Front Feature
With Faculty Superstars and a Famous Dropout, Harvard Launches Capital Campaign’s Public Phase
An afternoon packed with star-studded events for Harvard’s alumni and donors kicked off the public phase of Harvard’s potentially record-breaking capital campaign on Saturday.
Piecing Cambridge Together
This week, FM examines the ins and outs of Cambridge, introducing you to its perennial street performers, exquisite chefs, must-try eateries, and more.
Football Opens Season Out West
Harvard will open its season Saturday against the University of San Diego on the Toreros’ home turf.
A "Bigger, Better, Faster" Museum
The Fogg Museum's galleries are closed now. One of the largest collections of art in the country, spanning numerous continents, periods, and media, has been under wraps since it closed for renovation in 2008. But from the remnants of the Fogg, a new structure has risen—devoted to broadening and refining the role of the "teaching museum."
Underfunded and Overlooked: The Plight of a Harvard Square Sculpture
Few students, if any, glance up and notice the massive, multi-colored stone sculpture that towers over Out of Town News—one they pass nearly every day.
Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony Puts Light-Hearted Spin on Science
Following a 22-year-old tradition, over one thousand audience members aimed their makeshift planes at a human target standing onstage. Cheers filled the theater every time one of the planes hit their target.
CS50, Stat 110 See Continued Increases in Enrollment
In fall 2009, computer science lecturer David J. Malan welcomed 337 aspiring coders to his introductory computer science course CS50. Four years later, the course’s enrollment has more than doubled, closing in on—but just failing to surpass—the introductory economics course Ec 10a as Harvard’s most popular class.
How Harvard Teaches Artists (Or Doesn't)
The College continues to increase the presence of the arts in its curriculum—including offering course credit for extracurricular arts organizations this year—but students and graduates worry that Harvard as an institution does not fully prepare them to pursue a career in creativity.
Faust Charts Course Through ‘Stormy Seas’ as The Harvard Campaign Approaches
In a speech Tuesday, the University President conveyed a mixed outlook for higher education, describing both the challenges and opportunities facing Harvard.
Freshman Survey Part IV: Sex, Drugs, and MacBook Pros
They scored well on the SATs, but it appears Harvard freshmen aren't quite as good at scoring in bed.
Bertucci’s Closes After 25 Years on Brattle Street
According to a Bertucci’s company press release, the landlord decided to seek out a new tenant to replace the restaurant, despite Bertucci’s willingness to enact any changes needed to remain open.
A Divided Duty: The Role of the Resident Dean
The resident deans hold a dual role within the framework of the College, interacting with students both as academic instructors and as House-level advisers. Current and former administrators say that over the past several decades the position has evolved from a role that drew an equal balance between scholarly and administrative work into a job that entails a sometimes overwhelming list of bureaucratic duties.
Faust Looks Forward
While Faust's responsive leadership style has worked during tumultuous times for both the University and the world, it remains to be seen whether she can use her renowned communication skills to renew and refine inherited ideas and lead Harvard through an ambitious, 21st-century capital campaign.
The UC: Forceful + Weak
Former and current UC representatives say that Council president Tara Raghuveer and vice president Jen Zhu are more assertive than their immediate predecessors, but that they are no more effective in convincing administrators to take action.
The Entryway Reimagined
Changes to the spatial arrangement of the Houses may also dramatically change the way students use these spaces.
