Tag: AmeriCorps

  • Campus & Community

    Freshmen take Winter Fest break

    Winter Fest, planned by the First-Year Social Committee (FYSC), provides a low-key, winter-themed, relaxing social event every year, allowing hundreds of freshmen to socialize with their classmates and take a well-deserved break from studying for finals.

  • Nation & World

    Avoiding a ‘fiscal train wreck’

    During remarks Thursday (Feb. 24) at the Harvard Kennedy School, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor portrayed the United States as a “fiscal train wreck” and sketched the stark choices that Republicans consider necessary to fuel the nation’s economic engine.

  • Campus & Community

    No ceilings

    In 2004, Harvard announced an initiative to make the University more accessible to low-income families by expanding recruitment and eliminating parental contributions for eligible students. Since then, 1,900 students have taken advantage of the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative. Here’s how the program changed the lives of some of its first alumni.