Tag: Harvard Undergraduate Council

  • Nation & World

    A Q&A forum with the president

    Harvard President Drew Faust answered a wide range of student questions in an open meeting hosted Wednesday by the Harvard Undergraduate Council.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A fireside chat with the dean

    Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds hosted a fireside chat at her home with Professor Henry Louis Gates and about 25 student participants who had been selected through a lottery system. The chat was part of a series of events designed to foster interaction between undergraduates and faculty outside the classroom.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    After Katrina, residents rolled up sleeves

    Tom Wooten ’08 discussed his latest book, which profiles several grassroots recovery efforts in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Six from Harvard win Rhodes

    Six from Harvard win Rhodes Scholarships, among only 32 students nationally selected for the prestigious academic honor.

    9 minutes
  • Nation & World

    In the end, Somali famine preventable

    Despite historical links to natural disasters, the modern world’s global food web means that famines today are created more by man than by nature. Officials say a famine just ending in Somalia was caused by a failure of international early warning systems and the local Al-Shabaab militia blocking food aid.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Do you speak Cheese?

    Students use four days of winter break to look inside the comforting universe of cheese, soup, bread, chocolate, coffee, and desserts.

    6 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Inaugural Day of Service set for Sept. 29

    The Harvard Undergraduate Council, the Harvard Graduate Council, and the Phillip Brooks House Association have partnered to coordinate the first University-wide Day of Service on Sept. 29.

    1 minute