Harvard and MIT team up for American Cancer Society event. By ALAYA AYALA On April 7th Harvard and MIT will be hosting an event called the Relay for Life. People across the nation participate in local Relays to help raise money to support the endeavors of the American Cancer Society. This year, the Harvard-MIT […]
A Student’s Perspective By TUSHAR DWIVEDI As a Teaching Assistant for Math23a, a mathematics class intended for first or second year Harvard students interested in proofs, it was initially slightly disconcerting, and admittedly intimidating, to have a 30-year old ask questions — rapid fire. Having split their time between adult family life, professional work […]
By HUNTER RICHARDS What made you feel most welcome to your new house? Adams: “Tutors and faculty deans, in addition to house events” Cabot: “Dean Khurana’s speech on housing day initially (but not that much because I was pretty irritated for getting Quad). Then Cabot House Fall Retreat” Currier: “I think that the people in Currier […]
Statistics based on College responses. By HUNTER RICHARDS The Harvard Independent introduced the first Indy Housing Day Survey and received 253 responses from undergraduates eager to share insight into their blocking and residential experiences. The highest percentage of responses from upperclassmen students came from those living in the Quad and Co-op, relative to the overall […]
Workers and students protest after UHS employee complains of harassment and is terminated By SEGAN HELLE Students and union members protested in front of the Smith Campus Center on February 15 in response to the termination of former University Health Services (UHS) employee Mayli Shing. Shing has brought allegations of discrimination and unjust termination […]
Lawrence S. Bacow announced to serve as the 29th president of the University By SEGAN HELLE On Sunday February 11th, the Presidential Search Committee announced that Lawrence S. Bacow will become the 29th president of Harvard University, ending the seven month-long deliberation period that followed President Drew Faust’s announcement of resignation. “Larry’s extraordinary […]
Senator’s speech sparks both protests and questions. By MALCOLM REID Senator Durbin has come and gone, yet the ramifications of his public address remain in rather unanticipated ways. What should have been a relatively standard event with few shocking statements, instead was a picketed and at times rather tense affair. Senator Durbin, who […]
2018 Conference celebrates service and Kristen Clarke ’97. By CAROLINE CRONIN The 2018 Public Interest Conference was held this past Saturday in the Science Center Lecture Hall B. The event this year was sponsored by prominent campus groups such as Philips Brooks House Association and The Institute of Politics and featured the keynote address of Kristen […]
By DANIEL UM This spring semester, the Harvard Innovation Lab (i-lab) received a record number of applicants, from over 450 startups, for its Venture Incubation Program (VIP) and President’s Innovation Challenge (PIC). This number of applications received was 200 more than expected by the i-lab staff and marked the first year that the VIP and […]
By Malcom Reid For the politically inclined reader, it may come as a rather pleasant surprise that Senator Dick Durbin will be on our campus Thursday, for a public address at the Institute of Politics. But whenever we see the actions of political figures and institutions, it is all to easy to be dazzled by […]