CURRICULAR REVIEW
The Trusted Few
After a Faculty vote, a small committee must make plans for undergraduate education a reality
By JOHANNAH S. CORNBLATT and SAMUEL P. JACOBS
Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:56 AM
After four years, voluminous reports, and clamorous debate, Harvard’s third dean of the Faculty in 11 months asked his colleagues for a little faith in finishing Harvard’s first new program on general education in a generation.
The Faithful in Academic Limbo
Without a department and rejected from Gen Ed, religious studies faces an uncertain fate
By MARIE C. KODAMA
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:32 PM
The year began with the study of religion nearly becoming required of all Harvard undergraduates. It ends with that idea in the dustbin of general education and two top religion professors on their way out.
Harvard Institute of Technology?
FAS-ordained engineering school seeks to define a place for engineering in a liberal arts education
By MARIANNE F. KALETZKY
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:31 PM
Although it could not seem more unlikely today, Harvard and MIT were once very nearly a single school. Claiming that it was unreasonable for two highly similar institutions, MIT and Harvard’s Lawrence Scientific School, to exist in such a small area, then-University President Charles W. Eliot and MIT President Henry S. Pritchett undertook a highly controversial campaign from 1904 to 1905 to integrate the two.
Out of Office, Back in Business
Summers stays engaged during a busy sabbatical
By CLAIRE M. GUEHENNO and LAURENCE H. M. HOLLAND
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:57 PM
On May 2, Lawrence H. Summers stepped to the podium in Science Center Lecture Hall B. It had been 14 months since his last showdown with professors in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and his audience this time couldn’t have been more different.
Welcomes & Returns
By CRIMSON NEWS STAFF
Thursday, June 07, 2007 7:11 AM
A scandal-plagued economist, the calendar debate, and losing Harvard-Yale: they're back.
On the Record
Thursday, June 07, 2007 7:12 AM
The words that made the year.
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Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ’38
Esteemed ‘fighting liberal’ brought politics to history
By SAMUEL P. JACOBS
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 9:00 PM
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. ’38—prolific historian, noted Harvard professor, and a prominent “fighting liberal” throughout the 1950s and 60s, suffered a fatal heart attack during dinner with his family on February 28. He was 89.
OBITUARY
David L. Halberstam ’55
From war-torn Vietnam to sunny Fenway, journalist epitomized profession
By JAMISON A HILL
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:19 PM
David L. Halberstam ’55—Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of over twenty books—was killed in a car crash south of San Francisco on April 23, 2004 while riding in the passenger seat to conduct an interview for his new book. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to San Mateo County Coroner Robert J. Foucrault. He was 73.
OBITUARY
Cecilia C. Ekperi ’09
As freshman, a leader of black community; ‘She had a grace about her’
By WILLIAM C. MARRA and BRITTNEY L. MORASKI
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:20 PM
Cecilia C. Ekperi ’09, a leader of Harvard’s black community remembered by friends for her outgoing personality, died July 6, 2006, after she fell ill during a basketball game. She was 19.
OBITUARY
Hui Wang ’08
‘Uniquely humorous’ Eliot junior remembered for optimism and candor
By RACHEL B NOLAN
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:21 PM
Hui Wang ’08, an avid hiker, biochemical sciences concentrator, and resident of Eliot House, died in a car crash in New York’s Catskill Mountains on Oct. 7, 2006.
Farewells
By CRIMSON NEWS STAFF
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 8:54 PM
The Class of 2007 includes a legendary librarian, a popular House Master, and some longtime Square shops.
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‘An Intriguing Opportunity’
Former Duke president Keohane becomes a quiet Corporation leader
By LAURENCE H. M. HOLLAND
Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:07 AM
When Nannerl O. Keohane joined the Harvard Corporation in 2005, one of the first things she did was ask for some reading material to help her understand her job. In typical Harvard fashion, the document she was given dated from the 17th century.
NEWSMAKER
A Shrewd Brinksman
Petersen leads loud, tireless advocacy—without alienating top brass
By CHRISTIAN B. FLOW
Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:22 AM
When Undergraduate Council (UC) President Ryan A. Petersen ’08 wanted to expedite student requests for a new academic calendar this year, he sent a letter to Interim President Derek C. Bok demanding a meeting with the seven-member Harvard Corporation, the University’s reclusive top governing board. (The request was denied.)
NEWSMAKER
A Strong Voice Steps Down
After short but active tenure, Skocpol’s legacy is out of her hands
By MADELINE W. LISSNER
Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:37 AM
By the time Theda Skocpol resigned from the deanship of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) in March, the footprint she had left on teaching and learning at Harvard was a large one. But will it last?
NEWSMAKER
Mayor in Media Tiff
Trailblazer’s travels accused of breaking the bank
By NICHOLAS K. TABOR
Thursday, June 07, 2007 6:29 AM
As Jerry Garcia put it, what a long, strange trip it’s been.
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