Harvard College Annual Housing Day Indefinitely Postponed Due to Coronavirus

"Harvard College will indefinitely postpone Housing Day — an annual tradition in which freshmen students are assigned to an upperclassmen house — to prevent the transmission of the novel coronavirus, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Registrar Michael P. Burke wrote in an email to students Monday.

The College has yet to announce a new date for Housing Day. The Housing Office will contact freshmen about their assignments, per Burke’s email.

‘More immediately, as part of our effort to eliminate gatherings of 100 people or more, we are announcing today that Housing Day, originally scheduled for this Thursday, March 12th, will be postponed,’ Burke wrote. ‘The Housing Office will be in touch with students about when they will receive their housing assignment.’" …

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2020/3/10/housing-day-coronavirus-postponement/