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FAS Funding Policy To Steer Centers
As the Faculty of Arts and Sciences prepares its budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the administration will turn its attention to area-study centers to streamline spending of FAS resources, sparking concern among some center leaders.
FAS Dean To Take Leave
Diana Sorensen, the divisional dean for the arts and humanities in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, will leave Harvard at the end of the academic year to take a year-long sabbatical.
Harvard Profs Reflect on ‘New Poor’
Despite the apparent improvement of the fiscal climate, the number of Americans facing unemployment continues to rise—and several Harvard economists ...
FAS Maps Budget For Departments
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has prepared a road map for its departments and centers as they construct the budget for the upcoming fiscal year in the face of an $80 million deficit.
Lucky Family
When I walk into Boylston Hall and turn left, I’m confronted with a table; the moment I’m within the threshold ...
Chinese Program Director Departs
Shengli Feng, director of Harvard’s Chinese Language Program and founder of the University’s first Mandarin summer immersion program, is leaving Harvard this fall after seven years to teach at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Library Group Represents Faculty
Professor Jeffrey F. Hamburger will chair a committee to represent faculty interests in the ongoing process to reform the library system.
English Department Adds Professors
The English department will welcome two new professors from Columbia University and grant tenure to one of its current associate professors.
FAS Dean Takes a Professorial Role at Faculty Meeting, Armed With Slideshow
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith, a computer scientist with years of teaching under his belt, assumed a professorial role at yesterday’s Faculty meeting and used a popular lecture tool—a PowerPoint presentation.
Though FAS Slims Down Budget, Work Lies Ahead
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has reduced its deficit to $80 million, signifying a drop that FAS Dean Michael D. Smith credited at yesterday’s Faculty meeting to alumni donations, improvements in the international financial market, and last year’s cost-cutting measures.
@harvardstudents OMG profs have twitter accounts!
In case you don’t speak “tweet,” that means that a handful of Harvard professors—including Jeffrey Miron, Gary King, and Niall Ferguson—have Twitter accounts, which just might make them cooler than you. Well, Niall Ferguson was already cooler, but, then again, you’ve known that for awhile.
FAS Reduces Budget Deficit
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has cut down its deficit to $80 million, which amounts to a $30 million decrease since FAS Dean Michael D. Smith announced in September that the University’s largest school had cut half of its projected deficit, according to a high-ranking FAS administrator.
Reverend Gomes Prepares For 2012 Departure
Gomes said that he had always planned to retire once reaching the age of 70—and he will reach that benchmark in time to retire in 2012.
Burt Recognized For Critique of Poetry
Stephen L. Burt, an associate professor of English, was named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism on Saturday.
Professor Challenges Harvard's Governance Structure in the Huff Post
Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 has struck again with another op-ed panning the Harvard Corporation, the University’s highest governing body—this time in the Huffington Post.
TOP 10 NEWS STORIES OF 2009
From a fiscal nightmare to a campus shooting, 2009 had it all. See the stories, events and people that made the top headlines this past year.
Dean Smith Presents Positive Picture of FAS Finances at Faculty Meeting
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith delivered a notably optimistic financial outlook for FAS yesterday, though the University’s largest school faced a projected $110 million annual deficit as of Sept. 15.
Provost Addresses Library Changes
University Provost Steven E. Hyman sought to reassure faculty members yesterday that the newly appointed committee for library changes would not overstep its bounds.
FAS To Lift Salary Freeze
In what may be an early sign that the budget is recovering, Faculty of Arts and Science Dean Michael D. Smith announced yesterday that he would end the salary freezes placed on faculty and staff last December.
Mid Year Graduation
Susan Y. Yao ‘09 offered the Student Reflection at the Midyear Graduate Celebration at 4 p.m. yesterday in Radcliffe Gymanasium.
Faculty Calls For Library Funding
With budget cuts looming over Harvard’s numerous libraries, more than a hundred faculty members signed off on an impassioned letter calling on top University administrators to increase funding for library acquisitions.
Reaction Mixed on FAS Package
A day after the Faculty of Arts and Sciences released a program for early faculty retirement, professors said that they found the plan “generous,” but expressed concern that vacated positions would not be filled as FAS continues to face a $110 million deficit.
FAS, Four Other University Schools Offer Retirement Plan for Faculty Members
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and four of the University’s professional schools offered a voluntary retirement program yesterday to eligible members of their faculties, marking the culmination of months of planning initiated by the fiscal troubles of the last academic year.
Professors in Several Parts of University Offered Retirement Package
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and four of the University's professional schools offered retirement plans to members of their faculty earlier today, marking the realization of an idea that surfaced when it became clear last fall that the University's endowment would be hard-hit by the financial crisis.