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Vaccination Company Wins President's Challenge Grand Prize
Vaxess Technologies, a company working to increase global access to vaccines through harnessing silk technology, has won the grand prize in the President’s Challenge, a competition that looked to foster social entrepreneurship across Harvard’s campus, the University announced Monday.
College Students Embrace Public Health
With growing undergraduate interest in global health in recent years, the Harvard School of Public Health has provided support to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences by offering more courses taught by HSPH faculty for undergraduates.
Under New Management
A growing divide between faculty and administration has left professors feeling estranged within their own school.
Faculty Meeting Draws Large Numbers
The semester’s last meeting drew the largest crowd since last December, when the courses of Harvard Summer School instructor Subramaniam Swamy were removed from the catalogue.
Faculty Tackle Final Concerns in Last Meeting of the Semester
The meeting saw the approval of courses of instruction for 2012-2013 across the University and at the University Extension School. It concluded with an update on the restructuring of the Harvard Library.
Professors Call Q Guide "Worthless" Tool for Assessing Courses
Christopher A. Hopper ’13 rates his classes in the Q guide based on how they “make him feel.” If a ...
Mankiw Named Chair of Economics Department
Economics professor N. Gregory Mankiw, head of the popular introductory course Economics 10: Principles of Economics and adviser to presidential candidate Mitt Romney, will take over as chair of the economics department starting on July 1. He will replace professor John Y. Campbell, who is wrapping up a three-year term as chair.
Harvard Library Will Make 12 Million Records Available to the Public
The Harvard Library took another step toward making research materials and library resources more accessible when it announced yesterday that it will make more than 12 million bibliographic records for a wide range of materials—including books, images, videos, and manuscripts—available to the public.
Future of Harvard Libraries Uncertain
As doubts about the future of Harvard libraries have mounted, what faculty, library workers, and administrators have called lackluster communication on the part of the University has led the Harvard community to question whether a restructured library system will meet its needs.
Bok Center Equips TFs With Classroom Tools
For undergraduate students, the role of the teaching fellow is an important fixture of their pedagogy. And for graduate students, teaching in a classroom is a central component of their own curriculum.
Prof. Greenblatt Wins 2012 Pulitzer Prize
University Professor Stephen J. Greenblatt was awarded the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction on Monday for his book, “The Swerve: How the World Became Modern.”
Dr. Henry Kissinger speaks to an at-capacity crowd in Sanders Theatre. Dr. Kissinger, a world-renowned political thinker, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Secretary of State under Presidents Reagan and Ford, discussed many topics, ranging from the political relations between the U.S. and China to his life as a Harvard student under the GI Bill.
Smith Assembles Committee To Find GSAS Dean
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith has convened an advisory committee to begin the search for a new dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
A Conversation with Henry Kissinger
Dr. Henry Kissinger speaks with Professor Joseph Nye, Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor and colleague of Dr. Kissinger's whilst at Harvard, about their time as students of Government at Harvard. Dr. Kissinger discussed politics as well as Harvard life with Prof. Nye, Professor Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government and director of the Belfer Center for International Affairs, and Jessica Blankshain, a doctoral student at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government.
Faculty Explore Engineering Sciences Concentrations
The introduction of two new engineering concentrations faced criticism from humanities professors when proposed at Tuesday’s Faculty Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Professor James Wood
Harvard English professor James Wood is designated a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He joins a list of other writers such as J. K. Rowling.
Regional Centers Suffer Cuts in FAS Financial Assistance
As several of Harvard’s regional centers continue to cope with a 50 percent reduction in federal support, they must also suffer sustained cuts in financial assistance from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Federal Funding for Harvard Declines
Following a nearly 50 percent reduction in federal funding, several of Harvard’s regional centers have relied on alternative sources of funding to maintain the quality of the academic and extracurricular opportunities offered to students.
FAS Highlights Pedagogy in Videos
The Faculty of Arts Sciences launched its “Great Teachers” video series Wednesday, a project which highlights pedagogy in video clips that showcase the teaching methods of prominent professors across the University.
Faculty To Report All Financial Interests
Faculty members will have one month to disclose their significant financial interests to the University, under the proposed implementation plan of university conflict of interest policies presented for the first time yesterday.