Reunions
‘Largest Art Theft’: 50 Years of Searching for the Stolen Fogg Coins
On a December night in 1973, five armed men broke into Harvard’s Fogg Art Museum and stole more than 6,000 ancient Greek and Roman coins. Fifty years later, the museum is still working to get them back.
‘A Script For A Political Movie’: The Class of 1974 Looks Back on Watergate
While the Watergate break-in happened in the late summer of 1972, as the Class of 1974 finished their sophomore year, the scandal’s most dramatic moments would come during their final year in Cambridge — at a campus that had deep ties to, and was often the scorn of, the embattled administration.
Competing Equally at Last: 50 Years of the Harvard-Radcliffe Athletics Merger
Harvard University and Radcliffe College merged in 1974 in a decision that came on the heels of the passage of Title IX and carried major implications for the future of athletics at Harvard.
2024 Presidential Candidate Cornel West ’74’s Life as a ‘Love Warrior’
Cornel R. West ’74 brought a book with him just in case the party quieted down.
‘Can’t Survive on 5.5’: The Months-Long Printer Strike in 1974
The Harvard University Printing Office has been shuttered for over 20 years. But in the spring of 1974, the Office dominated the local news when more than 30 printers went on strike for months.
Writer, Comedian Baratunde Thurston Elected As Chief Marshal For Class of 1999
Baratunde R. Thurston ’99, writer, comedian, and television host, was elected by the Class of 1999 to serve as this year’s chief marshal.
Harvard Postpones 369th Commencement Exercises
Heeding advice from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as its own faculty, Harvard will indefinitely postpone its 369th Commencement Exercises, University President Lawrence S. Bacow wrote in an email Friday.
Undergraduate Mediators
When racial tensions came to a head in 1994, Harvard introduced race mediators among students and faculty.
MLK Memorial
Black students leave a University memorial service for Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to attend a separate service.
The Fly Club
When the Fly Club voted to admit women during the 1993-1994 academic year, its graduate board initially backed the vote, but the club later back-tracked. Final Clubs were boycotted, giving rise to new women's groups.
