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2003

Men Against Rape Holds First Meeting

Harvard Men Against Rape held its inaugural meeting, focusing on gaining official College…

Tags: Advocacy, Student Publications

2010

OSAPR Launches Sexual Assault Awareness Month

The Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, Harvard Men Against Rape, and the peer…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Student Publications

2015

Spee Club Apologizes After Party Invitation Controversy

After criticism for their controversial party invitation, the Spee issued an apology calling the…

Tags: Final Clubs, Student Publications

2015

Khurana Sharply Condemns Controversial Party Invitation

Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana, as well as College students, criticized an objectifying party…

Tags: Administrative Response, Final Clubs, Student Publications

2016

Analysis: Harvard Uses Previous Policies for Some Sexual Assault Investigations

Although Harvard has changed its policies for sexual harassment to make it uniform across the…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

2019

Harvard Law Prof. Sullivan Defends Decision to Represent Weinstein Following Student Concerns

Harvard Law Professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr, Faculty Dean of Winthrop House, addressed concerns…

Tags: Administrative Response, Advocacy, Student Publications

2021

I tell myself it wasn’t rape

A student grapples with the aftermath of a sexual assault. She initially tells herself it wasn't…

Tags: Personal Account, Student Publications, Survivor Stories

2019

#MeToo: Why I Didn’t Want Winthrop

A Harvard student expresses distress over Winthrop Faculty Dean Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr.'s defense of…

Tags: Administrative Response, Personal Account, Student Publications

2017

27 Rapes, 70 Burglaries Reported at Harvard in 2016

In 2016, reported rapes on Harvard’s Cambridge campus decreased to 27 from over 30 the previous…

Tags: Statistics, Student Publications

2016

Past Harvard Men’s Cross Country Teams Wrote ‘Sexually Explicit’ Comments About Women’s Team

The Harvard men’s cross country team was found to have created yearly spreadsheets with sexually…

Tags: Administrative Response, Student Publications

1974

Police Didn't Inform Hall Of Kirkland Rape Attempt

An assailant broke into Kirkland House and attempted to rape a Radcliffe student who was able to…

Tags: Administrative Response, Incident Report, Student Publications

2015

Police Warn of 'Recent Increase' in Assault and Batteries

The Cambridge Police Department warned of an increase in sexual assault and battery reports near…

Tags: Incident Report, Student Publications

2019

Here's How I Was Raped

In 2013, the author experienced a traumatic sexual assault by a previous friend. Initially…

Tags: Final Clubs, Personal Account, Student Publications, Survivor Stories

2016

More Rapes Reported at Harvard in 2014 than Any Other Mass. School

In 2014, Harvard reported the highest number of on-campus rapes among Massachusetts schools, with 33…

Tags: Administrative Response, Statistics, Student Publications

2015

Reported Campus Rapes Nearly Double from 2013 to 2014

The Harvard University Police Department reported a significant increase in reported rapes on…

Tags: Statistics, Student Publications

2016

Students Must Travel To Boston To Obtain a Rape Kit, Per Mass. Standards

Harvard students seeking a sexual assault evidence collection kit must travel to Boston-area…

Tags: Student Publications

2016

It’s Me, One of Your Statistics

A Harvard student shares her sexual assault experience. After being assaulted by an upperclassman,…

Tags: Personal Account, Student Publications, Survivor Stories

2016

121 Students Disclosed Potential Sexual Harassment to College's Title IX Coordinators Last Year

Harvard saw a significant rise in disclosures of potential sexual harassment, with 121 incidents…

Tags: Administrative Response, Statistics, Student Publications

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