUIT Sees No Evidence of Wide-Ranging Wi-Fi Disruptions
While students said they have noticed sporadic Wi-Fi disconnections in recent weeks which have caused concern, the Harvard University Information Technology office has seen no evidence of wide-ranging disruptions.
In Most Extensive Comments in Centuries, Porcellian Club Criticizes Final Club Scrutiny
The Porcellian Club, Harvard’s oldest final club, broke its public silence Tuesday for the first time in recent memory to criticize College administrators for their recent efforts to make final clubs go co-ed and modify membership policies.
Goal In Hand, Harvard Campaign Polishes Priorities
Its goal reached and some of its largest gifts collected, the “One Harvard” campaign will now finish the more humble task of polishing off priorities and engaging rank and file donors.
Harvard University Press Signs New Partnership with Columbia
Amid recent and pending retirement of several key sales representatives, Harvard University Press announced that it is signing with Columbia University Press for sales this fall.
Second Recording Device Found at Law School
Law School affiliates discovered additional physical evidence of illegal audio recording activity over the weekend and on Monday, heightening activists’ concerns about surveillance of private conversations.
Divest Harvard Protesters Arrested At HMC Building
Police arrested several members of the student activist group Divest Harvard after they staged a sit-in within the lobby of the Boston Federal Reserve Tuesday afternoon, protesting Harvard Management Company’s investment in the fossil fuel industry.
With At Least $6.5 Billion Raised, Harvard Sets Higher Education Fundraising Record
Harvard has raised at least $6.5 billion in its capital campaign, breaking a higher education fundraising record after only two and half years of its five year-long public drive, according to two donors with direct knowledge of the campaign’s progress.
Posters Critique Impact of Smith Center Construction on Homeless
Posters inquiring “Who took our space?” and “Where is Brian?” littered the temporary construction fences surrounding the Smith Campus Center this weekend as part of a Harvard Graduate School of Design student’s efforts to start a conversation about how current renovations may affect life in Harvard Square.
Unz Defends 'Free Harvard, Fair Harvard' in Debate
Much like his campaign for Board of Overseers, Ron Unz’s debate debut was unconventional and almost did not happen.
Lawyers Call Sexual Misconduct Case Against Dershowitz ‘A Mistake’
Lawyers opposing Law School professor emeritus Alan M. Dershowitz in a pair of defamation suits admitted fault in accusing him of having sex with an underage woman, formally putting to rest allegations levied against the former professor since December 2014.
Prominent Biotech Company Donates Archives to HBS
Sanofi Genzyme, a Cambridge-based biotechnology company known for its research and development of drugs to treat rare genetic diseases, donated its corporate archives to the Harvard Business School’s Baker Library.
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.
The Drop-Off
A Harvard University Allston shuttle makes a routine stop outside of Lamont Library Thursday evening.
Design School Building Draws Praise, Except For the Desk Space
The Graduate School of Design’s Gund Hall sticks out among Harvard’s red-brick laden campus. While some might regard the concrete exterior as ugly, some say the interior could serve as a model for a university that lacks central social spaces. Still, others contend that the building’s size and limited availability of workspaces leave certain master's degree students feeling left out.
Al Gore Optimistic About Improving Global Sustainability
In almost fitting fashion, former Vice President and Nobel Laureate Al Gore ’69 drove from Manhattan after inclement weather cancelled his flight, and arrived only twenty minutes late to deliver his talk, “Confronting The Climate Crisis: Critical Roles for the US and China.”
International Affairs Provost and Scholar of China Visits Latin America
Mark C. Elliott, Harvard’s new Vice Provost for International Affairs, is well known across the University for his scholarship in Chinese history. However, during his first few months in the role, Elliott has spent much time studying Latin America in order to prepare for his visit to Brazil and Peru this past week.
Grad Student Council Condemns Amicus Brief Against Unionization
Clashing over issues ranging from the meaning of true democracy to the role of the Graduate Student Council, graduate students voted to pass a hotly contested resolution to condemn Harvard’s filing of a joint amicus brief against graduate student unionization at this month’s GSC meeting.
GE's Move to Boston May Mean Opportunity for Students
Harvard faculty members praised General Electric’s decision to move its headquarters to Boston as an opportunity for increased collaboration between the corporation and students.
Corporation ‘Regularly’ Consults Khurana About Final Clubs
The College's final clubs have come under scrutiny from a group less historically involved in undergraduate social life: the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body.
Protesters Disrupt Law School Event, Raising Security Concerns
Housing rights advocates interrupted an event featuring Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Melvin Watt at the Law School Monday evening, prematurely ending the event and prompting questions about security protocol at the school.
Yoshino, Haughey Will Take Overseers Reins
Kenji Yoshino ’91, a constitutional law professor at New York University, will serve as the next president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University announced Monday. Nicole P. Haughey ’93 will serve as the vice chair of the Overseers Executive Committee for the 2016-2017 academic year.
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.
Graduate Students Rally Outside Mass. Hall for More Diversity
Demanding more diversity in Harvard’s doctoral programs, members of the graduate student unionization effort, along with undergraduates and university employees, rallied for the formation of a collective bargaining unit just steps away from University President Drew G. Faust’s office last Friday.