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SEAS Deficit Persists, Despite a $400 Million Gift

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“Everyone has the impression that Frank has a $400 million check in his pocket,” said Sean R. Eddy, a professor of Applied Mathematics. “And of course it doesn’t work that way.”


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Details Still Uncertain, SEAS Delays Move to Allston

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The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has delayed its relocation to Allston to 2020, and details of which offices will move remain in flux.


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SEAS Gains a 'Bumper Crop' of Eight Faculty Members

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The School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has brought in eight new professors this fall, plus its new dean, the largest addition to the school's faculty in the last five years.


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SEAS and Design School Launch Joint Master's Degree

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The Master’s of Design Engineering is intended for professionals who demonstrate technical literacy and have at least two years of work experience in engineering, design, government, or business.


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As SEAS Dean, Doyle Will Face Opportunities and Challenges

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Francis J. Doyle III will take the helm of a school that just received the largest donation in Harvard’s history and that is slated to relocate to Allston in just four years.


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'Timely' Gift Will Lend SEAS Momentum in Era of Transition

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​The record $400 million donation from hedge fund magnate John A. Paulson that renamed the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences comes during a transitional phase of a school whose enrollment has fast outgrown its resources.


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Record $400 Million Gift Renames SEAS

By Mariel A. Klein and Zara Zhang  • 

The gift will establish a permanent endowment for SEAS—which will now be known as the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences—as the school prepares to move into new facilities in Allston, Harvard announced on Wednesday.


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Harvard's Global Footprint

By Ignacio Sabate and Zara Zhang  • 

Through a growing network of international offices, Harvard remains competitive globally.


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Making Classes, but Not Money

By Melanie Y. Fu and Zara Zhang  • 

As professors volunteer hours to developing online courses for edX, some call for the young platform to compensate its teachers.


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Paying the Price

The University remains opposed to divesting its $35.9 billion endowment from fossil fuels, steadfast in the face of numerous sit-ins and demonstrations by students, alumni, and faculty affiliated with the activist group Divest Harvard.

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SEAS Gift Announcement

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University President Drew G. Faust and hedge fund magnate John A. Paulson shake hands at an event announcing Paulson's $400 million gift to the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.

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