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2014

Harvard Student Who Claims On-Campus Sexual Assault Slams University Policies

In 2013, a female student at Harvard University who survived a violent sexual assault published a…

Tags: Administrative Response, Legal, National Media

1976

Women's Center Open House

Group of attendees gathered at an open house in the Women's Center.

1969

Widow Killed Near Radcliffe Dorm; Police Cite Britton Case Similarities

Ada Bean, was found bludgeoned to death in her apartment at 41 Linnaean St, a quarter-mile from the…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

1938

"Peeping Tom" Fined $10

Evan D. Westermann was fined $10 by the East Cambridge district court for charges of disturbing the…

Tags: Incident Report, Student Publications

1972

Tenants at 1306 Mass Ave Complain To Harvard About Safety Measures

Tenants at 1306 Massachusetts Avenue met with Harvard officials to address security concerns after…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

1980

Police Continue To Search for Rape Suspect

University and Boston police are actively searching for a second suspect involved in the alleged…

Tags: Advocacy, Legal, Student Publications

1930

APPEAL TO HARVARD FOR SCRUBWOMEN:

In an open letter sent to Harvard University's Governing Boards, fifty-two alumni criticized the…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, National Media

2026

Radcliffe students handing a flier to a workman

Radcliffe girls helped distribute fliers to workmen in Boston on Election Day, 1911.

Tags: Advocacy

1930

HARVARD SCRUBWOMEN TO GET CONSIDERATION: Corporation, on Plea by Group of Students, Will Take Up Case of 20 Discharged.

The Harvard Corporation will reconsider the case of the twenty Widener Library scrubwomen, their…

Tags: Administrative Response, National Media

1980

The A's and the Bees

In 1980, Harvard University reprimanded a faculty member, Martin L. Kilson, for sexual harassment…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Legal, Student Publications

1949

Cops Hunt Nudist As Sex Offender

Detective Captain Patrick Ready is searching for an elderly sex offender who accosted Mrs. Charles…

Tags: Incident Report, Student Publications

1970

Von Stade Wrote Letter Against Merger, Saw No Benefit in Educating More Women

F. Skiddy Von Stade Jr., dean of Freshmen and Master of Mather House at Harvard, wrote a letter in…

Tags: Student Publications

1982

Walcott Returning

Derek Walcott, a Boston University professor formally admonished by Harvard for sexual harassment,…

Tags: Student Publications

1973

A Murder

The recent murder and attempted rape of Radcliffe Institute Fellow Ethel Higonnet in Longfellow Park…

Tags: Administrative Response, Incident Report, Student Publications

2022

Jury Trial Demand for John Comaroff

A lawsuit filed by Harvard Graduate Students, Margaret G. Czerwienski, Lilia M. Kilburn, and Amulya…

Tags: Legal

2026

Report of the External Review Committee to Review Sexual Harassment at Harvard University

report_of_committee_to_president_bacow_january_2021.pdf

A review to assess "factors that may inhibit Harvard's ability to assure a working and teaching…

2026

John Comaroff - Incident 8605

Professor of African and African-American Studies placed on unpaid administrative leave after being…

Tags: Incident Report

2026

Harvard University Police Department Criminal Statistics

An appendix of criminal statistics in Cambridge by the Harvard University Police Department. Among…

Tags: Statistics

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