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FAS Could Save Roughly $20 Million Annually After Staff Cuts
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences could save roughly $20 million annually from its staffing overhaul, FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra said at a Tuesday faculty meeting.
FAS Dean Hoekstra Addresses Cornell Sexual Assault Case, Calls Description ‘Horrific’
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra addressed an alleged sexual assault at Cornell University at a Tuesday faculty meeting, calling the description of the incident “horrific and really difficult to comprehend.”
Harvard FAS Launches 25 Faculty Searches, Loosening Hiring Freeze
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences is launching 25 tenure-track faculty searches, FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced in a Monday email to faculty, further loosening a University-wide hiring freeze instituted last spring as the school draws an influx of philanthropic support.
Harvard Departments Split on AI Use in Senior Theses, With Many Yet to Set Rules
Only 18 of Harvard College’s 50 concentrations have department-wide restrictions on how seniors can use artificial intelligence in their theses, according to a Crimson review of departmental policies.
Harvard’s Mittal Institute Helped Book a Nine-Day Hindu Recitation at Sanders. Then Its Own Faculty Revolted.
For nine days in August, roughly 1,000 people a day filled Sanders Theatre for a Hindu devotional recitation that Indian outlets hailed as a landmark moment for Harvard. Behind the scenes, the Mittal Institute had spent weeks trying to get Harvard's name off it.
FAS Faculty Grew More Skeptical of Systemic Antisemitism as DOJ Pressed Its Case
Faculty grew more skeptical this year that antisemitism is systemic at Harvard, even as the federal government made that charge the centerpiece of its case against the University, according to The Crimson’s annual Faculty of Arts and Sciences survey.
FAS Launches Second $100 Million Drive for Ph.D. Fellowships After Meeting First Goal
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will begin a second $100 million fundraising challenge for endowed Ph.D. fellowships after donors helped the school meet its initial goal, FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra announced Thursday.
FAS Survey Shows Faculty Split on Hoekstra Amid Budget Cuts
Faculty satisfaction with FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra fell sharply this year as professors registered broad discontent with staffing and budget cuts, according to The Crimson’s annual faculty survey.
FAS Ends Layoff Notifications With 165 Positions Eliminated
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences selected 40 more employees for layoffs across two major academic divisions and several smaller offices last week, bringing a months-long staff restructuring to a close with 165 positions eliminated.
First Year Urban Program Director Laid Off Amid FAS Restructuring
Varsha Ghosh, the Phillips Brooks House director of student engagement and leadership and longtime staff adviser to the First-Year Urban Program, will depart this week after 13 years leading FUP, according to a Thursday email to FUP leaders.
FAS Weighs Four-Day Return-to-Office Requirement for Some Staff
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is considering requiring some staff in academic departments to return to the office four days a week, according to a person familiar with the matter and a message sent to members of Harvard’s staff union.
More Than 30% of FAS Social Sciences Staff Laid Off in Largest Wave Yet
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences directly laid off 75 staff across its social sciences units last week — nearly one-third of employees covered by the restructuring and more than twice the number cut in last month’s Harvard College wave — according to a document obtained by The Crimson.
All Three Dudley Administrators to Depart as Harvard Shutters Community
All three members of the Dudley Community’s administrative staff are set to depart this month as Harvard shutters the more than 90-year-old undergraduate community amid a broader restructuring of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Harvard College Lays Off Writing Center Director, Consolidates Center
The Harvard College Writing Center will no longer operate as a standalone unit after its director was laid off and its functions were consolidated as part of a restructuring in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, prompting swift backlash from current and former writing tutors.
FAS Starts Staff Cuts With Limited First Round of Layoffs
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences began its sweeping staff overhaul with a limited first round of layoffs Tuesday, informing only a small number of department and center administrative leaders that their positions would be eliminated.
Harvard FAS Names HMS Finance Chief as New CFO as Staff Restructuring Begins
Harvard Medical School Chief Financial Officer Julie A. Joncas will serve as the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ next chief financial officer, the school announced Wednesday, stepping into the role as FAS begins implementing a large-scale staff restructuring.
Harvard FAS To Begin Layoff Notifications Next Week
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences will begin notifying some staff of layoffs next week, according to a person familiar with the matter — part of a broader process that could also include direct placements into new positions or opportunities to move into different roles.
FAS Restructuring Reaches Harvard College with New Groupings, In-Person Work Requirements
Harvard College will be reorganized into five umbrella groups — dismantling the Office of Student Services and reviving the Freshman Dean’s Office — while College staff are expected to return to campus five days a week this fall.
Top College Leaders Fought Deming Over Five-Day Office Mandate, OUE Administrator Says
Associate Dean of Academic Engagement Manny Contomanolis told a small group of staff that several senior College leaders opposed the five-day in-office mandate — going as far as writing a white paper against it — and described a broader clash between Dean David J. Deming and FAS Dean Hopi E. Hoekstra over staffing cuts.
Harvard FAS Unveils New Department Groupings as Restructuring Takes Shape
Faculty of Arts and Sciences leaders presented new administrative groupings for departments and centers last week, offering the clearest look yet at a restructuring plan meant to cut costs amid a $365 million deficit.
FAS Turns To Internal Recruitment As Layoffs Loom
As staff members brace for layoffs expected later this summer, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has opened internal searches for seven new high-level administrative roles under its planned restructuring.
Harvard Paid McKinsey $250,000 For FAS Consultation, Internal Documents Show
Harvard paid McKinsey & Company at least $250,000 to consult on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ staff restructuring efforts, according to internal documents obtained by The Crimson.
FAS To Lay Off High-Level Administrators in Staff Restructuring
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences will lay off three high-level divisional administrators as part of its sweeping staff restructuring plan, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Harvard's Viewpoint Diversity Push Turns to Faculty Hiring
Harvard is moving its commitment to “viewpoint diversity” from rhetoric into faculty hiring — but as new searches take shape, professors remain divided over whether the goal is to hire conservatives, broaden disciplines, or simply make classrooms more open to dissent.
FAS Could Lay Off 25 Percent of Staff in Summer Administrative Restructuring
Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences could lay off up to one quarter of its staff this summer as part of a sweeping administrative overhaul that would consolidate departments, centers, and institutes into shared administrative “clusters,” according to two people familiar with the plans.
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