University President Lawrence S. Bacow and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay explained Ivy League decisions regarding athletics competition amid the coronavirus pandemic to Harvard student athletes in a webinar Tuesday.
The event, moderated by Director of Harvard Athletic Director Erin McDermott, allowed student athletes to communicate directly with administrators about the Ivy League s decision to cancel athletics competition for the entire academic year as well as Harvard s planning for athletics during the fall semester. In advance of the event, student athletes submitted questions for the administrators.
Some students raised questions about the Ivy Leagueâs recent decision to extend a temporary waiver permitting seniors to compete for their current insitutions next year provided they are enrolled in a graduate program. The decision, made during a global health crisis that has led to the year-long cancellation of Ivy League sports, marked a departure fro
Fallout from the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol, which left five people dead, reached Harvardâs Institute of Politics the following week. On Jan. 12, the bipartisan organization dismissed U.S. Representative Elise M. Stefanik â06 (R-N.Y.) from its top leadership committee for her baseless claims of voter fraud.
The IOPâs move received an array of responses â including praise and criticism. Though Kennedy School Dean Douglas W. Elmendorf stated the decision was nonpartisan, it nonetheless surfaced questions about the commitment of the organization â and Harvard more broadly â to bipartisanship: with Stefanikâs removal, the Republican minority on the Senior Advisory Committee becomes even smaller.
Following narrow victories for Raphael G. Warnock and T. Jonathan âJonâ Ossoff in the runoff elections for Georgiaâs Senate seats, Harvard students met the news of a Democratic-controlled Senate with a mix of elation, regret, and tempered anticipation.
Ossoff defeated former Sen. David A. Perdue Jr. (R-Ga.) by 1.2 points, while Warnock defeated Sen. Kelly L. Loeffler (R-Ga.) by about two points. With these victories, Democrats will hold a narrow majority in the Senate, with Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris as the tiebreaker in the 50-50 split.
Several Harvard students spent the day celebrating the Senate results, with many in states of disbelief. Anna L. Duffy â21, who worked as a Democratic field organizer in Georgia, said she spent the runoff day celebrating on a call with other campaigners for the Georgia Democrats.