Year In Review 2016

How Harvard’s final clubs went from unrecognized to penalized

While her career has progressed further and further away from her days of scholarship, University President Drew G. Faust’s acute sense of institutional history has only sharpened.

Harvard’s Social Experiment

Harvard has aimed to bolster undergraduate social life, but some people said the University has gone too far

$6.5 Billion. Now What?

With about two years left in its drive, Harvard’s fundraising officials are now focusing their energies on raising money for still-unfilled “buckets” of need. But that’s easier said than done.

A Social Dean

As Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana cracks down on final clubs and tries to bolster House life, he is trying to cast his administration as one focused on academics.

By Jalin P. Cunningham and Ignacio Sabate

Year in Quotes

Quotes that defined the 2015-16 academic year

By Crimson News Staff

Seeking Safety for BGLTQ Students

Students say the College has more work to do in building a relationship of trust with queer and transgender students.

By Jonathan G. Adler and Mia C. Karr

6,700 and Not Counting

As Harvard approaches the opening of a new campus in Allston, some administrators are weighing in on whether Harvard should expand its undergraduate population.

By Derek G. Xiao and Brian P. Yu

Standing Up: Student Groups Take on Sexual Assault

Despite efforts to improve trainings, some have suggested the brief sessions on their own may be insufficient.

By Jonathan G. Adler and Brian P. Yu

H is for Hillary

The ties between Harvard and Hillary run remarkably deep.

By William C. Skinner

One Harvard, Inc.

As Harvard seeks to raise money for its ongoing fundraising drive, it regularly seeks out a bevy of alumni and individuals to support the school. In some cases, though, Harvard will turn to another source of funds: corporations.

By Andrew M. Duehren and Daphne C. Thompson

A School Divided

This year was marked by a rising tempo of divided voices—students from opposing sides, debating freedom of speech at Harvard Law School.

By Claire E. Parker

Harvard Square Chained Down

Harvard Square is a constantly changing environment, but recent increases in rent prices and different shopping patterns have made it harder for smaller local establishments to remain in business alongside national chains.

By Beth Young

The Women Who Leave

A combination of formal processes and informal forces disadvantage women on the FAS tenure track, pushing some to leave before they come up for tenure review.

By Claire E. Parker and Luca F. Schroeder

Graduation, for a Price

Though aid exists, some students still struggle to foot the bill for Commencement.

By Leah S. Yared and Beth Young

Harvard's Other Houses

Amidst Harvard’s record-setting $6.5 billion capital campaign, the University tries to raise hundreds of millions of dollars every year. Sometimes, though, raising money means making a sale.

By Andrew M. Duehren

OCS vs. Wall Street

This year banks circumvented OCS and began recruiting students earlier, before official On-Campus Interviews for finance internships started in January. The tug-of-war and resulting breakdown caused OCS to move up its interview schedule by several months next year to avoid contending with the banks.

By Nathaniel J. Hiatt

Academic Ambassadors

Many faculty members say they play an integral role in Faust’s trips, even before she leaves Cambridge.

By Melissa C. Rodman and William C. Skinner

Student or Worker?

Over the past year, both the graduate student unionization movement and the opposition to it have become stronger and more sophisticated, with no clear signs of letting up.

By Brandon J. Dixon and Leah S. Yared

Harvard and the Hub

In Faust’s and Walsh’s Relationship, a glimpse of the relationship between Harvard and its neighboring city is visible— particularly in light of Harvard’s Boston-based expansion.

By Brandon J. Dixon

Persuading Professors

Harvard will go to great lengths to recruit and retain faculty members. But sometimes, it doesn’t have everything a professor wants.

By Melissa C. Rodman and Luca F. Schroeder

The Yale Model

Over the course of the past decade, Harvard administrators have looked to the Yale housing system as a potential model.

By C. Ramsey Fahs and Mia C. Karr

Commencement 2016

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