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...been nearly 75 years since Harvard undertook a new series of ambitious outreach efforts to encourage talented students from all backgrounds to come to Harvard. With a record 30,000 applicants to Harvard this year, it is clear that we have made much progress. Today, people across America, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, or economic circumstances realize that Harvard is within reach. Harvard has been in the forefront as higher education has opened its doors, and America now has a much greater chance of playing a leadership role in the world for generations to come...

Author: By Sarah C. Donahue, William R. Fitzsimmons, and Marlyn E. McGrath | Title: Democratizing Harvard | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

...efforts to “go green.” Harvard received a top spot on the Princeton Review’s 2010 Green Rating Honor Roll, proving that the school is making good on its promise that green is the new crimson. Commendable measures that the University undertook this year involve installing solar trash compactors around campus, including compostable materials at the popular Fly-By eatery in the basement of Memorial Hall, and encouraging students to recycle, leading to a high 55 percent campus-wide recycling rate. We are also proud that Harvard instituted its new Green Building Guidelines...

Author: By The Crimson Staff | Title: Necessary Compromise | 5/27/2010 | See Source »

Students who undertook full semester trips away from Cambridge, despite the perceived drawbacks, unanimously say that their experiences were the highlights of their Harvard career...

Author: By Monica M. Dodge, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Destination: Abroad | 5/6/2010 | See Source »

Jovanotti began his career as a rapper, but quickly undertook a musical transition into a style that focused much more on world music and ethnic rhythms. Jovanotti said that this shift in musical style was accompanied by a realization that his music could also be applied to social and political activism...

Author: By Sophie T. Bearman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Pop Icon Discusses Music, Activism | 4/28/2010 | See Source »

...take on this balancing act, Hurd hired research director and former academic Prith Banerjee in 2007. Banerjee undertook a full-scale overhaul of HP Labs, a longtime oasis for HP tinkerers and their outlandish ideas. To his astonishment, Banerjee found his new researchers sprawled across as many as 150 ongoing projects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HP vs. Everybody | 4/26/2010 | See Source »

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