Harvard to Track Affiliates’ Wi-Fi Signals as Part of Contact Tracing Pilot
Harvard began piloting Tracefi — a Wi-Fi-based contact tracing system — in Adams House this past Friday in preparation for freshmen and a select group of upperclassmen students’ return to campus later this month.
Rhode Island Man Sentenced to 21 Months for Threatening Prof. Believed to Be Affiliated With Harvard
A Rhode Island man was sentenced to 21 months in prison and three years of supervised release Wednesday for sending dozens of violent, threatening emails to a Massachusetts professor reportedly affiliated with Harvard.
Over 20 Percent of Harvard Undergrads Do Not Intend to Enroll in Fall 2020
More than 20 percent of Harvard College students do not intend to enroll this fall, according to data provided in a Thursday email from Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay to faculty and staff.
Economics Professor Emmanuel Farhi, Who Wielded His Intellect for Public Good, Dies at 41
Economics Professor Emmanuel Farhi died unexpectedly on July 23 at the age of 41.
Majority of Harvard Personnel to Work Remotely Through End of 2020
The majority of Harvard personnel will continue remote work through at least the end of the calendar year, administrators announced in an email Wednesday morning to affiliates.
Harvard Scientists Illuminate Light’s Surprising Impact on Ultra-Cold Chemistry
Harvard researchers uncovered the surprising role of light in ultra-cold chemical reactions, according to an article published last month in the scientific journal Nature Physics.
Left Out of Fall Planning, Harvard Parents Send Demand Letters to Administration
Parents of the Harvard Class of 2022 organized a group lobbying effort urging the University to reduce the College’s tuition, soften leave of absence policies, and better articulate their decision making around why only a limited number of students will be permitted to return to campus.
Lowell Faculty Deans Announce Group to Explore House Name Change
A Lowell House committee will begin exploring a possible change to the House’s name, according to an email sent to Lowell affiliates by Faculty Deans Nina Zipser and David I. Laibson ’88.
New Data Reveals Diversity Stats of Harvard's External Asset Managers
Roughly 27 percent of the external asset management firms that oversee parts of Harvard’s $40.9 billion endowment are majority-owned by women and people of color.
- Undergraduates Will Have ‘Very Limited’ Access to Campus Buildings This Fall, Gay and Khurana Say
- Historian, Legal Scholar Annette Gordon-Reed Named University Professor
- Students and Alumni Rally Outside University President's House to Call for the Abolition of Campus Police
- Harvard Undergraduate Clio Griffin ’15 Remembered as 'Unfailingly Curious and Kind'
- Moderna Begins Phase 3 Coronavirus Vaccine Trials
Opinion
The Language of “Merit” Divides Immigrants When We Most Need Solidarity
Let us not use our privileges as international students or high-skilled workers to further entrench the immigration hierarchy. Let us rethink our toleration of a punitive immigration system.
Dismissals and Disparity: Racial Inequity in Harvard’s Biostatistics Department
We must identify and dispose of practices that create disadvantages for underrepresented minority students and move towards institutionalizing racial equality in graduate programs. Minority students are counting on it.
- Undergraduates Will Have ‘Very Limited’ Access to Campus Buildings This Fall, Gay and Khurana Say
- Historian, Legal Scholar Annette Gordon-Reed Named University Professor
- Students and Alumni Rally Outside University President's House to Call for the Abolition of Campus Police
- Harvard Undergraduate Clio Griffin ’15 Remembered as 'Unfailingly Curious and Kind'
- Moderna Begins Phase 3 Coronavirus Vaccine Trials
Opinion
The Language of “Merit” Divides Immigrants When We Most Need Solidarity
Let us not use our privileges as international students or high-skilled workers to further entrench the immigration hierarchy. Let us rethink our toleration of a punitive immigration system.
Dismissals and Disparity: Racial Inequity in Harvard’s Biostatistics Department
We must identify and dispose of practices that create disadvantages for underrepresented minority students and move towards institutionalizing racial equality in graduate programs. Minority students are counting on it.
