With nearly 450 extracurriculars to choose from, Harvard students have no problem staying busy. Whether oriented toward athletics, the arts, public service, or pre-professional work, extracurriculars entail intense comp processes, extensive hours of work, and a laundry list of responsibilities. An unprecedented number of organizations are available to students, and they offer something most Harvard … Read more
Harvard’s Undergraduate Council Finance Committee is a major source of financial support for hundreds of student organizations, doling out nearly $150,000 of student term bill each semester to support campus life. But who is all that money really going to? And how is it spent? This investigation by the Harvard Open Data Project attempts to … Read more
In light of the recent case by Students for Fair Admissions against Harvard, known colloquially on campus as the “affirmative action case,” Harvard’s treatment of Asian-American students and other students of color have come under heightened scrutiny. SFFA attorney Edward Blum has intentionally conflated race-conscious admissions with discrimination against Asian and Asian-American applicants by admissions … Read more
In 2018, Harvard University implemented controversial sanctions on Single-Gender Social Organizations. The policy was initially formed in response to a University report on sexual assault prevention, which found that female college seniors who socialize in Harvard’s final clubs are significantly more likely to experience non-consensual sexual contact. Although the administration’s rationale for implementing sanctions has changed … Read more
Harvard Square is an iconic place to grab a meal, play chess, or walk around and people-watch. For Harvard students, it is a great place to go to get away from the campus “bubble”. Restaurants such as El Jefe’s and Felipe’s are nightlife staples, while Grafton Street and Toscano are classic places to bring parents … Read more
From December 4 to December 6, Harvard Institute of Politics staff members carefully checked identification before letting anyone into the elevator of the Taubman Building at the Kennedy School of Government. Occasionally, someone would walk in and ask where the big event was being held. The attendants would then explain that visitors were not allowed … Read more
They had been camped outside University Hall since 5 a.m. Charged with cups of Dunkin Donuts coffee, the student activists of Divest Harvard managed to block the entrance to the building for a full day of classes on March 29, 2017. The rally they staged that afternoon represented the culmination of a five-year-campaign for the … Read more
Gone are the days when dominance of American higher education by religious institutions sowed tension on campuses around the country, but debate about political ideology in the hallowed halls of the nation’s flagship universities is far from over. As high school seniors continue to weigh college options, few will be able to avoid the national … Read more
The musty scent of old paperback. The groan of a creaky, carpeted floor. The sight of endless shelves filled with unread volumes. But when one steps through the marble columns into the Reading Room of Harvard’s flagship Widener Library today, they find a very different scene. Rows of tables host students consumed by laptops, not … Read more
Motivation Last fall, the Harvard Open Data Project, a student-faculty group that aims to increase transparency on campus using public Harvard data, published an article on gender disparity within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. In the investigation, Emma Ling ’20 revealed several disconcerting trends regarding gender disparity, including a wider gender gap … Read more