Lowell
Lowell House Sustainability
A Harvard student reads a panel documenting the energy consumption of different rooms in Lowell House.
Lowell SCR
Along with new House renovations, Lowell House has revamped the membership of their Senior Common Room.
Top Harvard Administrators Join Lowell House Senior Common Room
Lowell House welcomed 49 new members — including former University President Drew G. Faust and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay — to its Senior Common Room this fall.
Court Denies Harvard’s Motion to Dismiss 2018 Wrongful Death Suit
A 2018 wrongful death lawsuit against Harvard and several of its employees will proceed after Middlesex County Superior Court ruled against Harvard’s motions to dismiss Monday.
Flyby Investigates: New Lowell House
Everyone knows that Boston has two seasons: construction and winter. Harvard is no exception. Lowell House is the latest in the effort to renovate undergraduate housing, so (naturally) Flyby had to get the scoop for you.
Harvard Has 'The Law on Our Side' in Lawsuit Over Photos of Slaves, Bacow Says
University President Lawrence S. Bacow said in an interview Friday that he is confident Harvard is on the right side of the law in a suit alleging that Harvard unlawfully possesses and profits off two photographs of American slaves that are believed to be the oldest of their kind in existence.
Transformer Catches Fire Saturday Night, Causing Blackout
Roughly 600 customers of Eversource, an electric company, lost power Saturday evening after a transformer caught fire on Green Street and Putnam Avenue, affecting University affiliates living in several Lowell House swing housing buildings, according to Eversource.
Renovated Lowell House Will Not Display Portrait of Controversial Former University President Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Lowell House will not display portraits of former University President Abbott Lawrence Lowell, Class of 1877, and his wife Anna Parker Lowell when it reopens in the fall, incoming Faculty Deans David I. Laibson ’88 and Nina Zipser announced in a Friday email to House residents.
85 Percent of Beds in Renovated Lowell House Will Be in Singles
New student spaces in Lowell will also include a squash court, a dance room, a screening room, a game lounge, a pool lounge, a party room, and band and opera-specific music rooms.
Lowell House Construction
The floor plans for the renovated Lowell House were released this past Monday. Construction continues behind the fences surrounding the perimeter of the building.
‘The Best Job at Harvard’: Diana Eck and Twenty Years of Lowell Tea and Loyalty
Diana L. Eck and Dorothy A. Austin have served as the faculty deans of Lowell House for twenty years. This spring they will step down.
Admissions Lawyers at Lowell House
Harvard University Lawyer William F. Lee and Lowell House Tutor and Pre-Law Advisor Sandy Alexander exit the Pechet Room in Lowell House after an hour-long, off-the-record discussion of the admissions lawsuit.
For Whom the Bell Lowells
Jessica Ding '19, a member of the Lowell House Society of Russian Bell Ringers, rings the bells in the basement of 20 Prescott Street.
