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Harvard Forms External Committee to Assess Harassment Policies in Wake of Dominguez Allegations

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Harvard has appointed a committee to conduct an external review into the circumstances that allowed former Government professor Jorge I. Dominguez to harass multiple women over four decades, University President Lawrence S. Bacow wrote in an email Friday.

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Divest Protestors Pay Bacow a Morning Visit at Elmwood

Divest Harvard — a group that advocates for the University to withdraw its endowment holdings from the fossil fuel industry — sang songs, read poems, and chanted in front of Elmwood, the University President’s historic residence.

U.S. Rep Will Hurd Speaks at Kickoff JFK Jr. Forum

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U.S. Rep. William B. Hurd (R-Tex.) spoke about national security issues facing the nation at the Institute of Politics Thursday, kicking off this semester’s speaker series.

Harvard Economist Martin Weitzman, Known for Climate Change Scholarship, Dies at 77

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As awareness about climate change has grown rapidly in recent years and brought about calls for change, Harvard Economics Professor Martin L. Weitzman forged a path of environmental scholarship in the field of economics.

Harvard Police Assist in Responding to Anti-ICE Protesters at Amazon Office

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Harvard University Police Department assisted Cambridge police officers as they arrested 12 protesters on trespassing charges at Amazon’s Kendall Square office Thursday evening.

Peer Advising Fellows Instructed to Limit Academic Advising

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Harvard College’s Advising Programs Office has instructed Peer Advising Fellows to not offer directive academic advice to freshmen and to instead refer students to their freshman advisers — a change some veteran PAFs say limits their ability to help freshmen.

Marianna Linz Joins Environmental Science and Engineering

Marianna Linz

Marianna K. Linz ’11 has returned to Harvard this fall as an assistant professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and will serve as one of only two female faculty members in the field.

Divest Protestors Pay Bacow a Morning Visit at Elmwood

Divest Harvard — a group that advocates for the University to withdraw its endowment holdings from the fossil fuel industry — sang songs, read poems, and chanted in front of Elmwood, the University President’s historic residence.

Harvard Police Assist in Responding to Anti-ICE Protesters at Amazon Office

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Harvard University Police Department assisted Cambridge police officers as they arrested 12 protesters on trespassing charges at Amazon’s Kendall Square office Thursday evening.

Peer Advising Fellows Instructed to Limit Academic Advising

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Harvard College’s Advising Programs Office has instructed Peer Advising Fellows to not offer directive academic advice to freshmen and to instead refer students to their freshman advisers — a change some veteran PAFs say limits their ability to help freshmen.

Ten Months After the Admissions Trial, the Judge Has Yet to Issue a Ruling

Judge Allison D. Burroughs hasn’t released her verdict yet. Her decision — almost certain to be appealed regardless of the outcome — could prove pivotal in an ongoing legal battle that could shape the future of affirmative action at private colleges and universities nationwide.

Harvard to Launch Study of Athletics Department

Harvard is launching a review of the “culture” and “structure” of its athletics department, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science Claudine Gay announced in an email to athletes, coaches, and other athletics staff Thursday.

OPINION

Op-Eds

Distasteful Donations

Isn’t a pristine liberal arts education tainted when financed by a serial child molester or through the oppression of millions of people?

Op-Eds

Rethinking Computer Science at Harvard

For more and more students in the Computer Science and related departments, I hope that considerations of ethical and social use of the technologies taught will also be one such consideration.

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Money Close-Up

Enrolling in Sugar Baby University

The landing page of the Sugar Baby University website greets me with a “student debt clock,” a live update of the combined total that American students owe.

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ARTS

All You Need is Love

Editors' Note

"All You Need Is Love" is the Arts Board's second annual summer supplement.

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Hungry for Love

I learned of this line of poetry from within Nishkulanand Swami’s massive literary corpus: “Sakhī, bhūdhara bhūkhyo che bhāvano.” My friend, God is hungry for love.

Good Omens

You Go Too Fast for Me

In the “Good Omens” fandom, I found my people. We like our romance delayed, drawn-out, maddeningly obscured, restricted at every turn.

SPORTS

Sports Front Feature

Preview: Ivy League Men’s Soccer Preseason Rankings

A look at Men's Soccer across the Ivy League, heading into the 2019 season.

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Fitzmagic in the Air: Fitzpatrick '05 Named Dolphins Week 1 Starter

Whether the Miami Dolphins' “Fish Tank” theory is correct or not, there is one man on the Dolphins roster that will undoubtedly not be playing to lose: new starting quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick.

Women's Soccer

Women's Soccer Victorious in Home Opener vs Quinnipiac

Women's Soccer improved to 1-1 on the season as it cruised past Quinnipiac 3-0 on Wednesday night.

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