#  Harvard Committee Reports, Pastorals, and Polemics 

 



1. [Report on the Structure of Harvard College](/file_url/333) (pdf), 1994
2. [On Puddles (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/on_puddles.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Fall 1995
3. [Logical process for PBHA (with Theda Skocpol)](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=124331); Harvard Crimson; December 6, 1995
4. [Letter to the Editor](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=122301) \[alcohol policy\]; Harvard Crimson; February 21, 1996
5. [Advising, Counseling, and Parenting (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/advising.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Spring 1996
6. [Open Minds, New Possibilities (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/open_minds.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Fall 1996
7. [Mission Statement](http://www.harvard.edu/siteguide/faqs/faq110.html), Harvard College; February 23, 1997
8. [Teaching (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/teaching.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Winter 1997
9. [The Performing Arts (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/performing_arts.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Spring 1997
10. [Letter to the Editor](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=117472)\[alcohol policy\]; Harvard Crimson; October 24, 1997
11. [Harvard College on the World Wide Web (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/www.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Fall 1997
12. [Letter to the Editor ](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=92449)\[reporting of sexual assault\]; Harvard Crimson; February 19, 1998
13. [Sports at Harvard (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/sports_at_harvard.pdf): Athletics for all; Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Winter 1998
14. [Public Service at Harvard (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/public_service.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Fall 1998
15. [The Final Clubs](/file_url/329), Harvard Independent, October 28, 1998.
16. [On Concentrations (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/concentrations.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Winter 1998
17. [The Houses (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/houses.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Spring 1998
18. [Romance and Love at Harvard](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=127460), Harvard Crimson; February 12, 1999
19. [Advising and Counseling; Committee Report](/sites/g/files/omnuum4286/files/2025-02/Report%20on%20Advising%20and%20Counseling_1.pdf "Report on Advising and Counseling") (35 pages); January 19, 1999
20. [Students and faculty in the information age (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/students_and_faculty.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Spring 1999
21. [Opening of Term Greetings, 1999](/pages/opening-term-greetings-1999 "Opening of Term Greetings, 1999")
22. [Alcohol at Harvard](/files/harrylewis/files/alcohol-independent.pdf); Harvard Independent; November 11, 1999;
23. [Raise the Council Fee](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=98712); Harvard Crimson; November 29, 1999
24. [On alcohol and the College (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/alcohol.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Winter 2000
25. [Harvard as an urban college (pdf)](/files/harrylewis/files/urban.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Spring 2000
26. [Opening of Term Greetings, 2000](/pages/opening-term-greetings-2000 "Opening of Term Greetings, 2000")
27. [Athletes at Harvard](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~parents/news/fall00/fall00.pdf) (pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Fall 2000 (reprinted in {News and Views} of the Harvard Varsity Club, vol. 43, No. 11)
28. [Tales from the Chad Box](/pages/tales-chad-box "Tales from the Chad Box") ; Fifteen Minutes (Harvard Crimson Magazine); December 7, 2000
29. [Harvard College, 1995-2000](/pages/report-harvard-college-1995-2000 "Report on Harvard College, 1995-2000") \[Quinquennial Report\] (37 pages); January 2, 2001
30. [The College in numbers (pdf)](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~parents/news/winter01/winter01.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Winter 2001
31. [The Racial Theory of Grade Inflation](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=104072) ; Harvard Crimson; April 23, 2001
32. [Slow Down](/file_url/346) \[advice to incoming freshmen, 2004 version\] (7 pages); originally published July 13, 2001
33. [Nocturnal Harvard (pdf)](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~parents/news/spring01/spring01.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Spring/Summer 2001
34. [Opening of Term Greetings, 2001](/pages/opening-term-greetings-2001)
35. [Things to Think About](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/9/14/things-to-think-about-ithe-following/); Harvard Crimson; September 14, 2001
36. [Letter to Parents](/pages/letter-parents-aftermath-attacks-september-11) in the aftermath of the attacks of September 11; September 25, 2001
