Kirby’s proposed preregistration plan meets unexpected criticism at a Faculty meeting. Several professors voice concerns that the plan would ruin the great educational benefit of shopping period. Kirby withdraws his pregregistration proposal two days later.
Kirby ousts Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68. Lewis’ removal is part of a merger of the positions of dean of the College and dean of undergraduate education.
The United States attacks Baghdad, marking the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom. According a poll by The Crimson, a majority of students oppose the war.
Without consulting leading administrators, Kirby offers the newly created Dean of the College to current Dean of the Undergraduate Education Benedict H. Gross ’71.
Harvard bids $75 million for 91 acres of land in Allston owned by the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority. The land is currently covered by railway tracks, and the turnpike bisects the parcel. The land would increase Harvard’s Allston holdings by about a third.
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The government’s Office for Civil Rights declares that Harvard’s sexual assault policies do not violate the rights of victims. The announcement, however, came after the University modified the wording of its policies.
Elena Kagan is appointed the next dean of Harvard Law School. She will become the first woman to occupy the post.
The University issues an advisory warning against travel to areas affected by severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). Harvard later bans travel to areas affected by SARS including several east Asian nations and Toronto, Canada.
Graduate student of Slavic studies Alexander Pring-Wilson is arrested for allegedly stabbing and killing 18-year-old Michael Colono of Cambridge in an early morning fight outside Pizza Ring.
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In a reversal of a lower court’s ruling, Middlesex County Superior Court Judge Geraldine Hines grants Alexander Pring-Wilson sets bail at $400,000. He is released from jail and put on house arrest pending his trial.
The Core Office approves Marglin new introductory economic class for core Social Analysis credit. The class, however, will not take the place of Ec-10 for economics concentrators.
The Faculty’s Standing Committee on the Core Program approves a reduction in core requirements for students studying abroad, as part of an effort to encourage students to pursue educational opportunities abroad.
The Faculty approves the sexual assault policy proposed by the Leaning Committee. The new guidelines create a new office for sexual assault prevention and call for the use of a fact finder in Administrative Board hearings of sexual assault.