Pamela Silver | Photograph by Jim Harrison
For Harvard’s 375th anniversary, leading professors predict the future of their fields:
Biology in This Century, by Pamela A. Silver
Educating Business Leaders for a Global Century, by Nitin Nohria
Reading Is Elemental, by Helen Vendler
Engineering in the Twenty-First Century, by Cherry A. Murray
Sciences Still Young, by Edward L. Glaeser
Leaders say the cost of consultants and severance will be recouped within 18 months.
Faculty leaders say layoffs will yield $20 million in annual savings.
The University is expanding industry ties and investing its own funds to support research, but neither will replace lost federal dollars.
The Harvard triathlete and coach says she helps normal people to “do extraordinary things.”
As humanities shrink across higher education, one department is flourishing. Is its success a fluke, or a roadmap?
Can the College do more to prepare students for the real world?
