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Law School Aims to Level Playing Field With New Orientation
Following a year of of tension and discussion related to diversity at the Law School, administrators unveiled a total overhaul of first-year orientation this year to acclimate students from varying backgrounds to the school.
HSPH Professors Argue for Nuance in Sugar Study Controversy
Recent controversy around a 1960s review of sugar, dietary fat, and cardiovascular health has muddled problematic industry sponsorship with spot-on findings, according to some nutrition professors at Harvard's School of Public Health.
Grad Student Union Effort Will Not Seek ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Approach
Organizers of the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers answered questions about a potential contract, saying it would not follow a “one-size-fits-all” model, and communicated the goals of the union effort to roughly 20 graduate students at an information session held Wednesday.
Holes in Harvard Sugar Study Expose Dangers of Industry Funding
The revelation that industry-funded research at Harvard in the 1960s downplayed the deleterious effects of sugar has put Harvard in a bitter position in the news.
Top Harvard Donor Stumps for Trump
John A. Paulson, the largest donor in the University’s history and the namesake of the School of Engineering Applied Sciences, wants to make America great again.
In Longwood, Medical Students Rally for HUDS
A crowd of Medical School students rallied Monday in support of the University’s dining services workers, who are threatening to strike.
Chinese Internet Service Co-Founder Promotes Ed Prize at Harvard
Charles Chen Yidan, co-founder of one of China’s most popular Internet service portals, visited Harvard last Thursday to raise awareness about a new educational prize he founded.
Star Studded Cast of Journalists, Artists, Celebrate Pulitzer Centennial
Some of journalism's biggest names commanding the nation’s most pressing news stories, along with dozens of renowned writers and artists, flocked Sanders Theatre this weekend for a star studded celebration of the Pulitzer Prize’s 100-year anniversary.
Students Must Travel To Boston To Obtain a Rape Kit, Per Mass. Standards
The difficulty having an evidence kit performed, according to Harvard officials, is a result of Massachusetts law and the absence of emergency facilities at Harvard University Health Services.
Former Mass. Congressman Named Interim IOP Director
William D. “Bill” Delahunt, a former U.S. Representative for Massachusetts, will serve as the interim director of the Institute of Politics.
Power: Accountability and Abuse
Pulitzer Prize winner Robert A. Caro recollects his work on “The Power Broker,” the novel describing abuses of power by Robert Moses in the New York City and Long Island areas during the early twentieth century. Caro was one of many Pulitzer Prize winners to present at The Pulitzer Centennial celebration hosted by the Nieman Foundation.
GSAS Council Creates New Position
The Graduate Student Council voted to modify the council’s constitution to create a new at-large representative position for the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in its first meeting of the year on Wednesday.
Law Review Inducts Most Diverse Class of Editors in History
For the first time in the publication’s nearly 130-year history, the Harvard Law Review inducted a group of editors this year whose demographics reflect those of their wider Law School class.
Bar Will Be Raised for Overseer Petition Candidates After Controversial Ticket
The Board of Overseers will also replace paper ballots with an online voting system as part of changes announced to how alumni elect Harvard's second-highest governing body.
