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Oprah Winfrey To Deliver Address at 362nd Commencement
Media mogul and billionaire philanthropist Oprah Winfrey will speak at Harvard’s 362nd Commencement in May, the University announced Monday.
A Dark Weekend for the 'Party Shuttle'
This weekend, when students climbed aboard Melvin Washington, Jr.’s evening shuttle bus that travels back and forth between the Yard and the Quad, they were not greeted by the customary strobe lights and thudding music, but rather an entirely party-less shuttle.
Men's Basketball Drops Key Contest at Penn, 75-72
The Crimson returns to Cambridge needing its prayers answered to extend its season.
HUCTW Holds First Rally in Memorial Church
In the first union rally to ever take place in Memorial Church, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers gathered with supporters on Thursday afternoon to bring attention to its ongoing contract negotiations.
The Fall of Academics at Harvard
Government 1310 scandal has been treated by some administrators as the unfortunate exception, an isolated incident whose case has now been closed. But as academic integrity dances uncertainly through a campus whose gates and walls are engraved with a motto of truth, Veritas is at stake.
Actor Sean Penn Discusses a Post-Earthquake Haiti
Panelists Sean Penn, former Haitian Prime Minister Michèle D. Pierre-Louis, and General P. K. Keen headed a discussion last night about post-earthquake recovery in Haiti at the Harvard Kennedy School JFK Forum.
Anticipating Federal Cuts, Schools Streamline, Diversify Sponsored Funding
Regardless of what happens on Capitol Hill this week, Harvard will have to contend with decreased revenue from federal agencies by reevaluating its reliance on different sources of income.
With Federal Cuts Looming, University Researchers Say Outlook Is Gloomy
Some agencies have already reduced grant totals in advance of unprecedented federal spending cuts scheduled to take effect Friday, forcing labs across the University to proactively trim costs and refocus their research. At the same time, administrators have begun the process of reorienting the way the University solicits funding.
VAWA Renewal Could Spell Change
In recent months, an expired piece of legislation has placed a few words of legal jargon, tucked away in the disciplinary codes of colleges and universities all over the country, at the forefront of a polarizing national debate. The argument centers around a charged question: how much evidence should an institution of higher education require to find an accused student guilty of sexual misconduct?
Can Harvard Women Have It All?
In 2013, the national debate regarding the equality of women in the workplace still rages.
Men's Basketball Outlasts Princeton, 69-57, To Take First Place in Conference
The Harvard men’s basketball team outlasted its biggest Ivy competition, 69-57, in front of a packed crowd on Saturday evening.
Faust Delivers Address on Science Research, Sequestration
University President Drew G. Faust warned that cuts to federal research funding would endanger innovation, the economy, and “intellectual life” in the United States in a speech to the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Sororities Extend Bids to 174 Women
174 pairs of hands rushed to tear open envelopes containing cards revealing the identity of their new sisters. The women shrieked with excitement as they ran to locate their sororities.
With Faust in Attendance, Professors Advocate Environmental Activism
A panel of professors from Harvard and the University of Michigan on Monday night urged both citizens and businesses to make environmental activism their top priority.
Packing the House
With rising ticket prices and online streaming options contributing to declining audiences, the survival of independent movie houses may seem unlikely. Yet Cambridge’s independent theaters, drawing on a number of strategies, continue to thrive.
