A female graduate student describes an incident involving a male faculty member with direct authority over her: "I go to pick up the papers and was holding them in my hands--they were quite heavy. Suddenly his hands ran down my arms from both my shoulders to my hands, and I was immobilized."

A woman undergraduate reports being harassed by a male section leader, saying: "He would lease me when I stayed after class to ask a few questions, offering to trade answers to my questions for 'whatever I had to offer.'"

These two accounts are among the more dramatic of a sample of sexual harassment incidents at Harvard described in a University-sponsored survey released this week.

Among women in the report, 32 percent of senior faculty, 49 percent of junior faculty, 41 percent of graduate students and 34 percent of undergraduates reported experiencing some form of sexual harassment from a person in authority.

Although some were reported incidents of harassment, the report includes no detailed descriptions of specific incidents, most of which involved other men.

Few of those reporting harassment discussed the problem with a University official and almost none filed formal complaints.

Remarks from victims reveal that many are unsure what constitutes sexual harassment and are often reluctant to discuss an incident, because they fear reprisals or lack of concern.

Many said they did not report a situation, even when it interfered with their academic performance or was emotionally disturbing.

One female graduate student reported that, while attending a conference in another city, her advisor approached her in her hotel room late at night, asking that she return to his room and "go to bed."

The student writes, "As he was somewhat drunk and I wasn't interested. I refused several times pleading work to avoid a direct confrontation. He then threatened me that I go to bed 'or else...,' in which context I certainly took it is a professional/career threat. After some further delay, I realized I was quite scared by the threat (he is not a man noted for his kindness), so I spent the night with him."

The student adds that the incident seriously affected her work since she had to do research with the harasser, and that the professor pressured her for sexual favors on two other occasions.

A female undergraduate describes an inci- dent with her freshmen proctor whom she periodically consulted for advise. She reports: "Nearing the end of the first term he began to close the door when we'd talk-I didn't think much of it until one evening he more or less attacked me. Because of our friendship I tried to discuss the situation with him--he was cold to me after that evening and I stopped going to him for advice."

However, many of the described incidents were classified by the survey as less serious than these cases, because they did not involve explicit or persistent harassment, or had minimal impact on the victim.

This group of cases typically involves sexual jokes or suggestive looks. Many women were disturbed by a classroom atmosphere rather than a one-on-one incident.

One female undergraduate describes a male professor's teaching behavior: "He is insulting and constantly makes sexual comments which are inappropriate and unnecessary."