Sailing Finishes Season at ICSA Open Fleet Racing National Championships
After defending its ICSA Open Team Racing National Championship last month, the Harvard Sailing team looked to close its season with a title in the ICSA Open Fleet Racing National Championship in St. Petersburg, Fla., this weekend. Despite a first-place finish in its semifinal on Tuesday and Wednesday, the team came up short in the final, finishing in seventh.
Cambridge Officials, Residents Gather for Tense Meeting on Memorial Drive Shooting
More than 50 residents, city leaders, and state legislators gathered Tuesday for a tense community meeting on last week’s Memorial Drive shooting, pressing officials for answers after two people were left with life-threatening injuries.
Allston-Brighton Residents Press Wu for Commitment to Rebuild Jackson Mann Community Center
Allston-Brighton residents are calling on city leaders to make an explicit commitment to rebuild the Jackson Mann Community Center after a long-awaited feasibility study on the site was released at the end of April.
Cambridge Launches Task Force to Explore Social Housing Model
The Cambridge City Council appointed 13 members Monday to a new task force charged with studying whether the city should build social housing, marking its next attempt to address a housing crisis that has dominated municipal politics for more than a decade.
Zhang’s Fourth-Place Finish Leads Men’s Golf to All-Time Best NCAA Regional Result
Harvard earned its best-ever NCAA Regionals finish in Athens, Ga., at the University of Georgia Golf Course, where sophomore Barry Zhang led the Crimson, the Ivy Champion, to a shared eighth-place finish with No. 50 Northwestern.
Comedian Ronny Chieng Named Harvard College Class Day Speaker
Emmy award-winning comedian and actor Ronny Chieng will address the Harvard College Class of 2026 at Class Day on May 28, the Harvard Alumni Association announced Friday morning.
Raymond Lohier, Sheryl WuDunn Named to Lead Harvard Board of Overseers
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Raymond J. Lohier Jr. ’88 will serve as president of Harvard’s Board of Overseers for the 2026-27 academic year, the University announced Thursday.
HUPD Responds to Reported Assault in Lowell House
The Harvard University Police Department responded to a report of an assault at Lowell House on Tuesday evening, according to an emergency email alert sent to University affiliates.
FAS Could Lay Off 25 Percent of Staff in Summer Administrative Restructuring
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences could lay off up to one quarter of its staff this summer as part of a sweeping administrative overhaul that would consolidate departments, centers, and institutes into shared administrative “clusters,” according to two people familiar with the plans.
Opinion
Cambridge City Council Votes to End ShotSpotter Use Amid Privacy, Accuracy Concerns
The Cambridge City Council narrowly voted Monday to end the city’s use of ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system that has drawn years of criticism from residents and councilors over privacy concerns and potential data-sharing with federal authorities.
MIT Police Say Man Matching Lowell House Assault Suspect Entered MIT Dorm
A man who matched the description of the suspect in a reported assault at Lowell House followed another person into an Massachusetts Institute of Technology residence hall shortly after the Harvard incident Tuesday evening, according to an alert from the MIT Police Department.
Opinion
Cambridge City Council Votes to End ShotSpotter Use Amid Privacy, Accuracy Concerns
The Cambridge City Council narrowly voted Monday to end the city’s use of ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection system that has drawn years of criticism from residents and councilors over privacy concerns and potential data-sharing with federal authorities.
MIT Police Say Man Matching Lowell House Assault Suspect Entered MIT Dorm
A man who matched the description of the suspect in a reported assault at Lowell House followed another person into an Massachusetts Institute of Technology residence hall shortly after the Harvard incident Tuesday evening, according to an alert from the MIT Police Department.
