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Harvard Student Government Approves PSC Petition for Referendum on Israel Divestment
The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee circulated and passed a petition on Tuesday initiating a referendum asking undergraduates whether Harvard should divest from institutions that ...
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The FAS Undermined the Ad Board. Now, the Harvard Corporation Must Take a Side.
The notion that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is Harvard’s most powerful faculty is something of a cliché. But the FAS put any lingering doubts to rest on Monday. During the FAS’ annual degree ...
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Students and Scholars Discuss ‘Decolonizing Black Health’ at Sixth Annual Black Health Matters Conference at Harvard
Harvard affiliates, students, and scholars gathered this weekend for the sixth annual Black Health Matters conference around the theme of “Decolonizing Black Health.” The two-day event, hosted by the ...
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Blank Street Coffee Brews Up a Stir in Harvard Square
Blank Street Coffee, a chain known for its efficiency and lower priced coffee, celebrated its grand opening on Thursday with $2 drinks and lines spilling out into the Square. Situated on 1380 ...
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Harvard Law Faculty Letter Calls for Protection of Speech From Administrative Action
More than 30 Harvard Law School faculty signed onto a statement affirming their “commitment to protecting student speech” after some HLS student groups have been investigated for hosting gatherings in ...
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MacArthur ‘Genius’ McMillan Cottom Talks Black Identity, Pop Culture, and Women’s Rights at Radcliffe Lecture
Author and 2020 MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Tressie McMillan Cottom discussed Black identity, pop culture, and restrictions on women’s rights during a talk at the Radcliffe Institute for ...
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‘The Planets’ Retrospective: Holst’s Spectacular, Forward-Looking Journey Through Music, Space, and the Mind
“The enormity of the universe revealed by science cannot readily be grasped by the human brain, but the music of ‘The Planets’ enables the mind to acquire some comprehension of the vastness of space ...
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Who is Alan Garber? Meet Harvard’s New Interim President.
Harvard Provost Alan M. Garber ’76, who has served in his role since 2011, became Harvard’s interim president following Claudine Gay’s resignation on Tuesday. Garber, an economist and physician who ...
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‘Not Being Nerds’: Harvard Students Dance to Tinashe at Yardfest
Hundreds of students flooded to Tercentenary Theatre Sunday afternoon for a performance by R&B singer-songwriter and dancer Tinashe at Yardfest, the College’s annual outdoor spring concert hosted by ...
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Harvard Faculty Extend Pass-Fail Deadline, Reject Earlier Deadline for Adding Classes
Harvard faculty narrowly rejected a contentious proposal to shift up the deadline for adding classes to the third Monday of the term, while overwhelmingly approving a proposal allowing undergraduates ...
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As it Happened: Harvard Commencement 2023
In his final Commencement as University president before departing Massachusetts Hall at the end of June, Bacow said that he, like the Class of 2023, is “wondering what the future holds.” Bacow said ...
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Cornel West, Harvard Affiliates Call for University to Divest from ‘Israeli Apartheid’ at Rally
Former Harvard professor and independent presidential candidate Cornel R. West ’74 spoke in solidarity with Palestine and slammed what he called the “corporatization” of the University during a rally ...