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Roughly 25 Harvard professors conducted a silent study-in at Widener Library on Wednesday to protest the library’s decision to temporarily ban pro-Palestine students who held a similar demonstration last month.
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Harvard IOP Hosts First Global LGBTQ+ Human Rights Forum | News | The Harvard Crimson
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The Harvard Institute of Politics and the Carr Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School invited activists to the JFK Jr. Forum to discuss their fight to further queer rights at the first ever Global LGBTQ+ Human Rights panel.
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Harvard Hillel Executive Director Jason B. Rubenstein ’04 temporarily suspended J Street U on Tuesday after the group’s members used Hillel funding to print and display flyers around Harvard Square that Hillel staff reported to campus and city police as “intimidating.”
on Oct 10
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Harvard Professor Gary Ruvkun Wins 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Gary B. Ruvkun, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School, was awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Medicine, the Nobel Committee announced early Monday morning.
on Oct 8
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Every fall, hundreds of students — sometimes as many as 800 — pack into Sanders Theatre for a course that promises to be “an experience,” unlike any other the College has to offer.
on Oct 8
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More than 12 pro-Palestine student protesters were banned from entering Widener Library for two weeks after they staged a silent “study-in” protest at the library late last month.
on Oct 3
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At Memorial for John Corcoran, Cyclists Grieve and Demand Action | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Nearly 100 cyclists and pedestrians gathered at the site of last Monday’s fatal bicycle crash to mourn the loss of John H. Corcoran ’84 — and express their frustration at the lack of road safety measures in the area.
on Sep 30
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The Harvard Slavery Remembrance Program has identified more than 300 enslaved individuals who were owned by Harvard affiliates — a significantly higher figure than what the University initially disclosed in its 2022 report.
on Sep 25
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It’s Time for the Humanities To Learn Some Science | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
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At Harvard and beyond, we’re overlooking the need for exposure to STEM among students in non-STEM fields, with serious implications for policy, ethics, and governance.
on Sep 25
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Developers Press Pause on New Allston Labs | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Real estate firms are hitting the breaks on laboratory development in Allston. A nearly billion-dollar project from National Development to redevelop a TV studio at 1170 Soldiers Field Rd. to build new offices, lab space, and housing is not moving forward, according to a person familiar with the process.
on Sep 21
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The $100 million Harvard & the Legacy of Slavery initiative is meant to redress the University’s historic ties to slavery. But over the last two years, the project has been hampered by internal tension, alleged pushback over its scope, and leadership turnover.
on Sep 20
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Zionism — the movement for self-determination and statehood for the Jewish people in their ancestral homeland — should not be a dirty word.
on Sep 19
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As a small fraction of affordable apartments open their lotteries to prospective residents, they are inundated with applications, creating waitlists that could stretch for years.
on Sep 18
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My New Tutor Is ChatGPT. Here Are My Concerns. | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
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With my ChatGPT tutor, any basic conceptual question I have is reliably answered in a couple of seconds. I am concerned by this change.
on Sep 16
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Judge Dismisses Francesca Gino’s Defamation Charges Against Harvard | News | The Harvard Crimson
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A federal judge dismissed the defamation charges in a lawsuit filed by Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino against the University, dealing a major blow to the embattled professor’s efforts to rehabilitate her reputation and win millions from the school.
on Sep 12
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Personable Ballmer Leads College Extracurriculars, Microsoft | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Steve Ballmer ’77 is built like a linebacker yet possesses a shrill, energetic voice and can whip a football team
on Sep 10
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Harvard, Release The Data | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
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Prince A. Williams ’25, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a History concentrator in Dudley House and an organizer with the African and African American Resistance Organization (AFRO).
on Sep 7
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Harvard’s top leadership announced in an email on Thursday that the University updated its guidance on doxxing and online harassment, a move that follows months of criticism from some affiliates that Harvard failed to adequately address severe doxxing attacks against its own students.
on Sep 6
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The Harvard University Police Department is investigating after a mezuzah went missing from the doorway of a Jewish freshman’s dorm in Thayer Hall early Tuesday morning.
on Sep 4
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The Harvard Math Department will pilot a new introductory course aimed at rectifying a lack of foundational algebra skills among students, according to Harvard’s Director of Introductory Math Brendan A. Kelly.
on Sep 3
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Joan F. Pickett, a longtime opponent of efforts to expand separated bike lanes who was serving her first term in the Cambridge City Council, died on Friday following a brief illness. She was 69.
on Sep 3
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This national crisis in mass transit is not only embarrassing, but it is also separating communities, hurting the economy, and harming the environment.
on Sep 1
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What It Means to Tie: The Booker Prize Names Two Winners | Arts | The Harvard Crimson
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Last Monday, the Booker prize announced its winners — that’s right, winners, plural.
on Aug 15
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Professors are human beings, not machines. We have opinions and viewpoints that we express with conviction. But we are essential to democratic society because we create space for robust debate.
on Aug 9
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Harvard will not remove the Sackler name from one of three University art museums and another campus building, ending a yearslong campaign by student activists for Harvard to distance itself from the family and its role in the opioid epidemic.
on Aug 7
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ALAN GARBER ’76 TO SERVE AS HARVARD’S 31ST PRESIDENT UNTIL JUNE 2027 | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Alan M. Garber ’76 was officially confirmed as the 31st president by the Harvard Corporation on Friday.
on Aug 2
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Harvard will adopt University-wide rules on the use of campus spaces that will prohibit overnight camping, chalking on University property, and unapproved signage and displays, according to a draft document.
