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Jo B. Lemann
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Former Harvard Women’s Ice Hockey Coach Katey Stone Sues University, Alleges Gender Discrimination
The former coach of the Harvard women’s ice hockey team filed a gender discrimination lawsuit against the University on Tuesday.
13 Harvard Students and Alumni Set to Compete for Team USA in the Paris Olympics
Thirteen Harvard students and alumni will represent the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics beginning next week, the most athletes Harvard has sent to the Summer Olympics since 1992.
Tennis Phenom Cooper Williams to Transfer to Duke
Star Harvard tennis player Cooper Williams, who went 14-9 in his first year in Cambridge and reached the round of 16 at the NCAA singles championships, will transfer to Duke next season, per an announcement on the Duke Athletics Instagram.
4-Star Basketball Recruit Elzie Harrington Commits to Harvard
Elzie Harrington committed to Harvard on Thursday, an important pickup for the men’s basketball program after several star players transferred over the summer.
18 Harvard Athletes Compete in Record-Breaking NCAA Outdoor Championships
Maia T. B. Ramsden ’24 won the 1,500m title for the second year in a row at the NCAA Outdoor Championships last week, becoming the first Harvard athlete to win three NCAA national championships.
‘Taxation Without Representation’: What the NCAA’s $2.8 Billion Settlement Means for Harvard
A nearly $2.8 billion settlement proposed by the National College Athletics Association and the Power Five Conferences will allow collegiate athletes to be paid by their universities — a historic shift that may leave Harvard Athletics bleeding.
‘A Script For A Political Movie’: The Class of 1974 Looks Back on Watergate
While the Watergate break-in happened in the late summer of 1972, as the Class of 1974 finished their sophomore year, the scandal’s most dramatic moments would come during their final year in Cambridge — at a campus that had deep ties to, and was often the scorn of, the embattled administration.
West Point Colonel Addresses Harvard Graduates at First-Ever Veterans’ Affinity Celebration
U.S. Army Colonel and West Point professor Everett Spain urged graduating Harvard veterans to treat their degree as a “commission to do good” during the University’s first annual veterans’ affinity graduation celebration.
‘A’ Game: How Harvard Recruits its Student-Athletes
While some have raised concerns about Harvard’s ability to recruit top athletes without name, image, and likeness collectives, others have begun to ask a larger question: should Harvard be recruiting at all?
‘How Far Is Too Far?’: Pro-Palestine Activism Under the Garber Presidency
Alan Garber has largely drawn praise for his measured response to controversy and his ability to assuage a divided campus. But some students and faculty have condemned Garber’s approach to protests for being unusually repressive and forceful, drawing new, unprecedented lines around campus speech and protest.