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‘No One is Doing More’: Harvard President Alan Garber Looks To Reverse Donor Revolt
As the University prepares for a long-term downturn in giving, interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 is leading the charge to woo back disillusioned donors. Harvard’s initial response to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel infuriated many of the University’s major donors, but during the first weeks of the donor revolt, senior leadership remained optimistic that it could quickly win them back.
‘An Inflection Point’: Speakers Commend Encampment Protesters at Celebration for Arab Harvard Grads
By Madeleine A. Hung and Joyce E. Kim, Crimson Staff Writers. Harvard affiliates honored Arab graduates — as well as 13 seniors who may not graduate at Commencement for their participation in the encampment of Harvard Yard — at a University-wide celebration on Monday afternoon.
Facing A Longstanding Racial Achievement Gap, Cambridge Moves to Standardize School Curricula
For G. Caitlin O’Donnell, a first grade teacher at Fletcher Maynard Academy, Cambridge Public Schools’ new, aligned English Language Arts curriculum will be the “biggest shift” in curriculum in her seventeen years teaching in the district.
Harvard’s Next Presidential Search Will Face New Challenges Amid Attacks on DEI
Like it or not, the selection of Harvard’s 31st president will inevitably be viewed by key stakeholders through the prism of identity politics — and it’s like that more people will be disappointed than pleased.
Debra Haaland Touts Biden Climate Agenda, Celebrates HLS Grads in Class Day Speech
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Debra A. Haaland addressed Harvard Law School’s Class of 2024 during the school’s Class Day ceremony on Holmes Field Wednesday afternoon. Haaland’s speech on the Biden administration’s climate agenda and the power of the legal field to affect change survived the disruptions found at other Commencement ceremonies.
‘Adjust on the Fly’: Harvard Undergrads Receive Diplomas at House Ceremonies Despite Rain, Protests
By Azusa M. Lippit and Cam N. Srivastava, Crimson Staff Writers. Whether they chose to participate in a pro-Palestine walkout or remain seated at the University-wide Commencement, undergraduates streamed to their residential Houses Thursday afternoon to officially receive their diplomas.
West Point Colonel Addresses Harvard Graduates at First-Ever Veterans’ Affinity Celebration
By Jo B. Lemann and Neil H. Shah, Crimson Staff Writers. U.S. Army Colonel and West Point professor Everett Spain urged graduating Harvard veterans to treat their degree as a “commission to do good” during the University’s first annual veterans’ affinity graduation celebration.
How Lesley University Descended Into Crisis
As Harvard began to make international headlines in fall 2023, its lower-profile neighbor in Cambridge had spiraled into a full-blown upheaval of its own. When Janet L. Steinmayer was appointed president of Lesley University in 2019, she took the helm of a small liberal arts institution facing declining student enrollment, a $10 million budget deficit, and its fourth president in three years.
Alums Disrupt Nancy Pelosi at Harvard Club of San Francisco Event in Pro-Palestine Protest
By Cam N. Srivastava and Saketh Sundar, Crimson Staff Writers. Pro-Palestinian protesters interrupted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) as she delivered a keynote speech at the Harvard Club of San Francisco’s 150th anniversary event Monday evening.
Harvard Prepares for Commencement Disruptions, Enlists Tutors as ‘De-Escalators’
The College enlisted a number of residential tutors across the 12 undergraduate Houses to serve as “de-escalators” during this week’s Commencement festivities as Harvard makes contingency plans for handling disruptive protests at graduation programming, according to two tutors who were asked to serve in the role.
Pro-Israel Harvard Affiliates Sign Letter Urging ‘Significant Consequences’ for Protesters
By Tilly R. Robinson and Neil H. Shah, Crimson Staff Writers. Nearly 400 pro-Israel Harvard alumni and affiliates signed an open letter to interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber ’76 condemning “the alarming escalation of antisemitism” on campus during the pro-Palestine encampment in Harvard Yard.
Undergrad Sues Harvard IRC After Removal Over $170,000 ‘Financial Stress Test’
Theo J. Harper ’25 sued the Harvard International Relations Council after he was temporarily removed from the group in December for redirecting $170,000 to an unofficial bank account over two months as part of a secret financial stress test unbeknownst to the IRC’s top leadership.
Harvard Grad Students Charged Following Confrontation at October Pro-Palestine Protest
Two Harvard graduate students are facing criminal charges and up to 200 days in jail following their involvement in a confrontation with an Israeli student at a pro-Palestine protest at the Harvard Business School in October.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Review: Mortality-Defying Movement
It’s easy to forget that the Alvin Ailey dancers are mortal. Sometimes they emulate birds or flowers, but more often they embody immaterial things like joy, strength, or fragility. Occasionally, though, when the music echoing through the theater quiets to just the right level, you can hear the muted thud of bare feet on the padded stage or the sharp intake of breath from an athlete pushing themselves to their limit. That’s when it dawns on you — these dancers are somehow mortal beings, just like us.
‘A Strange Loop’ Review: ‘Big, Black and Queer-Ass American Broadway’ Comes to Boston
Professionalism and personality shine in Speakeasy Stage and Front Porch Arts Collective’s production of Michael R. Jackson’s “A Strange Loop.”. The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical follows Usher (Kai Clifton), a gay Black man writing a musical about a gay Black man writing a musical. Inside Usher’s overwhelmed mind, a variety of personified Thoughts (Grant Evan, De’Lon Grant, Jonathan Melo, Zion Middleton, Davron S. Monroe, and Aaron Michael Ray) represent Usher’s interactions with the world, or at least Usher’s interpretation of his own interactions with the world.
5 Harvard Students Suspended, More Than 20 Face Probation for Encampment Participation
By Joyce E. Kim and Neil H. Shah, Crimson Staff Writers. Updated May 18, 2024, at 12:50 a.m. The Harvard College Administrative Board suspended five students and placed more than 20 students on probation Friday evening over their involvement in the 20-day pro-Palestine encampment in Harvard Yard, according to two Harvard Out of Occupied Palestine organizers and a faculty member with knowledge of the situation.
Harvard FAS Faculty Largely Dismayed by State of Academic Freedom on Campus, Per Survey
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences is broadly pessimistic about the current state of academic freedom at the University, according to The Crimson’s annual FAS survey. Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences is broadly pessimistic about the current state of academic freedom at the University, according to The Crimson’s annual FAS survey.
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