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Darcy G Lin
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‘Just Take My Information’: Harvard Students Risk Leaks for Love on Datamatch
As Harvard students begin to complete Datamatch’s annual survey on Friday, memories of last year’s data leak may force them to contemplate more than just “what their Roman Empire is.”
‘Baffling’ Winthrop Dining Hall Odor Persists
Winthrop House management undertook an extensive effort over winter break to sniff out the source of a years-long odor permeating the dining hall — but when students returned, so did the smell.
Jon Hamm ‘Stoked’ for Hasty Pudding Roast
When Golden Globe Award-winning actor Jon Hamm learned he would receive the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ 2025 Man of the Year award, he was “stoked” — but this was not the first time Hamm was offered the award.
Anger and Anticipation: Harvard Students Tune In for Trump’s Presidential Inauguration
Across the globe, Harvard students tuned in to Donald Trump’s Monday presidential inauguration. After the buzz and anxiety of the election, his inauguration brings a different tone: somber, angry, and — for some — excited.
‘It Was All Very Sudden’: Harvard Affiliates Displaced by L.A. Fires
As Harvard students from Los Angeles return to Cambridge this week, they will leave behind a city still battling wildfires. Several were forced to evacuate their homes.
Cambridge Parent Alleges School Committee Member Broke Open Meeting Law
After a Cambridge Public Schools parent filed a complaint that School Committee member Elizabeth C.P. Hudson violated quorum by sending messages on a parent listserv, Hudson removed herself from the email group on Friday.
Superintendent Recommends Closing Long-Struggling Cambridge Elementary School
Cambridge Public Schools interim superintendent David G. Murphy said he will recommend closing the Kennedy-Longfellow School, a kindergarten through fifth grade school that has suffered from low test scores and under enrollment.
A UPenn Student Accused Her Coach of Sexual Harassment. Harvard Hired Him 3 Months Later.
Harvard’s track and field team recruited an assistant coach in 2023 to lead its throwing squad while he had an ongoing Title IX investigation at the University of Pennsylvania, raising questions about whether Harvard Athletics knew about the complaint during the hiring process.
Superintendent Suggests Cambridge May Close the Kennedy-Longfellow Elementary School
Cambridge Public Schools interim Superintendent David G. Murphy suggested the district may close the Kennedy-Longfellow School in East Cambridge during a School Committee meeting on Tuesday.
Cambridge School Committee Faces ‘Difficult’ Decisions to Close Achievement Gaps
The Cambridge School Committee raised the possibility of school and resource reorganization to close persistent achievement gaps in the district’s standardized test scores at a four-hour meeting on Tuesday night.