Iris M. Lewis
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Art Theft is Optimism
I know this is not how art heists work, but I like the thought of the robber taking his van Gogh back to a flat in Amsterdam, maybe hanging it above his gold enameled fireplace. He can appreciate it, wine in hand, while he self isolates.
Portrait of an Artist: Echosmith’s Sydney Sierota
The Crimson sat down with Sierota to talk about what’s changed, what’s stayed the same, and what inspires Echosmith almost a decade later.
Title IX Disclosures Increase While Formal Complaints Remain Stagnant, Per Annual Report
Between the fiscal years 2017 and 2018, the rate at which Harvard affiliates disclosed harassment to the Title IX Office increased 56 percent. The jump from 2018 to 2019 was more moderate: While 416 students made disclosures in 2018, 500 did so a year later.
New College Title IX Coordinator to Focus on Accessibility
Harvard College Title IX coordinator Erin Clark, who stepped into her new role Oct. 2, has spent her first two months on the job focused on making Title IX resources more accessible to the University’s undergraduates.
Arts Vanity: The Mona Lisa is Laughing At You, And Other True Conspiracies
That's the "art" part, baby.
Ongoing Dept. of Education Rulemaking Stalls Harvard Title IX Policy Revisions
As the University awaits the finalization of the Department of Education's prospective Title IX enforcement rule, its own policy-making efforts have ground to a halt.
20 Years Later, 'Rent' Extends Its Lease
At the Boch Center’s Shubert Theater, “Rent” retells the story of self-identified bohemians who, via the power of friendship, fight rising living costs, AIDS, and the Man.
Harvard and Peer Institutions Report Similar Rates of Sexual Misconduct
A national sexual misconduct climate survey administered to universities across the country earlier this year revealed that most schools did not see a significant change in the prevalence of sexual assault compared with the incident rates four years ago.
Harvard Administrators Discuss Sexual Misconduct Survey Results at Town Hall
More than 50 Harvard affiliates gathered in the Science Center Thursday evening at a town hall to discuss the results of a campus-wide sexual misconduct climate survey that found incidences of sexual misconduct have remained largely unchanged over the past four years.
Prevalence of Sexual Misconduct at Harvard Remains Unchanged From Four Years Ago, AAU Survey Finds
Roughly 33 percent of undergraduate women surveyed this year reported that they had experienced some form of nonconsensual sexual contact. In 2015, 31 percent of senior undergraduate women reported experiencing some form of sexual assault.