Faculty
FAS Introduces Retirement Package
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has introduced a new retirement program for faculty members that will make permanent a revised version of last year’s one-time retirement offer that allows professors to gradually lessen their teaching duties, according to an e-mail FAS Dean Michael D. Smith sent to faculty members yesterday.
Profs, Pundits Honor Huntington
Political pundits and professors gathered at the Kennedy School last night to commemorate one of their most memorable teachers, the late political scientist Samuel P. Huntington, who died almost two years ago of congestive heart failure at age 81.
Book Sees Harvard’s Influence on Obama
Nietzsche, Weber, and former Harvard faculty members are among many thinkers who led Barack Obama to favor debates and compromises in his policy making in Washington, History Professor James T. Kloppenberg said last night in Boylston Hall.
Professors Head to Queen’s Head Post-Faculty Meeting for Open Access Week
Professors may have poured themselves a drink last night to celebrate their contributions to the online academic world.
Dean Asserts FAS Recovery
In his annual report, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith chronicled the financial setbacks and modes of ...
Today in Photos (10/19/10)
Residents of Quincy House dine on the “The Complete Vegetarian Meal,” which featured food by chef and cookbook author Mollie Katzen yesterday.
Mankiw Comes Out with New Textbook
Economics professor Gregory Mankiw has written yet another textbook on intermediate macroeconomics. Slightly different from his previous macroeconomics book, the ...
Protestors Fight Against Marty Peretz
Protestors gathered Saturday to denounce Harvard University for accepting a donation in the name of former Social Studies Head Tutor Martin “Marty” H. Peretz.
Warren to Head Consumer Rights Bureau
After months of speculation, Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren was appointed to lead the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection by President Obama last Friday.
Murdoch, History of Science Professor, Dies at 83
John E. Murdoch, a professor of the history of science and an expert in the field of medieval medicine, died of unknown causes Thursday. He was 83.
DREAM Act at the Capitol
Harvard sophomore Eric Balderas (left), Harvard President Drew Faust, and Sen. Richard Durbin discuss the DREAM Act at the U.S. Capitol yesterday.
Marc Hauser’s Fall From Grace
All was quiet inside Marc D. Hauser’s Cognitive Evolution Laboratory, perched 10 floors above ground level in Williams James Hall.
Dean Smith's Letter to Faculty: Full Text
Full text of the letter to colleagues in which Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith discloses that Professor Marc D. Hauser has been found "solely responsible" by an investigating committee for eight separate instaces of scientific misconduct in his lab.