Harvard Dean Praises President Garber for Peaceful Resolution of Yard Protest
Cambridge, Massachusetts – Following a nearly three-week occupation of Harvard Yard by pro-Palestine demonstrators, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra commended interim University President Alan M. Garber ’76 for his handling of the situation, emphasizing the importance of “true and meaningful dialogue” in her first public statement on the matter. The encampment was peacefully resolved on Tuesday morning, without the need for police intervention, a result that Hoekstra acknowledged was not guaranteed. …