Former member of the Clinton administration and Harvard economist David T. Ellwood ’75 is appointed the next dean of the Kennedy School.
Harvard creates a new center to study stem cells.
After several months of study by four committees, administrators unveil the formal report of recommendations from the College’s Curricular Review. The report calls for an increased international focus, eliminating the Core and allowing for later concentration choice.
Students narrowly approve increasing the termbill Student Activities Fee that supports Undergraduate Council and student groups grants from $35 to $75. A proposal to make the fee mandatory for all students and thereby have financial aid cover it goes down in defeat.
May
Cambridge gains international attention as the first city in the nation to allow same-sex marriages. City Hall opens its doors at midnight to allow couples to immediately file for marriage licenses.
H Bomb magazine hits Harvard as the campus’ first student-run sex magazine.
June
The Class of 2004 enters the company of educated men and women.