FAS Administration
Harvard Calls on Employees to Volunteer During Strike
Administrators are ratcheting up efforts to minimize campus disruption and calling for volunteers from the exempt employees within several of its schools to help out HUDS.
Final Clubs, Greek Orgs. Remain Waiting on Faculty Motion
Following the delay on discussion of a Faculty motion that could spell trouble for a new College policy, Harvard’s single-gender final clubs have settled into a familiar activity: playing the waiting game.
FAS Holds Meetings for Faculty to Discuss Graduate Student Unionization
Responding to suggestions from the Faculty Council, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences is hosting town hall sessions for professors, administrators, and the University’s labor representatives to discuss graduate student unionization.
FAS Reserves Dwindling, Dean Says
Cash reserves for Harvard’s flagship Faculty have dwindled to “effectively zero,” Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith said at a meeting of the body Tuesday.
FAS Surpasses $2.5 Billion Campaign Fundraising Goal
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences passed its $2.5 billion capital campaign goal in June, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith said at the Faculty’s monthly meeting Tuesday.
UC Leaders Present to Faculty Council on Final Club, Greek Org. Sanctions
Undergraduate Council President Shaiba Rather ’17 and Vice President Daniel V. Banks ’17 fielded questions about campus discussions regarding final clubs and Greek organizations.
Harvard, Former Professor Spar in Ongoing Tenure Lawsuit
Harvard has gone to great lengths to maintain the secrecy of its tenure process in an ongoing federal civil suit filed by a former professor in March 2015.
Faculty Offer Guidance on Being 'Out' in Academia
The panel comes in response to GSAS students’ calls for discussions about managing academic life while identifying as queer.
Students Criticize New Ec 10 Textbooks; Mankiw Defends
Students in the College’s introductory economics class are criticizing the new textbook. But the course’s professor and the textbook’s author said the new system is worth the pricetag.
Undergrads Uncertain About Unionization
Harvard’s undergraduate teaching assistants have hardly considered unionizing, let alone considered the implications of the NLRB ruling.
Four Graduate Schools Join my.harvard Student Portal
Four graduate schools joined the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Harvard Divinity School on my.harvard, the University’s online student information system, this fall.
Faculty Council Discusses Final Club, Greek Org. Sanctions
Members of the Faculty Council discussed single-gender social organizations at their first two meetings of the semester in preparation for a likely Faculty of Arts and Sciences vote on whether to support a new College policy penalizing the groups.
Theater, Dance, and Media Bolsters Program with More Courses
Theater, Dance & Media continues to grow in its second year as a concentration, offering the first dance technique course for credit, a collaboration with an internationally renowned director, and a new Asian American performance class.
Grad Student Union Effort Will Not Seek ‘One-Size-Fits-All’ Approach
Organizers of the Harvard Graduate Students Union-United Auto Workers answered questions about a potential contract, saying it would not follow a “one-size-fits-all” model, and communicated the goals of the union effort to roughly 20 graduate students at an information session held Wednesday.
Ec. Surpasses Computer Science in College’s Fall Enrollment
In the battle for Harvard undergraduates, enrollment numbers from this semester may show Wall Street still has clout over Silicon Valley.
Asian American Studies Gains Traction
Asian American Studies has historically seen little representation at the College, but this fall students can take at least four courses in the field, offered roughly a semester after a group of undergraduates began pushing for more awareness in the discipline.
GSAS Rolls Out Improvements to Funding Packages
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences administrators modified student benefits this semester by granting more flexibility for guaranteed teaching spots and increasing the rate of supplemental payments.
Committee Set to Consider Motion Against Social Org. Sanctions
The Faculty Council’s newly-elected docket committee is set to consider a motion filed last spring that some professors believe could prevent College sanctions against members of single-gender social organizations from taking effect.
FAS Development Head To Leave
O’Neil A.S. Outar, senior associate dean and director of development for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will leave his post early next month amid Harvard’s record-breaking capital campaign.
Harvard has Raised $230 Million for House Renewal as of March
The figure puts Harvard a little more than halfway towards its $450 million fundraising goal for the project, one of the key priorities of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ ongoing $2.5 billion capital campaign.
Persuading Professors
Harvard will go to great lengths to recruit and retain faculty members. But sometimes, it doesn’t have everything a professor wants.
The Women Who Leave
A combination of formal processes and informal forces disadvantage women on the FAS tenure track, pushing some to leave before they come up for tenure review.
Harvard Could Increase Size of Student Body, FAS Dean Says
Harvard could expand its undergraduate enrollment and construct new Houses in Allston in the future, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith said in an interview Thursday.
FAS Shifts Strategy for Pitching House Renewal
As Harvard cruises past its $6.5 billion capital campaign goal, Faculty of Arts and Sciences administrators have rethought how they pitch House renewal, one of the campaign's top priorities, to donors and alumni.