37. [Slow Down (pdf):](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~parents/news/fall01/fall01.pdf) Getting more out of Harvard by doing less; Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Fall 2001
38. [Harvard College, 2000-2001](/pages/harvard-college-2000-2001-annual-report) \[Annual Report\], January 23, 2002
39. [Health and the Harvard Student (pdf)](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~parents/news/winter02/Winter02.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Winter 2002
40. [Mentoring Student Artists (pdf)](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~parents/news/spring02/spring02.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Spring 2002
41. [Opening of Term Greetings](/pages/opening-term-greetings-2002), August 22, 2002
42. [Harvard in America, a Year Later](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2002/9/11/harvard-in-america-a-year-later/); Harvard Crimson; September 11, 2002
43. [Please Go Away (pdf)](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~parents/news/fall02/fall02.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Fall 2002
44. [Harvard in a Beer-Ad World](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=255017); Harvard Crimson; November 4, 2002
45. [Harvard and the Environment](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~parents/news/winter03/Winter03.pdf) (pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Winter 2003
46. [Letter to students concerning Digital Millennium Copyright Act](/pages/letter-students-concerning-digital-millennium-copyright-act), April 8, 2003
47. [Shopping for an Education](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=348375); Harvard Crimson; June 5, 2003
48. [Harvard, Big and Small (pdf)](http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~parents/news/spring03/spring03.pdf); Harvard College Parents Newsletter; Spring 2003
49. [In Memory of Archie Epps](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/9/12/in-memory-of-archie-epps-archie/); Harvard Crimson; September 12, 2003
50. [Address](http://www.cs.bu.edu/misc/Graduation2004/Harry%20Lewis%202004.pdf) to seniors graduating from Boston University in Computer Science, Spring 2004
51. [Donors, not Harvard, Should Give to Relief Efforts](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/10/24/donors-not-harvard-should-give-to/), *Harvard Crimson,* October 24, 2005.
52. [Has Harvard lost its way?](/files/harrylewis/files/hrl_che.pdf) *The Chronicle of Higher Education; The Chronicle Review*, March 24, 2006.
53. [Rich and popular American cousin is not without flaws](/files/harrylewis/files/thes.pdf), *Times Higher Education Supplement,* April 7, 2006, 16-17.
54. [Amateurism on and off the field](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/4/21/amateurism-on-and-off-the-field/), *Harvard Crimson,* April 21, 2006.
55. Lessons unlearned, *Worth*, June 2006, 42.
56. [Lessons for the Future](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/6/7/lessons-for-the-future-crises-can/), *Harvard Crimson,* June 8, 2006.
57. [Life Lessons 012: 12 Ways to Get More out of College by Doing Less](http://reformjudaismmag.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1175) (edited version of #31), *Reform Judaism,*Fall, 2006.
58. [Memorial Hall Transept Should Honor The Dead](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2006/10/13/memorial-hall-transept-should-honor-the/) (Letter to the Editor, *Harvard Crimson,* October 13, 2006)
59. [College Sends Grads Off With Exhortation to ‘Serve Society’ ](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=515318)(Letter to the Editor, *Harvard Crimson,* October 27, 2006)
60. [What Happened?](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=519241) (*Harvard Crimson,* June 7, 2007)
61. [Gordon McKay: Brief Life of an Inventor with a Lasting Harvard Legacy](http://www.harvardmagazine.com/2007/09/gordon-mckay.html) (Harvard Magazine, September-October, 2007)
62. [A Core Curriculum for Tomorrow's Citizens](http://chronicle.com/free/v54/i02/02b02001.htm) (Chronicle of Higher Education, September 7, 2007)
63. [Stumbling Blocks](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2007/11/8/stumbling-blocks-span-stylefont-style-italiclet-us/), *Harvard Crimson,* November 8, 2007.
64. [A Separate and Unequal Exercise](http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/03/25/a_separate_and_unequal_exercise/) (*Boston Globe*, March 25, 2008)
65. [Finding You](http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1219551), *InformIT,* May 30, 2008.
66. [Copyright Harvard 2008](http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=523841) (*Harvard Crimson,* June 4, 2008)
67. [9 Things You Should Know About Privacy and Rights in the Digital Age](http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9100978/Opinion_9_things_you_should_know_about_your_privacy_and_rights_in_the_digital_age), *ComptuerWorld,* June 19, 2008.
68. [How Facebook Spells the End of Privacy](http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/06/14/how_facebook_spells_the_end_of_privacy/) (*Boston Globe,* June 14, 2008)
