College Administration
Committee on Student Life Discusses Party Policy
The Committee on Student Life discussed the party policies in the Houses at a meeting yesterday morning, with students arguing for more consistency in party form policy while administrators resisted, citing natural House variability.
Disparate Apartment Buildings Tapped for Quincy Swing Space
Students displaced by the upcoming renovation of Old Quincy will be housed in three apartment buildings around Harvard Square.
College Adds Two Days to OWAW
Much of the College’s policy for Optional Winter Activities Week and January break will remain unchanged next year, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds announced in an email to students yesterday.
Hammonds to Receive Honorary Degree from Bates
Three days after the Harvard class of 2011 receives their diplomas, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds will get a degree of her own. Bates College in Lewiston, Maine will award Hammonds an honorary degree on May 29 for her work researching the relationship between medicine and race.
Supporting Entrepreneurship
We recognize the enthusiasm of the undergraduates who have lobbied for the consideration of Innovation for Social Change for a secondary field and who continue to work tirelessly in realizing the project.
Student Recommendation Letters Accidentally Viewable to Others
Because of a loophole in a computer system, fellowship applicants have been able to access their own and other students’ recommendation letters submitted to the Office of Career Services—making available what are supposed to be confidential documents on a wider basis than previously believed.
HoCos Adapt to Alcohol Policy
In the wake of the College’s recent announcement banning hard alcohol from off-campus House events, House Committees have been forced to reevaluate plans for their rapidly-approaching spring formals.
Students Consider University Recognition for Single-Sex Groups
Students from varied social circles discussed the skewed social dynamic between male and female single-sex groups and the need for some form of University recognition for these groups during an event in Adams Lower Common Room yesterday.
From Harvard, to Harvard
When Psychology Department Chair Susan E. Carey ’64 graduated from Radcliffe College, William James Hall was still under construction. Forty-seven years later, she works on the 11th floor of that very building.
FAS Discusses Global Teaching
Members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences met Friday in the second symposium to discuss the school’s initiatives on teaching and learning, which FAS Dean Michael D. Smith has identified as a lead priority in a Faculty Meeting at the start of the academic year.
Fall Grade Submissions Date May Change
The official deadline for professors to submit grades may be earlier next fall semester, according to Tengbo Li ’12, the Undergraduate Council’s Education Committee chair.
Freshmen Plan for Housing Day Eve
Some members of the Class of 2014 say they plan to take part in “River Run” despite the administration’s condemnation of the tradition.
Students protest ROTC discrimination.
Students protest outside Loeb House where President Faust signed an agreement to bring ROTC back onto Harvard's campus. Trans students are are still prohibited from participating in ROTC programs.
Financial Aid Rises, Tuition at Harvard College To Reach $52,650
Harvard College tuition and fees will climb 3.8 percent for the next academic year, reaching a total of $52,650.
