October 22, 2010

November-December 2010 Class Notes and Obituaries

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Published in the November-December 2010 print issue under the headline “The Classes,” in the Alumni section.

Small operating surplus is dwarfed by reduced federal research support and endowment tax liabilities.

As humanities shrink across higher education, one department is flourishing. Is its success a fluke, or a roadmap?

Joshua Joseph discusses how society can manage and coexist alongside self-governing AI agents.

The University is expanding industry ties and investing its own funds to support research, but neither will replace lost federal dollars.

Establishing legal responsibility for autonomous agents

Researchers at Harvard Kennedy School say yes.