Commencement 2020 News
A ‘Hairball Of Issues’ in Store for Fall Campus Reopenings, Experts Say
After the spring semester has come to a close and large portions of the country begin easing restrictions brought on by the outbreak, Harvard administrators must consider the question: what will happen in the fall?
The People’s Parity Project is Trying to Change Law in America
Founded in 2018, the People’s Parity Project aims to reform the legal profession by working to end harassment, combat injustice, and protect workers’ rights in the legal field.
‘A Black Box’: Harvard Affiliates Debate the University’s Tenure System
A review of FAS's tenure promotion system has prompted conversations about how universities increase the range of identities represented in the research they produce and the courses they offer — and also bolster the diversity of the historically white, male, and upper-class academy itself.
As COVID-19 Affects Low-Income Communities, Greater Boston Legal Services Aids Those Hardest Hit
Amid rising numbers of unemployment and eviction cases, Greater Boston Legal Services has helped to fill resource gaps and provide legal aid to those most negatively impacted.
‘Foci of Infection’: Harvard’s History of Infectious Diseases, Explained
Coronavirus marks only the latest chapter in a long history of campus responses to infectious disease, from smallpox in the 1700s to swine flu in 2009, though no outbreak has ever before precipitated such a large-scale and long-term closure.
Discord in the Big Tent
Four years ago, the Harvard Republican Club denounced Donald Trump. As he runs for re-election, what happens next?
How COVID-19 Made a Harvard Epidemiologist Into a Public Ambassador for Science
“I got a call from the Prime Minister of Israel who just wanted to talk about what they were doing,” Marc Lipsitch said. “That's a level of advice that I've never been asked to do before and has been really interesting.”
