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Doctorate holders have added privileges. They can tie gold tassels to their hats and drape robes colored based on their institution of graduation. Harvard’s doctorate robes are crimson with black stripes on the arms. Further, faculty members who graduated from foreign universities are permitted to wear their...
Since undergraduates don't have a degree yet, they don't have crimson-lined hoods attached to their robes.
An earlier version of the May 25 FlyBy post "Graduation Robes, Explained" incorrectly stated that Harvard hoods include the trimmings based on field-of-study. According to Tara Benedict, an executive assistant in the Harvard Marshall's Office, "[Harvard's] hoods are not marked for any specific...
The number of graduating seniors who identify as gay nearly doubled from freshman year to senior year. The number of students who self-identified as bisexual and neither gay, straight, nor bisexual also grew over the same time period. The data reflect responses to questions in last week's survey...
The uptick comes as the broader U.S. economy shows signs of recovery following last year’s devastating financial crisis, but the figure still marks a drop from 2007, when 73.2 percent of such graduates had finalized employment plans by the time they left the Yard.