Faculty
Letter: Harvard's Hauser Inquiry Undermined Scientific Process
The letter attacks the scope of the inquiry into Hauser’s research and insinuations that Hauser’s body of work has been thrown into question by the investigation.
Harvard Stands By Swamy, Writer of 'Distressing' Op-Ed
Despite calls for Swamy's firing, Harvard said it will not take action against him, invoking free speech principles.
In Letter to Harvard, Civil Liberties Group Cautions Against Swamy Investigation
FIRE sent a letter to President Faust urging her not to allow Harvard to take action against Summer School instructor Subramanian Swamy.
Academics Level Criticism at Harvard Over Handling of Hauser Inquiry
A group of prominent academics are circulating a letter criticizing Harvard’s handling of the allegations leveled at Marc D. Hauser.
Petition Calls Op-Ed by Harvard Summer School Instructor Offensive to Muslims
An article written by Subramanian Swamy advocated for measures in India such as disenfranchising non-Hindus as a means to combat terrorism, provoking many to call for his firing from Harvard.
Colbert Grills Michael Sandel on Ethics, Cannibalism
Colbert and Sandel had a seven-minute exchange that focused on the core issues of justice in our world, from overpaid baseball stars to hypothetical cannibalism.
Harvard Medical School Professor Among Five Accused of Ghostwriting
A complaint filed with the federal Office of Research Integrity alleges that a group of psychiatrists signed their names to a paper written by a communications firm for a major pharmaceutical company.
Judge Dismisses Suit Brought Against Harvard Professor Douglas Kiel
The lawsuit alleged that Kiel disparaged a hip protector manufacturer's product by concluding in a study that hip protectors aren't effective, but its dismissal doesn't spell the end of troubles for the professor.
Government Accuses Team Led by Harvard Professor of Ethics Violations
The research team, which was looking into underwear that protected the elderly from hip fractures, failed to keep participants informed the increased risk of falling, compliance officers allege.
Three Professors Face Sanctions Following Harvard Medical School Inquiry
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital punished three professors who violated conflict of interest policies—the latest in a saga that brought congressional scrutiny on academia-industry relations.
The Waiting Game
Despite a condemning internal investigation, Harvard finds itself in the unfamiliar position of waiting for another body to dictate the future of a professor who was once a prized member of its faculty.
Martin S. Feldstein
Despite his wide-ranging influence, Harvard Economics Professor Martin S. Feldstein ’61 has perhaps had his greatest impact in the classroom.
Despite Tensions, Professors Cross Iron Curtain
At Harvard, Cold War curiosity was turned into a meaningful intellectual exchange with professors at the University of Leningrad. But the politics of the day stayed largely off the table, even in the classroom.
Joanna Aizenberg Named Director of Kavli Institute
Materials science professor Joanna Aizenberg has been appointed the new director of the interdisciplinary Kavli Institute for Bionanoscience and Technology, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences announced last Tuesday.
Harvard Professor Says He Was Misled After Monitor Admits Lobbying Efforts in Libya
Monitor Group said on Friday that elements of work it conducted for Muammar Gaddafi’s Libyan regime from 2006 through 2008—with support from some members of the Harvard faculty—should have been identified as lobbyist activity according to federal policy, leading one involved Harvard professor to say he was misled.
Andrew Berry
In our new Office Hours series, we interview some of Harvard's most colorful professors on issues related, or sometimes unrelated, to their field of expertise. In this edition, Professor Andrew Berry talks about Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and the beauty of evolutionary theory.
Faculty Notebook: The Cookies Are Back
Even though beach season is less than a month away, professors munched away on the much-missed sweets in Tuesday’s Faculty meeting.
FAS Deficit Expected To Shrink to $16 million This Fiscal Year
The progress, Smith said, keeps FAS on track to balance its structural deficit by the end of the 2012 fiscal year.
Challenges Remain for SEAS, Murray Says
Faculty, staff and students in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences joined SEAS Dean Cherry A. Murray for this semester’s All Hands meeting to highlight the renewed emphasis on teaching labs at SEAS as well as goals for future investment across the School.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects 20 from Harvard
Twenty Harvard affiliates were elected last week to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the most prominent honorary societies in the country.
FAS Dean Expected To Give Financial Update
Many faculty members say they hope next year’s budget will address the needs of growing departments, several of which say they have been short-staffed in recent years.