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2014

Law School Found in Violation of Title IX after Years-Long Probe

Harvard Law School was found in violation of Title IX for its sexual harassment policies and has…

Tags: Administrative Response, Legal, Student Publications

2018

Women’s Alumni Group Hosts Roundtable on Workplace Sexual Misconduct

Alumni and students gathered for a roundtable discussion on sexual harassment in the workplace,…

Tags: Advocacy, Student Publications

2021

Government Department Apologizes to Domínguez Victims, Shares ‘Sorrow and Shame’

The entire faculty of Harvard's Government department issued a public apology to the women harassed…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

2018

Gov Prof Dominguez to Retire Following Harassment Allegations

Government professor Jorge I. Dominguez announced his retirement from Harvard at the end of the…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

2017

Former Track Coach Charged with Child Pornography Distribution

Former Harvard track coach Walter W. Johnson ’71 was arrested and charged with possession and…

Tags: Legal, Student Publications

2011

Suspect Arrested for Alleged Rape Near Charles River

A 19-year-old woman was allegedly raped near the Charles River after meeting her attacker, Joseph L.…

Tags: Incident Report, Student Publications

2010

Authorities Search for Perpetrators of Three Assaults

Cambridge Police are searching for suspects involved in three recent assaults on women, including…

Tags: Incident Report, Student Publications

2015

Central Office Has Heard Record Number of Assault Cases

University Title IX Officer Mia Karvonides revealed that Harvard’s Office for Dispute Resolution…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

2014

Sexual Assault Activist Addresses Student-Athletes

Journalist and filmmaker Goldie Taylor shared her personal experiences of childhood sexual assault…

Tags: Advocacy, Student Publications

2014

FAS Office, Not ODR, Still Handling Faculty Misconduct Cases

The newly-formed Office for Sexual and Gender-Based Dispute Resolution (ODR) at Harvard will not…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

2014

Federal Recommendations May Be in Tension with Harvard’s Handling of Sexual Assault

New U.S. Department of Education guidelines, released alongside a White House report on campus…

Tags: Administrative Response, Legal, Student Publications

2020

More Than 1,000 Harvard Affiliates Sign Letter Calling For Title IX Transparency from Administration

Campus anti-sexual assault advocacy group Our Harvard Can Do Better submitted a letter to University…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Protests and Demonstrations, Student Publications

2015

Student Activists Call Title IX Document ‘Totally Inaccessible’

Undergraduate leaders of Our Harvard Can Do Better, an anti-sexual assault advocacy group,…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Student Publications

2019

Harvard Prof. Dominguez Stripped of Emeritus Status Following Conclusion of Title IX Investigation

Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay announced in an email that former Government…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

2019

Dominguez Accuser Concerned By Perceived ‘Disinterest’ of Harvard External Review Committee

A woman accusing former Government professor Jorge I. Dominguez of sexual misconduct, along with…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Student Publications

2020

Anthropology Prof. Gary Urton Abused Power During Sexual Advance Toward Student in 2012, University Investigation Finds

In 2012, Anthropology professor Gary Urton made a sexual advance toward then-graduate student Jade…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

2021

Survivors, Advocates Respond to Domínguez External Review

In 1983, then-assistant Government professor Terry L. Karl accused fellow professor Jorge I.…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Student Publications

2021

Women Harassed by Domínguez Say Harvard’s Investigatory Procedures Remain Insufficient

Two victims of sexual misconduct by former Harvard Government professor Jorge I. Domínguez…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Student Publications

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