Bioengineering professor Kevin K. âKitâ Parker wrote in a statement to The Crimson Thursday that he plans to teach a course on data analysis and policing strategy in fall 2021, despite cancelling the course this semester after student backlash.
In the statement, Parker â a professor at the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences â said he is continuing the research that he planned to conduct in the class on the Springfield, Mass. police department, and criticized Harvard students who pushed for the courseâs cancellation in late January.
Parkerâs course Engineering Sciences 298R: âData Fusion in Complex Systems: A Case Studyâ would have enabled SEAS graduate students to use data analytics to study how the Springfield Police Department deploys Counter-Criminal Continuum policing, or C3 â a law enforcement strategy â in the cityâs North End neighborhood. C3 was developed by a friend of Parkerâs and is based on Unit
The International Review of Law and Economics will temporarily delay print publication of Harvard Law professor J. Mark Ramseyerâs controversial paper claiming sex slaves in Imperial Japan, known as âcomfort women,â were voluntarily employed, the journal told The Crimson Friday.
The journal initially issued an âExpression of Concernâ earlier this week in response to mounting backlash, announcing that concerns over the articleâs âhistorical evidenceâ are currently under investigation.
âComfort womenâ is a term used to refer to women and girls from Japanâs occupied territories, including Korea, who were forced into sex slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II.
The storming of the U.S. Capitol building by a pro-Trump mob Wednesday drew shock, anger, and horror from Harvard University administrators, who called for a renewed commitment to truth and democracy.
Violence erupted on Jan. 6 after rioters breached the Capitol building as Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 presidential election. Five people died in the chaos, including a Capitol Police officer.
In a statement Thursday, University President Lawrence S. Bacow called the events âan incomprehensible spectacle in the heart of our nation.â
âThe rioters who forced their way into the Capitol assaulted the democratic process and endangered public servants who have devoted themselves to the defining work of our democracy â carrying out the will of the people,â Bacow wrote.