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...Barnhill, the “I Am Harvard” campaign represented a crucial turn toward substantive activism, with groups ranging from the Progressive Jewish Alliance to the Asian American Students Association standing on the University Hall steps in the rain as hundreds of undergraduates gathered for the pre-exam streaking ritual of Primal Scream. The student activists spoke of their encounters with racism at Harvard...
...friend thanked her for asking how he was doing. “Someone would send me an e-mail for doing something as basic as stopping when someone looks sad?” she remembers, reenacting her surprise. Cohen, who describes herself as a “white Jewish girl,” is known for her involvement in primarily black organizations including the Harvard African Students Association (HASA). When Cohen assesses her experiences, whether as an undergraduate or as a high schooler, she speaks frequently of “balance.” Having spent almost three months...
...Cabot staff and students, friendships that she credits with keeping him at the House for so long. “I think that the job gave him a lot of contacts with people which he really enjoyed,” she said. Cabot House Master and Wolfson Professor of Jewish Studies Jay M. Harris noted that Ketelhohn’s many years of experience made him an irreplaceable presence in the House. “Obviously it’s a great tragedy,” he said. “It will be many years before anybody knows their...
...future table of general education offerings at Harvard now has a chair. Jay M. Harris, Wolfson professor of Jewish studies, has been selected to lead the General Education Standing Committee, Interim Dean of the Faculty David R. Pilbeam announced in a letter sent to professors late Wednesday afternoon. The popular master of Cabot House has been an active participant in discussions surrounding the curricular review since its inception. Under Harris’s leadership, the standing committee will be responsible for determining how to implement the University’s first new program of general education in a generation...
...Harris, Wolfson professor of Jewish studies, has been selected to lead the General Education Standing Committee, Interim Dean of the Faculty David R. Pilbeam announced in a letter sent to professors late Wednesday afternoon...