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2U Inc., the virtual education startup that acquired an online platform jointly launched by Harvard and MIT, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday, the company announced in a press release.
on Jul 29
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A Jewish Perspective on Harvard You Won’t Hear at the RNC | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
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Alexander Kestenbaum can let Republicans use his words as weapons to lambaste higher education all he wants. But he doesn’t speak on behalf of anybody but himself.
on Jul 19
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The Harvard College Administrative Board reversed its decision to suspend five students for their participation in the pro-Palestine encampment after the Faculty Council weighed in on the disciplinary cases.
on Jul 10
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In Defense of Terrorism | News | The Harvard Crimson
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THE ONLY reason I wouldn't blow up the Center for International Affairs is that I might get caught. But the
on Jul 3
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24-Year-Old Cyclist Killed in Collision With Truck Near Kendall Square | News | The Harvard Crimson
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A cyclist, identified as a 24-year-old Cambridge woman, died following a collision with a truck Friday morning near Kendall Square.
on Jun 26
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From the Leadership of CAFH: Don’t Punish Faculty Speech | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
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We strongly reject Dean Bobo’s arguments as clear infringements on academic freedom.
on Jun 26
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Several Harvard faculty members blasted Dean of Social Science Lawrence D. Bobo for suggesting certain faculty speech should face “sanctionable limits” and argued that Bobo’s proposals would restrict academic freedom.
on Jun 26
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Faculty Speech Must Have Limits | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
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As Harvard has moved to limit its opining on salient public issues, we must use our voices as faculty responsibly.
on Jun 25
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A Florida woman was killed in a collision with a truck while riding her bicycle at the intersection of DeWolfe Street and Mount Auburn St. around 4:30 p.m. on Friday.
on Jun 23
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The animal rights activist who dumped glitter on interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 during Alumni Day, pleaded not guilty to three counts of felony criminal charges on Monday.
on Jun 7
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Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will stop requiring a diversity, inclusion, and belonging statement as part of its faculty hiring process, Dean of Faculty Affairs and Planning Nina Zipser announced in a Monday morning email.
on Jun 5
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The co-chairs of Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery memorial project committee slammed the University in their resignation letter, alleging that their timeline was rushed by administrators.
on Jun 3
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Harvard had already found itself in the crossfires of the culture war. But with new software at their disposal and a trove of unscrutinized scholarship to dive into, the plagiarism allegations against Claudine Gay had opened up a new frontier.
on May 30
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Tracy K. Smith ’94 and Dan I. Byers resigned as co-chairs of Harvard’s Legacy of Slavery memorial committee over frustrations that senior Harvard administrators were trying to rush their process.
on May 30
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We are the co-chairs of the Presidential Task Force on Combating Anti-Muslim and Anti-Arab Bias, and we write to share what we’ve found from our work so far — and where we’ll go from here.
on May 26
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Former University President Drew Gilpin Faust offered an impassioned defense of higher education and denounced politicians for “denigrating and destroying” the academy during her keynote address to Phi Beta Kappa honorees on Tuesday.
on May 23
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Two Harvard graduates presented an award for faculty who show “a strong commitment to social justice” to former Harvard President Claudine Gay during the University-wide celebration of Black graduates on Tuesday evening in Sanders Theatre.
on May 23
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More Than 1,000 Stage Walkout at Harvard Commencement Ceremony | News | The Harvard Crimson
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Follow The Crimson for live coverage of Harvard’s Commencement ceremonies on Thursday morning.
on May 23
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Rock the Vote? | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
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This week, I picked up a new album by Dave Matthews, prophet of the carefree joy of my high school
on May 23
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To the Student Protesters Barred From Graduating on Time | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
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The Ad Board’s bad-faith actions have damaged something that is essential for our great University to fulfill its mission: trust among faculty, students, and administrators.
on May 23
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The Harvard Corporation rejected an effort by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences to confer degrees on 13 seniors facing disciplinary charges for participating in the pro-Palestine encampment, an unprecedented veto that opens a new front in the internal battles that have convulsed Harvard for the past year.
on May 22
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Harvard’s legacy of empire and education is one haunted by loss; the instrument used to create this wound lies directly in the University’s hands. But without Harvard, I wouldn't be able to begin putting some of these pieces together.
on May 21
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The Senior Class Committee wanted Barack Obama or Drake to speak at Class Day this year, but the Harvard Alumni Association said they had Class Day speakers at home.
on May 21