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[Opinion] Indifference Is the Enemy of Democracy
Kenneth Roth is a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy and the former executive director of Human Rights Watch. I won’t sugarcoat it: You are entering a world where some of the most basic values of our democracy are under attack. Some politicians have found political profit in demonizing certain minorities. Rather than appeal to a broad national community, they preach divisiveness and exclusion. The quest for political power has become an end that in their view justifies these means.
Sanjay Gupta Calls on Harvard Medical and Dental Graduates to Heed the ‘Clarion Call of Compassion’
Sanjay Gupta — an Emmy award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN — dubbed Harvard Medical School and School of Dental Medicine graduates the “new guardians of the galaxy” at their joint class day Thursday.
The Changing Faces of a Harvard Education
As our graduating seniors smile in cap and gown, bidding adieu to their Cantabrigian lives, it is hardly difficult to imagine how change has been central to their Harvard experiences: From moving to online instruction just months into their college careers to this year’s introduction of double concentrations, much has evolved for the ’23 ton — including long-held notions of what it means to graduate with a Harvard education.
What Critical Race Theory Was — and is — at Harvard Law School
Former Harvard University President Derek C. Bok vividly recalls the day that he, then dean of Harvard Law School, flew to California to recruit Derrick A. Bell Jr. to the Law School’s faculty in 1969 — more than five decades ago.
‘It’s Way Past Time’: How Cambridge is Reconsidering its 80-Year-Old Form of Government
By Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen and Cam E. Kettles, Crimson Staff Writers. For the last 80 years, the City of Cambridge has been run by an appointed city manager. But soon, the city may change its form of government entirely.
Billionaire Ken Griffin ’89 Breaks with DeSantis on ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Expansion Amid Criticism at GSAS
The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences was renamed in honor of Kenneth C. Griffin '89.Photo byFrank S. ZhouBy Rahem D. Hamid, Miles J. Herszenhorn, Elias J. Schisgall, and Claire Yuan, Crimson Staff Writers.
Billionaire David Rubenstein to Depart Harvard Corporation Next Month
Photo byLeah S. YaredBy Miles J. Herszenhorn and Claire Yuan, Crimson Staff Writers. Billionaire and philanthropist David M. Rubenstein will step down from the Harvard Corporation — the University’s highest governing body — at the end of June after six years on the board, top Harvard administrators announced Wednesday.
President Bacow Bids Farewell to Harvard, Confers 1,850 College Degrees at 372nd Commencement
President Bacow addressed Harvard graduates for the last time in his presidency at the Thursday commencement ceremony.Photo byMarina QuBy Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen, Miles J. Herszenhorn, and Claire Yuan, Crimson Staff Writers.
When Harvard’s Clubs Become Companies
Photo bySophia SalamancaBY J. SELLERS HILL AND ELLA L. JONES, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS. Days after freshmen arrive on campus in the fall, they are greeted by a bustling club fair in Harvard Yard staffed by hundreds of student groups, wooing prospective members with free food, merchandise, and energetic pitches.
Harvard Holds Inaugural Affinity Celebration for Graduates with Disabilities
Photo byJ. Sellers HillBy J. Sellers Hill, Crimson Staff Writer. Harvard held its first affinity celebration for graduates with disabilities in a Monday ceremony that highlighted the accomplishments of students from across the University.
More Than Three-Quarters of Surveyed Harvard Faculty Identify As Liberal
More than 77 percent of surveyed Harvard faculty identified as either “very liberal” or “liberal” in The Crimson’s annual survey of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Just under 32 percent of faculty respondents said they were “very liberal.” Approximately 45 percent of respondents identified as “liberal,” 20 percent as “moderate,” more than 2 percent as “conservative,” and less than 1 percent as “very conservative.”
Harvard Lifted Sanctions on Epstein-Associated Professor Martin Nowak in March
By Rahem D. Hamid and Elias J. Schisgall, Crimson Staff Writers. Martin A. Nowak, the Harvard professor sanctioned in 2021 for his association with sex trafficker Jeffrey E. Epstein, had all his advising and research privileges restored in March, a faculty department chair confirmed last week.
Penny Pritzker ’81 Among Eight Harvard Affiliates Sanctioned by Russian Government
By Miles J. Herszenhorn and Claire Yuan, Crimson Staff Writers. The Russian government sanctioned Harvard Corporation Senior Fellow Penny S. Pritzker ’81 and seven other Harvard affiliates, the country’s ministry of foreign affairs announced in a Friday press release.
More Than 70 Harvard Students Call for Academy of Arts and Sciences to Review Comaroff’s Membership
By Darley A.C. Boit and Elias J. Schisgall, Crimson Staff Writers. More than 70 Harvard students and three student groups called on the American Academy of Arts and Sciences to review Harvard professor John L. Comaroff’s membership in an open letter to the organization Saturday.
Harvard Reaches Tentative Agreement with Clerical and Technical Union After 13 Months of Negotiations
Photo byJulian J. GiordanoBy Cam E. Kettles, Crimson Staff Writer. After 13 months of negotiations and a protracted stalemate over compensation, Harvard’s clerical and technical union reached a tentative agreement with the University before noon May 11, six days before the union’s 35th birthday.
Harvard, Grad Student Union Enter Arbitration Over Exclusion of Human Evolutionary Bio Students from Union
Harvard's Human Evolutionary Biology Department is housed on the fifth floor of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.Photo byNaomi S. Castellon-PerezBy Cam E. Kettles, Crimson Staff Writer.
More than 1,600 Sign Petition for Harvard to Raise Student Salaries to Meet Middlesex County Living Wage
Photo byCam E. KettlesBy Cam E. Kettles, Crimson Staff Writer. More than 1,600 people have signed a petition calling on Harvard to raise student researcher and teacher salaries up to living wage in Middlesex County for members of the University’s graduate student union by July 1.
Harvard Awards $200,000 in Grants to Allston Nonprofits in 15th Year of Partnership Fund
The future site of Harvard's Enterprise Research Campus in Allston.Photo byAddison Y. LiuBy Jack R. Trapanick, Crimson Staff Writer. Harvard announced grants totaling $200,000 to 20 different organizations and programs in Allston as part of the Harvard-Allston Partnership Fund at a ceremony last Thursday.
Bacow and John Kerry Discuss Global Energy Transition at Inaugural Harvard Climate Symposium
The University held its inaugural climate symposium Tuesday at the Harvard Business School.Photo byChristopher Hidalgo. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry discussed the global climate crisis with outgoing University President Lawrence S. Bacow at the inaugural Harvard Climate Symposium on Tuesday.
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