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Faculty Set to Vote on Grade Inflation Proposal
Results of the email ballot will be announced on May 20.
Teaching Academic Honesty in CS50
In a paper aimed at fellow educators, David Malan reports on interventions designed to teach academic honesty in the wildly popular introductory computer science course he teaches at Harvard.
Harvard Postpones Commencement
Harvard Commencement will be postponed, but degrees will be awarded virtually.
One undergraduate on the Harvard move-out
“What will it mean to end our time on this campus with no closure, no time to reflect on what it all meant?”
Karen Dynan on the Coronavirus Recession
The severe economic fallout, in context
As Coronavirus Spreads, Harvard Cancels Athletics
After Harvard informed college students that they must move out, Harvard Athletics began to make its own cancellations—a reasonable decision, but a brutal blow to athletes, coaches, and staff.
by Jacob Sweet
Harvard Closes Classes Coronavirus
Students transition to online learning—perhaps for the rest of the semester—and are asked not to return after spring break.
African and African-American Studies Celebrates 50 years
Speakers discuss history, progress, hope, and home.
Melinda Gates Radcliffe Day Honorand
The philanthropist will highlight Radcliffe Day during Harvard’s Commencement week.
Harvard Overseers Nominations Election
On the eve of a contested election for the governing board, looking under the hood of the nominating process
Harvard and Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health Team to Fight SARS-CoV-2
As the novel coronavirus begins spreading in populations outside China, Harvard announces a collaboration with Chinese researchers to develop diagnostics and therapies for treating SARS-CoV-2.