Faculty
Ruth Okediji to Join Law School Faculty, Berkman Klein Center
Ruth L. Okediji, an property lawyer and professor, will join the Harvard Law School faculty as a tenured professor and co-director of the Berkman Klein Center in July.
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.
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.
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.
Proposal Would Restructure FAS Course Day, End Harvard Time
Harvard students could find their daily course schedules reshuffled—with classes lasting 75 minutes followed by 15 minutes of passing time—as early as fall 2018.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Schelling, 'Founding Father' of the Kennedy School, Dies at 95
Thomas C. Schelling, a Nobel laureate, “Founding Father” of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and Economics professor noted for his work on game theory and arms control, died Tuesday at age 95.
FAS Dean Calls Faculty Criticism About Lack of Involvement in Sanctions ‘Categorically False’
FAS Dean Michael D. Smith called Faculty criticism about their lack of involvement in crafting a historic social life policy “categorically false,” expressing his most in-depth comments on the contentious sanctions to date.
Columbia Students First to Unionize Following NLRB Ruling
An overwhelming majority of Columbia’s graduate and undergraduate teaching and research assistants voted in favor of forming a union.
Implementation Committee on Track to Hand Khurana Recommendations in Spring
The committee tasked with implementing the College’s new policy penalizing members of single-gender final clubs and Greek organizations is on track to meet its deadline to offer Dean of the College Rakesh Khurana recommendations next semester.