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Slive Remembered as Engaging Professor, Prolific Scholar, and Warm Presence
Seymour Slive, a former director of the Fogg Art Museum and fine arts professor emeritus, died on June 14 at the age of 93.
Education and the Campaign
As Harvard seeks to improve its teaching and learning practices through the campaign, some faculty members wonder where the school’s innovation is headed.
Engineering a Balance
As enrollment at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences continues to grow, many remain concerned about the school’s persistent gender gap.
Campaigning with Limits
Harvard’s teaching fellows want a universal section cap, but administrators say the goal is neither needed nor practicable.
The 21st Century Pedagogue
FAS’s administrator en vogue, Robert A. Lue is at the forefront of Harvard’s mission to be on the pedagogical cutting edge.
Faculty Climate Survey 2013
Although four out of five faculty members from across the University say that they are satisfied as members of the Harvard faculty, women and members of underrepresented minority groups report higher rates of feelings of exclusion than men and non-minorities, according to the results of the 2013 Faculty Climate Survey.
Women, Minority Faculty Members Report Worse Climate Than Men, Non-Minorities
Although four out of five faculty members from across the University say that they are satisfied as members of the Harvard faculty, women and members of underrepresented minority groups report higher rates of feelings of exclusion than men and non-minorities, according to the results of the 2013 Faculty Climate Survey.
Weatherhead Center Names Permanent Director a Year After Its Last Leader Resigned
Sociology professor Michele Lamont will become executive director of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs beginning July 2015, the center announced Tuesday.
Students, UC Outraged at Decision to Withhold Course Difficulty Ratings
Responding to what Undergraduate Council President Gus A. Mayopoulos ’15 described as possibly “the dumbest decision” he has seen administrators make this year, undergraduates expressed outrage Friday about a recent announcement that the Q Guide will no longer display course difficulty ratings.
Q Guide Will No Longer Display Difficulty Score, Harris Says
The decision was officially made during a Faculty Council meeting on September 25, according to Secretary of the Faculty Susan L. Lively.
Early Inquiries Point to Misunderstanding of Gen Ed, Review Committee Chair Says
The chair of a committee recently convened to review the Program in General Education said that students often do not understand its goals or how it differs from distribution requirements.
Faust Says She Will Work with Faculty, Not Divest Group, To Discuss Climate Change
University President Drew G. Faust said Wednesday that she will work with faculty members to arrange for a “thoughtful exchange” on climate change next fall but that she does not plan to hold the open meeting with the Corporation and members of the activist group Divest Harvard.
Faculty Votes In Favor of New Course Credit System, Gender Neutral Housing
Starting in the fall of 2015, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will adopt a course credit system that will open up the possibility for a wide range of new course offerings worth fewer than four credits each.
Faculty Approves College’s First Honor Code, Likely Effective Fall 2015
The code lays out formal expectations for academic integrity and creates a new student-faculty/administrator judicial board to hear cases regarding the violation of those expectations.
Science with a Twist: Harvard Researchers Discover Helix Shape
It might be time to take a closer glance at the nearest landline phone cord. Harvard researchers recently discovered a new shape—the hemihelix—which can be found in helical-like structures such as phone cords or slinkies. Shapes like the hemihelix might shed light on the process of creating three dimensional shapes from two dimensional starting materials, researchers said.
