Libraries
After Evading ID Checks, Some Library Study-in Participants Remain Unpunished
Participants at two recent study-ins at Widener Library and the Harvard Law School Library left the premises before administrators managed to check their Harvard IDs. Now, it seems, they will escape punishment entirely.
4 HGSE Students Suspended from Library for Staging Pro-Palestine Study-In
Four Harvard Graduate School of Education students were suspended for two weeks from the school’s Gutman Library after they helped stage a pro-Palestine “study-in” on Nov. 12.
Harvard Law School Students Protest in Library, Leave Before ID Checks
More than 50 Harvard Law School students quietly protested in Langdell Hall’s library Friday afternoon, the third study-in protest to occur at HLS this semester.
Students Suspended from Harvard Divinity School Library After Pray-In
Harvard Divinity School students were issued two-week suspensions from its library for participating in a pro-Palestine “pray-in” demonstration last Monday.
Harvard Law School Denies Student Appeals to Reverse Library Bans
Harvard Law School administrators rejected appeals from students to reverse temporary suspensions from the school’s library in Langdell Hall over their participation in pro-Palestine “study-ins” last month.
No ID Checks, but Harvard ‘Determining Next Steps’ After Second Faculty Study-In
Roughly 35 Harvard faculty members held a silent study-in in Widener Library on Friday afternoon, marking the second time faculty have gathered in the library to denounce the University’s protest restrictions.
FAS Dean Hoekstra Defends 2-Week Library Bans for Harvard Activists
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra gave a full-throated endorsement of Harvard Library’s decision to temporarily ban protesters who staged library study-ins Tuesday.
Students Stage Pro-Palestine ‘Pray-In’ Protest at Harvard Divinity School Library
More than 55 graduate students called on the University to divest from Israel’s war in Gaza and end censorship on campus during a “pray-in” protest at the Harvard Divinity School’s library on Monday.
Harvard Affiliates Celebrate Day of the Dead with Ofrenda, Soiree
Widener Library’s West Stacks Reading Room, which ordinarily sees students quietly studying, instead housed an ofrenda with photos of students’ loved ones as affiliates celebrated Día de los Muertos on Wednesday.
Harvard Law Students Banned From Library Over Study-In, HOOP Says at Rally
Student protesters received another ban from Harvard Law School’s Langdell Library for participating in a study-in last week.
Library Study-Ins: A New Chapter for Pro-Palestine Activism at Harvard
Silent library demonstrations, or study-ins, have become increasingly popular among pro-Palestine campus activists at Harvard. It’s put administrators between a rock and a hard place.
Harvard Faculty Appeal Temporary Suspensions From Widener Library
Faculty members who were temporarily banned from Widener Library for participating in a study-in protest appealed their sanctions to Harvard Library, calling their suspensions “unlawful violations” of their contracts.
More Than 70 Harvard Students Stage Pro-Palestine Study-In at Widener Library
More than 70 pro-Palestine activists staged a silent study-in at Widener Library on Tuesday to protest the University’s refusal to conduct a review of its investments for ties to human rights violations.
Faculty Members Suspended From Harvard’s Main Library After ‘Study-In’ Protest
Harvard Libraries suspended roughly 25 faculty members from entering Widener Library for two weeks after they conducted a silent “study-in” protest in the library’s main reading room last week, an extraordinary disciplinary action taken by the University against its own faculty.
HLS Students Hold Langdell Library ‘Study-in’ to Protest War in Gaza
More than 100 Harvard Law School students protested the war in Israel and Gaza and “Harvard’s complicity in Israel’s genocide” at a silent “study-in” in HLS’ Langdell Library on Thursday.
