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‘Six or Seven’ Shuttles: Harvard Announces Limited Transportation to Harvard-Yale, Official Tailgate at Fenway
Harvard will run only “six or seven” shuttle buses to Fenway Park for this year’s Harvard-Yale Game and the College’s official tailgate will take place inside the ballpark, Associate Dean for Student Engagement Jason R. Meier said.
New Donor Fund Aims to Ease Costs for Harvard’s Club Sports Teams
Harvard Athletics announced in August the creation of the Community Through Sports Fund, a two-part gift that will provide both endowed and immediate-use support for the University’s 50 club sports teams.
Harvard Adds $20 Hourly Fee for Tennis Court Reservations, Drawing Frustration From Students
Harvard has begun charging students $20 an hour to reserve tennis courts at the Beren Tennis Center and the Murr Center — the University’s varsity tennis facilities and the main venues for recreational play on campus.
Alumni Physicians Pushed Harvard to Educate Athletes on CTE Risk. The University Hasn’t Responded.
A group of former Harvard athletes who are now physicians and scientists pitched the University’s sports medicine team last summer on disclosing the risk of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy to contact-sport athletes. Nearly a year later, the group says they have heard nothing back.
Around 1 in 5 Harvard Varsity Athletes Hail From Outside the U.S.
About one in five of Harvard’s varsity athletes comes from outside the United States, according to a Crimson analysis of 2025-26 team rosters — revealing a sharp divide, with some teams drawing heavily from abroad while others remain almost entirely domestic.
Facing ‘Uncharted Waters,’ Erin McDermott Sets a New Course for Harvard Athletics
Five years into her tenure, McDermott has reshaped Harvard Athletics through the pandemic, the rise of NIL deals, and mounting financial pressures — all while pushing a more unified identity and hands-off leadership style.
McDermott Says Harvard to Launch National Search for Women’s Lightweight Rowing Head Coach in May
Harvard Athletics is planning to launch a national search for the next Harvard Radcliffe women’s lightweight rowing head coach in May, Athletics Director Erin McDermott said in a Wednesday interview with The Crimson.
Harvard Raises $1 Million Toward New Sailing Center as Aging Boathouse Deteriorates
Harvard is quietly raising money for a new sailing center on the Charles River — and has already brought in $1,000,025 for the project, according to an internal Alumni Affairs and Development presentation obtained by The Crimson.
Nearly 1 in 3 Harvard Varsity Athletes Concentrate in Economics
Nearly one in three Harvard varsity upperclassmen athletes study Economics — a concentration rate far higher than any other field and driven largely by men’s teams, where athletes share the same concentration more often than on women’s teams.
As Harvard Tightens Grading Standards, Varsity Team GPAs Decline
More than half of Harvard’s varsity teams saw their average grade point averages drop in fall 2025, marking a sharp semester-to-semester downturn across sports programs amid the College’s push to rein in grade inflation.