FAS Administration
Students Struggle With New My.Harvard While Shopping
The initial trouble understanding the new tool was compounded by the fact that the change at first rendered courses.cs50.net more or less useless.
Benefits Changes Bring Relief, and Potentially Confusion
The chair of the body that recommended the changes is “worried” that Harvard faculty and staff might have difficulty navigating the numerous health plan options.
Students Indicate Preferred Gender Pronouns at Registration
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ registration tool now gives students the option to choose preferred gender pronouns.
Fully Renovated Dunster House Opens Its Doors
Dunster is third in the line of College House renovations—a more than $1 billion project, largely funded by Harvard’s ongoing $6.5 billion capital campaign.
With Honor Code, College Looks To Turn a New Page
The new honor code that College administrators are touting as a cornerstone of students’ education comes three years after the Government 1310 cheating scandal.
Harvard College Rolls Out Its First Honor Code With Fanfare
Administrators are introducing the policy in an attempt to make sure students are aware of it.
After Criticism, Harvard Offers Additional Health Benefits Plan
Harvard has revised its health insurance options for nonunion faculty and staff members to offer an additional plan without deductibles or coinsurance.
Obama Nominates Murray, Former SEAS Dean, to Energy Dept.
Before assuming her role in the administration, former School of Engineering and Applied Sciences dean Cherry Murray must secure a confirmation from the Senate.
Widener Will Extend Nighttime Hours for CS50
The library will stay open on weekdays until midnight, instead of the usual 10 p.m., next fall and spring.
Harvard Can't Fully Prevent Future Cyber Attacks, Experts Say
According to experts in cyber security, there may be nothing that Harvard and institutions like it can do to fully protect themselves from future attacks from hackers.
As SEAS Dean, Doyle Will Face Opportunities and Challenges
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.
Harvard Investigates IT Security Breach
The security breach to Faculty of Arts and Sciences and central administration information technology networks may have compromised email login information.
'Timely' Gift Will Lend SEAS Momentum in Era of Transition
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.
Weatherhead Center Appoints Gilman New Executive Director
Theodore “Ted” J. Gilman will step into his role on July 1, just two years after Beth A. Simmons, a professor in the Government Department and then the head of the center, resigned in protest in 2013.
Record $400 Million Gift Renames SEAS
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.
