February 10, 2006

Harvard in the Olympics

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February 9, 2006

A Report on the Meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

We have posted coverage of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting of February 7.

January 27, 2006

FAS Dean William C. Kirby to Leave Office

The original University news release concerning Dean Kirby's resignation, and statements by Dean Kirby and President Lawrence H. Summers.

[Update: See “Arts and Sciences Dean to Leave Office,” from our March-April 2006 issue.]

December 4, 2005

New Corporation member

Patricia A. King, J.D. ’69 was elected to the seven-member Harvard Corporation on December 4, succeeding Conrad K. Harper, J.D. ’65, who resigned last July. The University news release is posted here.

[Update: See “The Corporation, Completed,” from our January-February 2006 issue.]

November 7, 2005

Presidential Priorities

President Lawrence H. Summers distributed a letter to the Harvard community setting forth key issues and priorities for the academic year.

November 2, 2005

Curricular review update

The Harvard College curricular review’s committee on general education published its report to the faculty, available in PDF format at www.fas.harvard.edu.

[Update: See “An Unconstrained Curriculum,” from our January-February 2006 issue.]

October 14, 2005

New University Appointments

A new CEO at the Harvard Management Company; plus a new director at the Center for International Development

On the Harvard Management Company (which invests the endowment):
See “$tellar Swan Song,” from our November-December 2005 issue
     University announcement: New CEO of HMC

On the Center for International Development (a unit of the Kennedy School of Government):
See “Development Decapitated,” from our November-December 2005 issue
     University announcement: New director of CID

August 2, 2005

Corporation member quits

Conrad K. Harper resigned from Harvard’s senior governing board on July 14 (see “I can no longer support the president,” from our September-October 2005 issue).

Also presented here, the University's official statement of July 28 and the statements subsequently released on August 1: Conrad K. Harper's July 14 letter of resignation, and the August 1 reply by President Lawrence H. Summers and accompanying statement by Corporation Senior Fellow James R. Houghton.

June 8, 2005

Allston planning options outlined

Harvard released on June 2 a report by New York planning firm Cooper, Robertson & Partners on its long-term visions for an Allston campus.

The report is presented here (as a PDF), as well as the official letter from President Lawrence H. Summers, and the University news supplement.

[Update: See “Allston Options — and Actions,” from our September-October 2005 issue.]

May 17, 2005

Task Forces on women faculty and on women in science and engineering issue reports

Harvard's task forces on women faculty and on women in science and engineering, created in February, issued their reports on Monday, May 16. We have posted our initial report (with links to the official University news release and the reports in PDF format). More…

[Update: See “Engineering Equity,” from our July-August 2005 issue.]

March 15, 2005

Meeting of the Faculty

In a remarkable meeting held on the Ides of March in the Loeb Drama Center, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) twice voted to register its lack of confidence in and concerns over the presidency of Lawrence H. Summers. More…

[Update: See “At Odds,” from our May-June 2005 issue.
See also “Tenure Task Forces,” May-June 2005.]

February 22, 2005

Faculty Meeting, part 2

The meeting continued the faculty meeting of February 15, with open discussion of the University's administration. Speakers’ prepared texts are provided here, or, where they spoke without a text or did not provide one, a summary account appears.  More…          

February 15, 2005

Meeting of the Faculty

At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on February 15, 2005, the formal agenda proposed two principal business items: a discussion by Dean William C. Kirby of his Annual Letter to the faculty; and a discussion by Kirby and Benedict H. Gross, dean of Harvard College, about the status of, and schedule for, further work on the undergraduate curriculum review. As the meeting progressed, neither of those items was reached, because of faculty members' comments during the Question Period, which followed introductory statements by Kirby and President Lawrence H. Summers. More…

[Update: See “Gender Gap,” from our March-April 2005 issue.
See also “Women and Tenure,” March-April 2005.
See also “Envisioning Arts and Sciences Anew,” March-April 2005.]