Faculty
Before The Meeting
University President Drew G. Faust’s senior special assistant, Lars P.K. Madsen, enters University Hall before the December faculty meeting.
Report Outlines ‘Major Proposals’ for Gen Ed Overhaul
Harvard undergraduates would be required to fulfill distribution requirements, complete a quantitative-based course, and take fewer general education courses in new, consolidated categories as part of a drastically altered General Education program, should members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences vote to approve a new proposal in the coming months.
Police Investigate Law School Vandalism as Hate Crime
Law School students and professors arrived in Wasserstein Hall last Thursday to find pieces of black tape placed over the portraits of black professors at the school.
Despite Terrorism, Violence Is on the Decline, Pinker Says
Violence, according to Psychology Professor Steven Pinker, has been declining continuously over the course of human history and will continue to fall in the future.
Police Investigate Vandalism on Portraits of Black Law Professors
Harvard Law School students and faculty members who walked into Wasserstein Hall on Thursday morning found that pieces of black tape had been placed over the faces of portraits of black professors that hang on walls inside the building.
Science, Technology, and Society
Professor Sheila Jasanoff ’64 leads a weekly meeting about Science, Technology, and Society on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015.
Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
Harvard physics professor Lisa Randall ’84 recently published “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” in which she posits that dark matter caused a comet impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
A Forgotten Field?
Active and globally recognized, Harvard’s Science, Technology, and Society network is seeking to ingrain itself into the University’s academic structure, striving for a Ph.D. program to produce scholars and teachers for Harvard and beyond.
Professor Posits Dark Matter Led To Dinosaur Extinction
The book “Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs,” released Oct. 27, posits that a “pancake-shaped disk” of dark matter is responsible for causing a comet impact that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
With Bomb Threat, Echoes of Paris and Eldo Kim
The eerie familiarity of the threat, together with the recency of fatal bombings in Paris and Beirut, imbued the series of evacuations and investigations on Monday with particular weight.
Five Sophomores Declare Theater, Dance, and Media
As the department’s inaugural class, the five sophomores will help determine the future of the program, as well as offer feedback on its structure and ability to offer a fulfilling academic experience to students interested in many aspects of the performing arts.
Law School Professors Challenge Critical Documentary
A group of Harvard Law School professors have started a publicity campaign to challenge the depiction of the school’s sexual assault grievance process in “The Hunting Ground,” a documentary film about campus sexual assault.
In Out of the Box Lecture, Student Learns From a Cardboard Box
As the College looks to increase its focus on teaching and learning, one professor is thinking out of this world—giving a lecture on space travel on Wednesday while one of his students sat inside a small, 1.5 cubic meter cardboard box.
Professors Discuss Rage at Interdisciplinary Symposium
Harvard professors from four different departments discussed the phenomenon of rage in human behavior.
Libraries Digitize Thousands of Colonial Documents
Thousands of essays, journals, and other archival documents from the 17th and 18th centuries are now available online, after a group of University libraries launched the Colonial North American Project website last week.
Graduate Student Council Votes To Cut Student Fee Waiver
Currently, students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are billed a $25 fee each year that goes toward funding Graduate Student Council meetings, as well as conferences and summer research grants.
Ferguson Discusses Politics and Kissinger Biography
History professor Niall C. Ferguson said last month that he will leave Harvard for Stanford’s Hoover Institution after what he said has been “12 wonderful years.”
Gates To Establish Genealogy Summer Camp With Grant
University professor Henry Louis Gates’s love of the subject led him to establish a genealogy and genetics summer camp for middle school children.
Hutchins Center Showcases ‘Black Chronicles’ Photo Exhibit
“Black Chronicles II,” as the exhibition is called, is the continuation of a similar project looking to address the absence of cultural diversity in the Victorian historical narrative.
With Gift, Law School Starts Program in Jewish and Israeli Law
Mitchell Julis pointed to his family’s Jewish heritage and the value of his time at the Law School as his rationale for donating. He named the program after his mother and father and their families.
Library System Has Reached One-Third of Fundraising Goal
Recent gifts include a $500,000 donation to support innovation in the libraries and another gift to support archiving endangered films.
Faculty Meeting
Prof. Robert A. Lue, left, and Vice Provost for Advances in Learning Peter K. Bol enter University Hall before the faculty meeting on Tuesday, November 3.
Faculty Hear Emerging Details on Renewed Gen Ed Program
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences together heard emerging details of what a renewed program in General Education could look like in the aftermath of the release of a report that deemed the College’s foundational curriculum “failing on a variety of fronts.”
Law School’s Lessig Drops Presidential Bid
In a YouTube video released Monday entitled “The Democrats have changed the rules,” Lessig said he was no longer running for the nomination, pointing to new restrictive rules for participating in the debates.