Evelynn Hammonds
Smith and Hammonds Express Regret, But Reaffirm Justification Behind Email Searches
In an interview with The Crimson last week, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith expressed regret over the handling of the search of Harvard resident deans’ email accounts.
UC Memo Recommends Strengthening Student Email Privacy Policy
A group of Undergraduate Council members drafted a memorandum on Harvard’s undergraduate email privacy policy that clarifies the policy, identifies potential ambiguity, and makes recommendations for changes.
Dean Hammonds Pledges Better Communication in Times of Crisis
A day after students criticized the University for how it communicated with undergraduates in the hours following two bomb explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds told students in an email that Harvard “can and will do better to communicate with our community in times of crisis.”
Dean Hammonds or Tyga?
We asked people in the Science Center who they would rather share a meal with.
After Forwarding Advising Email, Resident Dean Threatened with Severe Sanctions
The Harvard administration threatened to severely sanction a resident dean who shared with two students an internal email advising Administrative Board members on how to counsel undergraduates implicated in the Government 1310 cheating case, four College administrators said Monday.
UC Expresses 'Tremendous Concern' over Email Searches
Representatives of the Undergraduate Council voted unanimously Sunday night to express “tremendous concern” over administrators’ searches of resident deans’ email accounts and the broader issue of email privacy at Harvard.
After New Email Search Revelations, Faculty Question Balance of Power
A recent string of top-down administrative decisions, culminating in revelations Tuesday that Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds broke faculty email privacy policy in authorizing the search of a resident dean’s email accounts, has faculty members calling for a broad reconsideration of their own governance.
Andy Samberg Class Day || Harvard Commencement 2012
Comedian Andy Samberg addresses graduating seniors at Harvard's Senior Class Day ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre, May 23, 2012
Andy Samberg Class Day || Harvard Commencement 2012
Comedian Andy Samberg addresses graduating seniors at Harvard's Senior Class Day ceremony in Tercentenary Theatre, May 23, 2012
Email Search Fallout Prompts Dismay Over Privacy, Trust
In response to revelations of a previously undisclosed round of secret email searches announced at a faculty meeting Tuesday, student representatives expressed concern about administrative transparency surrounding email privacy, including the security of the students’ own accounts.
Administrators' Statement on Secret Email Searches Leaves Questions Unanswered
Top University officials offered an explanation of how and why they accessed resident deans’ email accounts in a statement Monday that left unanswered questions about whether the Harvard administration broke its own email privacy policy.
5 Minutes with Nicole Scherzinger
After serving as host of Cultural Rhythms, serenading the audience with snippets of her songs, and dancing with Harvard Bhangra, Artist of the Year Nicole Scherzinger sat down and talked with Flyby before rushing off to catch a plane to London.
New Racial Order
Jennifer Hochschild, Professor of Government, discussed the changing racial trends in the USA over the past decades. The talk was sponsored by Evelynn M. Hammonds, Dean of Harvard College, and the Undergraduate Council.
Professor Talks Shifts in Racial Attitudes
In a small discussion group that included Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and consisted primarily of undergraduates, government and African American studies professor Jennifer L. Hochschild argued that racial attitudes change significantly decade to decade, but that these shifts often go unnoticed.
Putting Harvard to the Stress Test
Trevor N. Coyle ’14 said that he had heard of long delays in care at University Health Services’ overtaxed mental health clinic. He said that those in need of help might never seek that medical attention because as Harvard students, “they feel like they’re too strong” to admit a mental health problem. And he alluded to the three student deaths this year alone, and a suicide rate at Harvard College that is two or more times higher than the national college average.
A List about Lists from the Liszt of Lists
In which I demonstrate my supreme inability to come up with a real list.
Whooping Cough Hits Campus
Dean Hammond's emails haven't exactly gotten brighter since the last one updating us all on Harvard's alcohol policy. Her most recent email, sent to the entire student body, announced that there have been several confirmed cases of Pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough, among Harvard undergraduate students.
Harvard Administrators: Yale Has No Chance
Saturday's 129th Harvard-Yale game will be a blowout win for the Crimson, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith predicted in an interview on Wednesday.
Still No Word on Whether We Can Play Beer Pong
In the email announcing the newly approved College alcohol policy, Hammonds wrote that the policies "emphasize a multifaceted approach to promoting a safe and healthy social life that will help forge the bonds of fellowship and community at Harvard." Not sure what that means? We aren't either.
Alexandra Shields (Harvard Medical School), Tommie Shelby (African and African American Studies and Philosophy), and Matthew Nock (Psychology) reminisce on embarrassing, yet lonely, moments as first generation college students when they were freshmen. The FDO and faculty members created this panel to discuss new methods of helping first generation freshmen settle into college.