Stuart M. Shieber '81, Welch professor of computer science, who led the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in its historic adoption of an open access policy—designed to make the articles its members publish in scholarl journals freely available on the Internet—has been named director of the University's new Office for Scholarly Communication (OSC). The OSC will be responsible for implementing University policies on open access.
Read more about Shieber's appointment here.
The University will compensate families of those whose remains were sold and establish a scholarship to honor anatomical donors.
After a final round of layoffs, University leaders say 165 staff jobs were eliminated across the division.
A roundup of University news from the summer of 2026
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In 1954, Gregory Corso moved into Eliot House. How he stayed there is a literary legend.
Long-discussed reorganization includes layoffs and the end of the Dudley Community.
