J-Term Falls Through the Cracks
By BITA M. ASSAD and LAUREN D. KIEL
Studying Telugu. Exploring culinary tradition. Visiting Emily Dickinson’s home in western Massachusetts.
HLS Dean Search Narrows to Four
By ELIAS J GROLL
A secretive search process to replace former Dean of the Law School Elena Kagan has reached the beginning of the end with no clear candidate to replace the much-loved administrator.
Students Feel the Pinch
By EVAN T. R. ROSENMAN
In the wake of economic tumult that has left
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences with a projected $220 million
budget deficit, a diverse slate of student jobs will be eliminated next
year as part of larger cost-cutting measures, leaving undergraduates
with more limited options for term-time employment.
A Changing Career Game
By DANIELLE J. KOLIN
When the Class of 2009 arrived on campus, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch were still solvent.
Gen Ed Forced To Get Practical
By BONNIE J. KAVOUSSI
The work thus far has been more struggle than seamless shift. There’s always an “enormous gap” between rules and practice, says the History department’s director of undergraduate studies, Daniel L. Smail, suggesting that it will be the work of the last two years, culminating next fall, that will be of most consequence for the new curriculum, and not its theoretical conception.
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Once Ambitious, Harvard Revisits Allston Planning
By PETER F. ZHU
Whether the first-year President was truly indignant
about the headline emblazoned on the front page of her morning
newspaper or whether her reaction was merely an attempt at damage
control is difficult to discern. Regardless, Drew G. Faust, in a break
with her usual public restraint, wasted no time in quashing the report.
A Disconnected Dean
By LAUREN D. KIEL and AHMED N. MABRUK
Nearly five decades ago, when one of her teachers
called her to the front of her Atlanta public-school classroom, Evelynn
M. Hammonds—the first black woman to serve as Dean of Harvard
College—thought she would be recognized for an ‘A’ she had recently
earned on a test.
Donors Express Confidence in Faust’s Direction
By ATHENA Y. JIANG and JUNE Q. WU
When former University President Lawrence H. Summers formally announced his resignation in 2006, several of his most loyal alumni supporters voiced their displeasure at his ouster with the largely symbolic threat of withholding all future donations.
Taking Reform Off The Shelf
By ERIC P NEWCOMER
Harvard College’s Administrative Board, often seen as a monolithic, stolid body, may see revisions to its policies and proceedings in the near future.
Concentrations Revamp Requirements
By BONNIE J. KAVOUSSI
With the College’s massive curricular review now in the rearview mirror, four individual departments conducted academic overhauls of their own late this year, revamping their concentration requirements to appeal to a wider variety of students.
Stem Cell Generation?
By ESTHER I. YI and PETER F. ZHU
Months after the University first announced that it would be slowing construction of its much-anticipated Allston Science Complex, administrators have begun to carve out alternative accommodations for those researchers who had been promised space there.
Curbing Conflict
By LAURA G. MIRVISS and JUNE Q. WU
Over the past year, the Medical School has steadily become embroiled in the conflict of interest debate, as student groups lobby administrators to strengthen existing policies to regulate industry ties at both the school and at its affiliated hospitals.
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