Protests
Divest Harvard Protesters Occupy University Hall
Protesters from Divest Harvard occupied University Hall Thursday afternoon as part of a rally held in celebration of the National Day of Divestment.
Divest Occupies UHall
Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard occupied University Hall on Thursday afternoon, singing and chanting in support of divestment by Earth Day 2020.
Dominguez Accusers Criticize Harvard’s External Review During Panel
Four women who have accused former Government professor Jorge I. Domínguez of sexual misconduct criticized Harvard’s external review of the circumstances that enabled that misconduct during a panel Monday.
Judge Annuls Harvard-Yale Divestment Protesters’ Charges
A Connecticut judge dismissed all charges Monday against the ten Harvard students and alumni who participated in the November divestment demonstration at the Harvard-Yale football game.
Activist Groups Hold Reorientation Rally in Science Center
Nine graduate and undergraduate student activist organizations gathered in the lobby of the Science Center to hold a “Reorientation Rally” on Monday, which marked the first day of spring semester classes.
Protesters Call for Wheelchair Accessibility in Harvard IT Building
A small group of protestors gathered in Harvard Square Friday afternoon to advocate for wheelchair accessibility for a Harvard University Information Technology building.
Harvard Affiliates Stage 24-Hour Protest Against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act
Under a blue tarp hung between four light poles bedecked with Indian flags, a group of Harvard graduate students and local activists staged a 24-hour protest in Harvard Square on Sunday to mark the 70th anniversary of India’s constitution and decry India’s Citizenship Amendment Act.
HUIT Protest
On Friday afternoon, Raman Solanki, Robert A. Weckesser, and Christopher J. McCarthy protested the inaccessible entrance to an HUIT building at 65R Mt. Auburn St.
Harvard Law School Students Campaign for Law Firm Paul Weiss to Drop Representation of ExxonMobil
Dozens of Harvard Law School students disrupted a first-year student recruitment event held by corporate law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP Wednesday night, calling on the firm to stop representing the oil and gas company ExxonMobil in ongoing climate change litigation.
Calls for Ethnic Studies Ramp Up
Amid the departure of multiple tenure-track professors this year, student and alumni activists intensified calls for the University to create a formal ethnic studies program at Harvard, marking the latest campaign in a nearly five-decade push.
Hundreds of Harvard Affiliates Sign Letter Protesting India’s Citizenship Amendment Act
More than 220 Harvard affiliates signed a letter to the Indian government supporting protests against India’s Citizenship Amendment Act and condemning suppression of student protests at Indian universities.
Harvard Grad Union Pressures Corporation Members Ahead of Bargaining Session
Supporters of Harvard’s graduate student union rallied in four cities around the country Wednesday morning to pressure members of the Harvard Corporation to support the union’s contract demands.
Harvard Students Occupy Admissions Office to Protest Tenure Decision, Demand Ethnic Studies Department
Roughly 50 Harvard students occupied Harvard’s Office of Admissions and Financial Aid Thursday to demand the University create an ethnic studies department, arguing that Harvard must extend its commitment to diversity beyond race-conscious admissions.
Ethnic Studies Sit-In
Students in favor of an Ethnic Studies concentration occupy the Harvard College Office of Admissions and Financial Aid on Thursday afternoon.
Dean Khurana at Sit-In
Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana takes notes while watching students occupy the Harvard Office of Admissions and Financial Aid.
Ethnic Studies Banner
Students hold an Ethnic Studies sign outside Widener Library during a rally on Friday.
Harvard-Yale Divestment Protesters Receive Five Hours of Community Service
Under the agreement, the protesters are required to complete five hours of community service before their Jan. 27 court date in New Haven, Conn. and commit no additional offenses between now and then.
Ethnic Studies Protestor
Advocates for a formalized Ethnic Studies program at Harvard rallied in front of Widener Library.
Ethnic Studies Rally at Widener Library
Students protested in front of Widener Library calling on Harvard to increase the number of Ethnic Studies faculty and to formalize the academic program.
Faculty Meeting Bacow
University President Lawrence S. Bacow faced protestors in Emerson Hall on his way to a faculty meeting Tuesday. Protestors decried the university's denial of tenure to Professor Lorgia García Peña.
Graduate Student Union Protests Impact Classes, Finals Review Sessions
Department admin and course heads have had to reduce review sessions and relocate classes as hundreds of graduate student union members gave up their teaching duties to join the strike.
Faculty Meeting Protest
Protestors lined the walls of Emerson Hall outside of a faculty meeting on Tuesday after professor Lorgia García Peña was denied tenure.
Harvard Defends Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Position As Strike Begins
As members of the graduate student union hit the picket lines Tuesday, University negotiators posted a position statement online arguing that the union’s proposed procedure for adjudicating sexual harassment and discrimination complaints may be in conflict with Title IX.
Ethnic Studies Advocates Interrupt Faculty Meeting, Denounce Tenure Denial Decision
An individual protesting Harvard’s decision to deny tenure to Romance Languages and Literatures associate professor Lorgia García Peña stood silently inside the Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting Tuesday while dozens of students demonstrated outside.
Divestment Protesters to Appear in New Haven Courthouse on Dec. 6
Fifty people were arrested — including 11 Harvard students and alumni and at least 19 Yale students and alumni — after hundreds of people stormed the field during the 136th edition of The Game Saturday.