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Medical School’s Decision To Cut 31 Custodial Contract Jobs Prompts Outcry
The Medical School is citing financial constraints for a move that has prompted criticism from the labor union that represents the workers and the circulation of an online petition opposing the decision.
Former Ph.D. Student Files Lawsuit Against University Seeking $10 Million for Royalties Dispute
Mark G. Charest, a former Harvard Ph.D. student, has filed a lawsuit against the University and chemistry and chemical biology professor Andrew G. Myers, seeking an estimated $10 million as compensation for alleged breach of contract and fraud, among other allegations.
FAS Establishes Observatory for Spanish Language Study
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has collaborated with the Instituto Cervantes, a nonprofit organization that was created by the Spanish government and promotes the study of Spanish language and culture, to create a Harvard-based observatory for scholarship on Spanish language in the United States.
Following Preview of Master Plan, Allston Residents Call for New Discussion Forums
Suggesting that existing avenues for community conversations about Harvard’s new Institutional Master Plan for Allston development are insufficient, community members both within and outside the Harvard-Allston Task Force on Monday called for new forums to amplify the voices of residents.
Faust, Experts Weigh In on Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Ruling
As University President Drew G. Faust applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on race-conscious college admissions Monday, several legal experts said they do not expect the decision to end holistic admissions processes like Harvard’s.
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino and other officials look on as Elsa Rojas (left), a current Charlesview resident, and Angela Holm (right), a former Charlesview Apartments resident and the Allston-Brighton coordinator for the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services, cut the ceremonial ribbon at the new Charlesview Residences apartment complex in Allston-Brighton on Friday.
HarvardX’s New Fall Offerings To Include Two SPOCs
HarvardX, the University’s branch of the online learning venture edX, this month announced its roster of new fall courses, including the platform’s first offering that will initially be open exclusively to Harvard students.
Morgan Stanley Exec To Serve as HMC's Chief Risk Officer
A Morgan Stanley executive will take over as Harvard Management Company’s next chief risk officer, the body announced Wednesday.
International Monetary Fund To Offer Courses Through edX
The International Monetary Fund has announced that it will partner with edX to become the first body outside of higher education to offer courses through the online learning venture.
Harvard-Allston Task Force Raises Concerns About Community Benefits Conversation
Members of the Harvard-Allston Task Force voiced concern at their meeting Monday evening that they are being given too little time to discuss the long-ranging impact of the community benefits package to be included as part of Harvard’s new Institutional Master Plan for Allston development.
HMS Research Dean To Depart
William W. Chin, who has served as executive dean for research at Harvard Medical School for the past three years, will depart Harvard at the end of this month for a new position with a Washington, D.C.-based pharmaceutical trade group.
Five New Members Elected to Board of Overseers
Five alumni were elected to Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body, the Harvard Alumni Association announced at its annual meeting during Commencement on May 30.
'There Is No Such Thing as Failure,' Oprah Tells Harvard Graduates
Oprah Winfrey, the media mogul and philanthropist of international fame, urged the University’s newest graduates to embrace setbacks as an opportunity for growth in her Commencement speech in Tercentenary Theatre Thursday afternoon.
Amidst Celebrations, Faust Warns of Grave Repercussions of Sequestration
Addressing thousands of new graduates and their supporters in Tercentenary Theatre, University President Drew G. Faust argued Thursday afternoon that research spending cuts stemming from sequestration threaten Harvard’s ability to mount an effective intellectual response to crises like those experienced this year.
Harvard Strong: Multimedia Feature
After explosions at the Boston Marathon and during a lockdown that paralyzed Greater Boston, administrators mobilized to keep the campus running.
The Rise of HPAC: Multimedia Feature
Five years after consolidating its public relations team into Harvard Public Affairs and Communications, the explosive growth of that office has some questioning its purpose.
Confronting the Sequester
Three months after across-the-board budget cuts hit research funding, the outlook for research varies from lab to lab. Nonetheless, most agree that sequestration will hit younger researchers the hardest.
Boss Harvard
After completing the longest contract negotiations in the union's history, HUCTW members feel that Harvard can do more to maintain ideal standards for its non-faculty members.
The New Corporation
The University's highest governing body—the Harvard Corporation—has nearly completed the first major structural reforms in its 360-year-old history in an effort to increase the board's engagement with the community and knowledge base.
Faust Looks Forward
While Faust's responsive leadership style has worked during tumultuous times for both the University and the world, it remains to be seen whether she can use her renowned communication skills to renew and refine inherited ideas and lead Harvard through an ambitious, 21st-century capital campaign.
Despite Tough Market, Harvard Law School Is Still a Safe Bet
As law schools throughout the United States struggle in the face of a shrinking number of opportunities available to graduates, employment rates for Harvard Law School alumni have remained somewhat constant over the past 20 years.