Faculty News
In FAS Budget Woes, Echoes of Recession Era
Years of anemic endowment returns have forced FAS to make difficult choices to cope with a financial reality far from the halcyon days of the early 2000s.
Modest Pay Bump Exacerbates Financial Worries Among Profs
“We would like to hire more faculty, we would like to have smaller sections, we would like better compensation,” Hochschild said.
Students Added to Committee Examining Social Group Policy
Several of the students named to the committee have previously voiced opinions on the College’s policy.
Faculty Vote to End Harvard Time, Extend Course Length in 2018
The seven-minute passing period between courses known as “Harvard Time” will no longer exist beginning in the fall of 2018.
No Women Elected to Faculty Council
At Tuesday's meeting, professors also pressed Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris on a proposed "Thinking with Data" course requirement.
GSAS Dean to Take Sabbatical Next Year
GSAS Dean Xiao-Li Meng will take a sabbatical next academic year, and Emma Dench, a History and Classics professor, will serve as interim dean.
Faculty Council Votes to Refer Sanctions Motion to Faculty Committee
Instead voting in favor of or against the motion, the Faculty Council recommend the motion be taken up by a committee of faculty, staff, and students tasked with examining the policy.
New Faculty Motion Opposes Enforcement Plan for Sanctions
A professor tasked with reevaluating the College's social group policy filed a motion opposing a proposed requirement that students sign a document affirming they do not belong to a single-gender final club or Greek organization.
Harvard Faculty Debate Proposed FAS Schedule Changes
Faculty pressed Dean of Undergraduate Education Jay M. Harris on a new policy that would alter course schedules at this month’s Faculty meeting Tuesday.
Khurana to Co-Chair Committee Reevaluating Social Group Policy
Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana will lead the faculty committee tasked with reevaluating the single-gender social group policy he originally spearheaded.
Harry Lewis To Retire After 46 Years
After this semester, computer science professor and former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 will teach only two more semesters before he officially retires on July 1, 2020.
Stats Department Expands to Accommodate Upward Trend in Concentrators
After a statistically significant growth in concentrators in recent years, several professors say Harvard’s Statistics Department is reaching its limit.
Khurana Will Be 'Deeply Involved' With Faculty Sanctions Committee
Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana will be “deeply involved” in the faculty committee reconsidering the current policy on final clubs and Greek organizations.
Dean Discusses Hiring Of Women, Minorities at Faculty Meeting
The diversity of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences remains "concerning," Dean of Faculty Affairs and Planning Nina Zipser said at the Faculty’s monthly meeting Tuesday.
Lewis Withdraws Faculty Motion Opposing Sanctions
Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 has withdrawn a faculty motion opposing the College’s penalties for members of single gender social organizations.
Former Dean Murray Returns to SEAS After Energy Department Post
After about a year in Washington directing the Department of Energy’s Office of Science, Cherry A. Murray returned to Cambridge this month to resume teaching.
Harvard Grad Council Discusses Immigration Order, Governance
Members of the Harvard Graduate Council criticized President Donald Trump's immigration order at the body's first meeting of the semester Monday.
Facing Space Constraints, SEAS Hiring Slows
“It’s very hard to hire faculty if there are no offices or labs for them," said the former dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Nearly 200 Harvard Professors Sign Petition Opposing Presidential Order
Joining thousands of academics worldwide, over 190 Harvard professors have signed a growing petition opposing President Donald Trump’s immigration order.
Social Organizations Sanctions Could Be ‘Revised or Replaced’
The College’s historic policy penalizing members of single gender social organizations could be “revised or replaced," Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana announced Wednesday.
Researcher Challenges Court-Ordered Separation from Grad Student
Accusations of falsified data, a forced mental evaluation, and a suspected "campaign of retaliation": court documents detail a bitter schism between a Harvard graduate student and his principal investigator.
Ethnic Studies Proponents Plan Advocacy Efforts
Students and alumni emphasized the need to recruit new ethnic studies advocates, as many of the movement’s organizers will soon graduate.
Lecturer Diaz Rosillo Will Join Trump Administration
Government lecturer and Dunster House resident dean Carlos E. Diaz Rosillo has accepted a position in Donald Trump’s administration and will not teach at the College this semester.
Winthrop Faculty Dean Presses for Criminal Justice Reform
Harvard Law School professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. argued that wrongful convictions are widespread and often overlooked in a TEDx talk.
'Groundbreaking' Architectural Historian James Ackerman Dies at 97
James S. Ackerman, a Harvard architectural historian who specialized in Renaissance architecture, died Dec. 31 in Cambridge. He was 97.