College Life
After Student Feedback, Harvard Gender Equity Office Cut Title IX Training Module Time
The Office of Gender Equity revised its Title IX training modules and hired new staff in recent months to increase student and affiliate awareness and use of the office.
Human and Evolutionary Biology Dept. Holds Focus Groups on Renaming Concentration
Harvard’s Human Evolutionary Biology department is holding focus groups to seek student feedback on potential name options.
STUDS Piercing’s Harvard Square Location Sees Slow Business After August Opening
STUDS, a national piercing and jewelry chain, recently opened its newest branch in Harvard Square, hoping to pierce the area’s student market.
Windows Smashed, John Harvard Statue Vandalized in Act of ‘Palestinian Resistance’
An individual smashed the ground-floor windows to University Hall and covered the John Harvard statue in red paint as an “act of solidarity with the Palestinian resistance.”
Harvard Lampoon Claims The Crimson Endorsed Trump at Pennsylvania Rally
The Harvard Lampoon impersonated members of The Crimson and distributed t-shirts that falsely claimed the newspaper’s editorial board had endorsed former U.S. President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday.
Harvard IOP Student Leader Resigns, Citing ‘Palestinian Exception to Free Speech’
Nuriel R. Vera-DeGraff ’26 — the chair of the Harvard Institute of Politics Campaigns and Advocacy Program — resigned on Monday after the IOP rejected his last-minute proposal to heavily refocus the program on Israel and Palestine.
Graduate Students Express Support for Prior-Term Course Registration
Most GSAS students said the previous-term registration system allows them to schedule sections and handle other course logistics earlier, before the busy beginning to the semester.
What’s It Like Being Pre-Med at Harvard?
For many pre-med and pre-health students, the pressures of the Harvard environment — combined with limited advising — can make for a challenging four years.
Harvard Warns of Consequences After Pro-Palestine ‘Study-In’ in Widener Library
Harvard administrators threatened disciplinary action against roughly 30 pro-Palestine student protesters who staged a silent “emergency study-in” at Widener Library on Saturday afternoon.
Uzma Issa ’25 Elected First Marshal for Harvard College Class of 2025
Uzma A. Issa ’25 and Srija Vem ’25 — two Neuroscience concentrators hailing from Hoover, Alabama — will serve as the first and second class marshals for the Class of 2025.
Renovations Bring New Gameboard, Safer Perimeter Glass to Hockey Center
Renovations on Harvard’s Bright-Landry Hockey Center ended in August, bringing major technological upgrades to the men’s and women’s ice hockey team’s nearly 50-year-old home.
Security Concerns Linger as Datamatch Launches Freshman Matchmaking Service
Datamatch, a student-run online matchmaking platform, launched its annual friendship matching service for freshmen last week, seven months after private student data was leaked following the launch of their Valentine’s Day matchmaking service.
Harvard Yard Ops Doubles Down on Pest Control, Students Report Mice and Cockroaches
Yard Operations implemented a series of pest management and prevention strategies in freshman dorms over the summer — but students continue to report pest sightings.
