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THE HARVARD CRIMSON
LAST WEEK
APRIL 14, 2023
FAS FACULTY
BOOKS
KENNEDY SCHOOL
SEAS Holds Annual BRIDGE Week
Nadifa Mohamed Discusses Identity
HKS Exploring MPP, MPA Merger
CELEBRATING DIVERSITY. Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences held a series of events for an annual celebration of diversity in STEM last week. BRIDGE Week — which stands for Building Relationships, Increasing Diversity, and Growing Engineers — started in 2018 as a partnership between three organizations: the National Society of Black Engineers, Society of Women Engineers, and Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. The program kicked off Monday with an alumni panel, which discussed diversity and inclusion and offered advice to attendees. BY MERT GEYIKTEPE—CRIMSON STAFF WRITER
NOVEL INSIGHTS. Somali novelist Nadifa Mohamed discussed her latest novel “The Fortune Men” at a Tuesday lecture in Sever Hall. Mohamed joined Harvard History professor Maya R. Jasanoff ’96 in a conversation hosted by the Mahindra Humanities Center as part of the “Writers Speak” series, which was co-sponsored by the History Seminar at the Center for European Studies. Mohamed’s 2010 debut novel “Black Mamba Boy” was awarded the Betty Trask Prize, and her novel “The Fortune Men” was a Booker Prize finalist. BY CHRISTINA M. STRACHN
COMBINING PROGRAMS. Harvard Kennedy School is in the “early stages of exploring” a plan to combine the Master of Public Policy and Master of Public Administration programs into an expanded degree program, HKS Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf announced in an email to students early last month. The merged MPP program would consist of a required core curriculum along with a set of elective classes, Elmendorf wrote in the email, dated March 1. The Kennedy School’s MPA program does not currently have a required core curriculum.
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The Week in Photos
AROUND THE IVIES DARTMOUTH ENDS COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENT
SCIENCE CENTER SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE. Harvard University Police Department and Cambridge Police Department responded to a report of a suspicious package in the Science Center plaza. The package was later deemed to be safe. FRANK S.
Dartmouth no longer mandates the COVID-19 vaccination, nor proof of exemption for students, faculty and staff as of Tuesday. According to The Dartmouth, the University still advises everyone to receive the US Center for Disease Control recommended COVID-19 vaccinations. The College will work with healthcare providers to continue to supply vaccines and inform the community of how to find vaccines.
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INDIE-ROCK BAND COIN TO HEADLINE 2023 “SLOPE DAY” Cornell’s Slope Day Programming Board announced that the indie-rock band COIN will headline the college’s annual end-of-the-year celebration. The event, held this year on May 10, will also feature EDM duo Snakehips and hiphop duo Coco & Claire Claire. The news received mixed reviews from students. While the organization that plans the event takes student preferences into consideration, the budget limits performers they can realistically hire. THE CORNELL DAILY SUN
PENN WILL INCREASE POSTDOC STIPEND AFTER RESEARCHERS PUSH FOR GREATER BENEFITS The University of Pennsylvania will raise postdoctoral student stipends by 19% after fellows and researchers raised concerns about University benefits. On Tuesday, effective July 1st, the minimum postdoc stipend will be $65,000, an increase from this year’s $54,840. The increase was announced alongside changes to insurance benefits for postdocs that will feature three new options replacing the medical, dental and vision insurance.
JUSTICE FOR FAISAL. Protestors gathered in front of Cambridge City Hall on Monday in protest of the police killing of Sayed Faisal in January of this year. The demonstration, part of a picket from Monday to Friday in front of the building, marked the latest in a series of protests calling for “Justice for Faisal.” The week also included an open mic, iftar, and poster-making session. BY RYAN H. DOAN-NGUYEN—
NIGHT LIGHTS. The arrival of spring brought with it serene nights along the river. The Weeks Bridge cast light across the Charles. BY SOPHIA C. SCOTT—
BEHIND THE BROADCAST. The Harvard Athletics Department broadcasts home games for 40 of their 42 varsity sports teams. BY SOPHIA C. SCOTT—CRIMSON
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YALE WILL OFFER FIRST INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE COURSE IN FALL 2023 This upcoming fall, Yale will offer a course in Cherokee language and culture that will fulfill the language distributional requirement, the first Indigenous language course to do so in the college’s history. The college offered Indigenous languages informally through the Native American Cultural Center for over seven years prior to this decision, the Yale Daily News reported Wednesday. A Cherokee language instructor from the University of Oklahoma Patrick DelPercio will join the University’s faculty to teach the new lecture course. THE YALE DAILY NEWS
HUCTW PICKETING. Members of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers picketed outside of Massachusetts Hall on Wednesday. The union frequently holds pickets in Harvard Yard. HUCTW is Harvard’s largest labor union and includes roughly 5,000 employees working across the University. BY LUCY VUONG—CON-
PRITZKER. Billionaire Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker spoke at the Institute of Politics, where he discussed the influence of big money on politics. BY ADDISON
SCOOTER BAN. Harvard undergraduates expressed frustration with recent enforcement of the University’s micromobility policy, which does not allow electric scooters to be parked inside University buildings. BY CLAIRE YUAN—CRIMSON
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