Tag: Undergraduate Council

  • Nation & World

    Working for change that’s both aspirational and real

    As president of the Undergraduate Council, Noah Harris ’22 has set his agenda.

    5 minutes
    Noah Harris.
  • Nation & World

    College adopts grading policy changes for spring term

    In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Harvard College will adopt an Emergency Satisfactory/Emergency Unsatisfactory (SEM/UEM) grading policy for the spring semester.

    4 minutes
    University from across the river.
  • Nation & World

    Mistaken identities

    Both graduating this May, the two Cat Zhangs weigh in on four years of being confused with each other and the respective legacies they leave behind.

    6 minutes
    Cat L. Zhang former president of UC, on right, and Cat Y. Zhang
  • Nation & World

    Dialogue with the deans

    Harvard College interim Dean Donald Pfister and Dean of Student Life Stephen Lassonde made themselves available to field questions from students in a “meet the deans” forum.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Rebuilding walls of sound

    A group of students is working to rebuild Quad Sound Studios in the basement of Holmes Hall.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    In plaza, ‘remembrance walls’ rise

    In the wake of tragedy, people gather to support each other, and to give thanks for family, friends, and community. After the Boston Marathon bombings and the area shutdown during the search for suspects, the Harvard community has been doing just that.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Traveling different paths

    Twenty students who were chosen by lottery to join Professor Matthew Nock and Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds at her house for a “fireside chat.” The event was the second in a new series meant to connect undergraduates with faculty members in an open, informal, and welcoming atmosphere.

    5 minutes
  • Nation & World

    ‘Public Interested?’

    Joseph P. Kennedy III kicked off Wintersession’s “Public Interested?” conference on Saturday, speaking about his life in public service and urging audience members to create their own careers by following their passions.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Lamont extends hours in December

    Lamont Library will remain open 24/7 during reading period and final exams this academic year, Harvard College Dean Evelynn M. Hammonds and interim librarian of Harvard College Susan Fliss announced today.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The Living Magazine

    Exiled, censored, and under fire from hostile regimes, international writers make a plea at Harvard for creative freedom.

    8 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Red hot for bluegrass

    Harvard hosts one-day symposium on bluegrass music, past and present on Saturday (Feb. 6).

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    University, students unite for mental health

    If a student is struggling, stressed-out, or having trouble coping with pressure, the University is here to listen and help. That’s the theme behind this year’s “Speak Out, Mental Health at Harvard,” a weeklong series of events to engage the student body in active campus dialogues about mental health.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Newsmakers

    Lecturer Chapman named Levenson winner Lecturer on anthropology Judith Flynn Chapman has been named the junior faculty recipient of the Levenson Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Undergraduate Council. Chapman (who is also the Allston Burr Senior Tutor in Quincy House) was selected to receive the award by the Student Affairs Committee of the…

    4 minutes