Harvard
Harvard’s ultimate frisbee founder ‘pulls’ alumni back after 50 years
Cross-legged on Cumnock Fields at Harvard University under a breezy, sunny sky, Sara Schechner told stories of playing ultimate frisbee during her high school days in the early 1970s in Maplewood, New Jersey. Schechner was a part of the group of students who created the now internationally recognized sport. She then founded the ultimate frisbee […]
Harvard academic workers vote to authorize strike
Unionized academic workers at Harvard University say they have not set a strike date but a union official said it would take a significant shift by the administration to avoid one. Read more Miller will get things done “I don’t see a path to resolution until we get closer on those issues and I think […]
Cambridge Magna Carta moment may open new UK connection
The Speaker of the British House of Commons visited Cambridge Thursday to see an English document, the Magna Carta. Read more A mishit and a backfire from two new movies “To come all this way to find a piece of history from … England and the fact that the [democratic] world has been built on […]
MIT grad students rally on commencement day, Harvard students picket
MIT graduate student workers rallied before the university’s commencement Thursday, while those at Harvard picketed outside Harvard Yard during graduation ceremonies. Read more Events this week in Camberville: Pride Patio Party, Celtic art, & Eve Plumb Over 100 people gathered outside MIT’s Lobby 7 at 77 Massachusetts Avenue to rally in support of graduate student […]
Lesley faculty ratify contract; Harvard, MIT unions feel stalled
As one local university resolved labor strife with its faculty members, two others face mounting pressure from graduate student employees. Read more School Committee probes screen usage data Lesley University saw core faculty members vote Wednesday to ratify a contract, resolving two years of negotiations that included a recent two-day strike. “It’s just amazing,” said […]
Opening Harvard’s gates, if not its doors
As every reporter knows, good things — or, at least, good stories — don’t come to those who wait. They come to those who persist. And persist. It also helps to work with an editor who sprinkles magic dust on your labor of love. Read more Charles River Task Force in full feedback mode Such […]