Harvard University Police Department in and upon all property owned or controlled by Harvard University. Additionally, all officers hold commissions as deputy sheriffs for Middlesex County and Suffolk County, which gives them powers of arrest throughout Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston, where Harvard has facilities. The HUPD has been the target of requests for greater transparency in the records it keeps or publishes about its officers’ actions. This culminated in "The Harvard Crimson v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, et al." in 2003 where the Harvard student daily newspaper filed suit against HUPD in Massachusetts Superior Court. The case was ultimately transferred to the
Academic regalia of Harvard University Academic regalia of Harvard University As the oldest college in the United States, Harvard University has a long tradition of academic dress. Harvard gown facings bear crow's-feet emblems near the yoke, a symbol unique to Harvard, made from flat braid in colours distinctive of the wearer's qualification or degree. Crow's-feet are double for earned degrees, and triple for honorary degrees. According to the Laws of Harvard College of 1807: Most universities in the United States follow to varying degrees a uniform code, first published in 1895. Harvard University chose not to participate in the Intercollegiate Commission on the matter in