69. [How to Keep Corporate Secrets a Secret](http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Applications/How-to-Keep-Corporate-Secrets-Secret/), eWeek, July 28, 2008.
70. [Enter the Cloud with Caution](http://www.scribd.com/doc/14227449/Letter-to-Request-Intervention-in-Authors-Guild-v-Google), *Business Week* (web edition), August 4, 2008.
71. [Cultural Standards Roiled by Intrusive Technology](http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_lewis16_08-16-08_EDB5KSH_v12.411f2fa.html), *Providence Journal,* August 16, 2008.
72. [Campaigning for Our Digital Future](http://www.projo.com/opinion/contributors/content/CT_digital24_08-24-08_EDB5KT4_v7.411caab.html), *Providence Journal,* August 24, 2008.
73. [Inaccuracies In an Instant](http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1120205), *Boston Herald,* September 20, 2008. ([Open access to same article in the Daily Oregonian](http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2008/09/digital_culture_breeds_instant.html).)
74. [We Shouldn't Be Afraid of the Truth](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2008/9/30/we-shouldnt-be-afraid-of-the/) (letter to the editor, *Harvard Crimson*, September 24, 2008).
75. [Who Else Reads Your E-Mail?](http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/1007/p09s03-coop.html)*Christian Science Monitor,* October 7, 2008.
76. [Just Deliver the Packets](http://dpi.priv.gc.ca/index.php/essays/just-deliver-the-packets/), Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, November, 2008.
77. [The Dangers of Internet Censorship](http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/11/05/the_dangers_of_internet_censorship/), *Boston Globe,* November 5, 2008.
78. [Anonymity on the Web](http://publius.cc/anonymity_web), *Publius Project of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society,* November 28, 2008.
79. [Not Your Father's Censorship](http://chronicle.com/article/Not-Your-Father-s-Censorship/13111), Chronicle of Higher Education, January 16, 2009.
80. [Letter](http://www.scribd.com/doc/14227449/Letter-to-Request-Intervention-in-Authors-Guild-v-Google) seeking to intervene in *Authors Guild et al. v. Google,* April 13, 2009.
81. [What Will They Learn?](http://whatwilltheylearn.com/deans-letter) (introductory letter to survey of general education programs in US universities), fall, 2009.
82. [The Winning Spirit](http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=408563&c=1), *The Times (London)*, October 8, 2009. Essay on the occasion of Harvard's #1 ranking among world universities.
83. [Letter to the Editor of Vanity Fair](/files/harrylewis/files/vfletter.pdf) about the Harvard Corporation, October, 2009.
84. [Academe and the Decline of News Media](http://chronicle.com/article/Academethe-Decline-of/49120/), Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15, 2009.
85. [Shrouded in Secrecey, Decision Makers Gambled and Harvard Lost](http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/12/12/shrouded_in_secrecy_decision_makers_gambled_and_harvard_lost/?page=1) (with Fred Abernathy), *Boston Globe,* December 12, 2009.
86. [Harvard's Secret Seven](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-r-lewis/larry-summers-robert-rubi_b_419224.html), *Huffington Post*, January 12, 2010.
87. [Bit by Bit](/files/harrylewis/files/bitbybit.pdf), *South China Morning Post,* January 26, 2011.
88. [Inquiring Minds](/files/harrylewis/files/inquiringminds_scmp.pdf), *South China Morning Post,* February 5, 2011.
89. A national pastime with international meaning, *South China Morning Post,*October 8, 2011
90. The Public-Private Distinction Does Not Work Anymore (interview), [The European](http://theeuropean-magazine.com/387-lewis-harry/388-the-dark-side-of-technology), November 23, 2011
91. Lewis, Harry. [Remembering Peter Gomes](http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/5/26/peter-harvard-moral-university/), Harvard Crimson, May 26, 2011.
92. Lewis, Harry, [A science is born](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2020/08/features-a-science-is-born?utm_source=SEAS+Community&utm_campaign=54958d023c-InsideSEAS_2020_08_17&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4c60eab88d-54958d023c-), Harvard Magazine, September-October 2020.
93. Lewis, Harry. [Unfinished Business](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2023/6/30/lewis-affirmative-action-unfinished/). Harvard Crimson, June 30, 2023.
94. Lewis, Harry, and Kasey Uhlenhuth. [Arthur Augustus Johnson](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2023/08/features-vita-arthur-augustus-johnson). Harvard Magazine, September, 2023.
95. Lewis, Harry, [Reaping what we have taught](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/1/8/lewis-reaping-what-we-taught/), Harvard Crimson, January 8, 2024.
96. Lewis, Harry, [Mechanical Intelligence and Counterfeit Humanity](https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2024/07/harry-lewis-computers-humanity), Harvard Magazine, July, 2024.



 

---

 Attachments- [  picture\_as\_pdf  final\_clubs\_-\_independent\_-\_102998.pdf ](/sites/g/files/omnuum4286/files/harrylewis/files/final_clubs_-_independent_-_102998.pdf)
- [  picture\_as\_pdf  slow\_down.pdf ](/sites/g/files/omnuum4286/files/harrylewis/files/slow_down.pdf)
 
---