College News
Professor Donald Pfister at the Freshman Convocation
Interim Dean of Harvard College Donald Pfister entertains the Class of 2017 at the freshman convocation with a tale of earning a D in German class during his freshman year of college.
Administrators Greet Class of 2017 at Convocation
The class of 2017 gathered Monday afternoon to hear messages of encouragement and community imparted by some of Harvard’s most senior faculty.
Former Hammonds Adviser Steps Down from Post in College Administration
D. E. Lorraine Sterritt, one of former Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds’s close advisers, is leaving her position as College dean for administration, Interim Dean of the College Donald H. Pfister announced Thursday.
How We Can Avoid the Next Gov 1310
Forget an honor code—we’ve found the solution to Harvard’s alleged cheating problem.
Preventing Wandering Eyes
Anti-cheating hats worn during an exam at Kasetsart University in Thailand could be the answer to deterring cheating at Harvard.
Queer Advisory Council Created To Discuss Issues in BGLTQ Community
The new Council will be made up of 13 voting undergraduate members drawn from BGLTQ-identified student groups and the College community at large.
IOP Announces Fall Roster of Residential and Visiting Fellows
A former interim Senator, a former U.S. Labor Secretary, and a former Los Angeles mayor will highlight the Institute of Politics’ fall roster of residential and visiting fellows.
The Fall IOP Fellows
From left to right, the IOP’s roster of fall fellows includes, in the first row, former interim U.S. Senator William “Mo” Cowan, political commentator Ana Navarro, and Romney campaign adviser Beth Myers, and, in the second row, Google strategy principal Ginny Hunt, political journalist Sasha Issenberg, and Karen Gordon Mills, who recently resigned as administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration.
With Three of Four Resident Deans Turning Over, FDO Completes Hires
The Freshman Dean’s Office has filled the vacancies created by the departures from the office of three of its four freshman resident deans this summer.
Keating Report Corroborates Administrators’ Account of Email Search Scandal
A highly anticipated independent report commissioned by the University concludes that Harvard officials did not knowingly break faculty email privacy policy when they secretly probed resident deans’ email accounts last September in an effort to plug a leak of information connected to the Government 1310 cheating scandal.
With Time Short and Student Trust in Administrators Low, Pfister Seeks To Build Community
The new interim Dean of the College faces the challenge of leading a student body that has grown skeptical of administrators without knowing how long he may have to effect change.
Laid-Off Workers Trade Goodbyes as the Inn at Harvard Closes Its Doors
Nearly 22 years ago, Mustapha Jorti helped welcome the first guests to the Inn at Harvard. On Monday, the University-owned hotel’s final day of operation, he manned a quiet front desk as the Inn’s last patrons checked out of their rooms.
Donald Pfister, Former Ad Board Review Committee Chair, To Serve as Interim Dean of the College
Donald H. Pfister, a longtime Harvard faculty member and administrator who chaired a committee that reviewed the Administrative Board from 2008-2010, will serve as interim Dean of the College as it begins to explore a proposal to give students a role in adjudicating some disciplinary cases, Harvard announced Tuesday.
Pfister, Interim Dean of the College
Donald H. Pfister, a longtime Harvard faculty member and administrator who chaired a committee that reviewed the Administrative Board in 2008-2010, will serve as interim Dean of the College.
