Evelynn Hammonds
5 Questions You’ve Got About Last School Year, Answered
If you weren't on campus last year and feel like you're returning to a strange new world of over-emphasized collaboration policies and construction sites, you might have a few questions about what happened here at Harvard during the 2012-2013 school year. Flyby's here to answer them for you.
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.
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.
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Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds walks around Memorial Church before the Baccalaureate Service on Tuesday. Dean Hammonds's resignation was officially announced Tuesday morning.
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Evelynn M. Hammonds walks in Memorial Church prior to the Baccalaureate Service for the Class of 2013 on Tuesday afternoon. Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith had sent out an email to the Harvard community Tuesday morning announcing that Hammonds will step down as Dean of the College on July 1.
Beset by Crises, Hammonds Sought To Protect
With Hammonds’s five-year tenure drawing to a close this summer, students and faculty say that this strong commitment to safeguarding her students was often impeded by unforeseen crises and administrative shortcomings. The dean who cared so much about protecting students, they say, could not get the job done.
Hammonds's Exit Made Official
Evelynn M. Hammonds will step down as the Dean of Harvard College on July 1, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith announced in an email to the Harvard community today, ending nearly two months of speculation about the embattled dean’s future.
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Evelynn M. Hammonds, shown speaking at the Harvard College Governance panel in a file photo from last November, is expected not to return as Dean of the College in the fall, a source confirmed Friday. The confirmation comes weeks after news broke that she and other administrators had authorized two sets of secret searches of resident deans' email accounts, including one that explicitly violated the Faculty of Arts and Sciences privacy policy.
Evelynn Hammonds Expected To End Tenure as Dean of the College This Summer
Evelynn M. Hammonds has been in negotiations about a possible departure from her position as Dean of Harvard College and is expected not to return to the post in the fall, a person with direct knowledge of the situation confirmed Friday.
Smith and Hammonds Express Regret, But Reaffirm Justification Behind Email Searches
In an interview with The Crimson last week, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith expressed regret over the handling of the search of Harvard resident deans’ email accounts.
UC Memo Recommends Strengthening Student Email Privacy Policy
A group of Undergraduate Council members drafted a memorandum on Harvard’s undergraduate email privacy policy that clarifies the policy, identifies potential ambiguity, and makes recommendations for changes.
Dean Hammonds Pledges Better Communication in Times of Crisis
A day after students criticized the University for how it communicated with undergraduates in the hours following two bomb explosions at the Boston Marathon Monday afternoon, Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds told students in an email that Harvard “can and will do better to communicate with our community in times of crisis.”
Dean Hammonds or Tyga?
We asked people in the Science Center who they would rather share a meal with.