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Tod ay’s Events
Space Night at Harvard Smith Campus Center, 4-10:30 p.m.
Head to the Smith Campus Center for Harvard’s first-ever Space Career Fair, along with a series of lightning talks from space professionals. As if that wasn’t enough, Professor Dimitar Sasselov and Space Lawyer
IOP Fellow Mark P. Harvey Institute of Politics, 4:30-5:45 p.m.
As a former member of the National Security Council Staff, Institute of Politics Resident Fellow Mark P. Harvey will be giving a talk today about the upcoming 2020 elections, which will be the first to use new election equipment with cybersecurity in mind. Harvey will be leading a group On a warm day in early March, students bask in the sunshine in Harvard Yard. aiyana g. white— Crimson photographer
Daily Briefing
Despite its commitment to divest from the tobacco industry in 1990, Harvard indirectly holds nearly $100,000 in tobacco stocks via exchange traded funds. Asked about the holdings, HMC spokesperson Patrick S. McKiernan said the university’s policies do not restrict “investment advisers of commingled funds where Harvard is not the sole investor.” In other news, Harvard College indefinitely postponed its annual Housing Day celebrations as a result of a global coronavirus outbreak.
in The Rea l World
Five Congressmen To Self-Quarantine After Conservative Political Action Conference Incoming White House Chief of Staff and current North Carolina Representative Mark Meadows, along with two other members of Congress, have self-quarantined after coming into contact with someone infected with coronavirus. Some of these individuals have interacted with U.S. President Donald J. Trump as recently as last week.
Italy on Lockdown In other coronavirus news, the nation of Italy, the second worst-hit country after China, has been put on lockdown. All public gatherings have been banned as cases of the virus have hit all 20 regions of the nation. People have been discouraged from engaging in all types of public gatherings.
Worst Day for Wall Street Since 2008 In light of the coronavirus outbreak and Saudi Arabia’s slashing of oil prices, the Dow decreased by more than 2,000 points, marking yesterday as the worst single day decrease since the financial crisis of 2008.
Around the Ivies
columbia Barnard College and Columbia University have quarantined an affiliate after the individual became exposed to COVID-19, the Columbia Daily Spectator reported Sunday. Columbia has decided to cancel classes until Wednesday, when remote instruction will continue until spring break. However, the University declined to comment on when students will learn whether classes will be cancelled or move online after spring break. Dining halls and facilities will remain open indefinitely.
UPENN The Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Monday a patient at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania has tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Daily Pennsylvanian. The patient works as a pediatric cardiologist at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and marks the seventh known case of coronavirus in Pennsylvania. The health department reports the patient was exposed to the virus internationally and is in critical condition.
ri c to According to the Daily Princetonian, Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber announced Monday the university will begin online instruction on March 23 and limit the size of campus gatherings due to concerns about the novel coronavirus. The school stated these policies would stay in place until April 5 and encouraged students to stay home during this period. An email sent to accepted students of the Class of 2024 also canceled Princeton Preview, the admitted students program on campus.
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY, EST. 1873
The Harvard Crimson
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