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Harvard College Won't Offer Programming for January "Experience"

At least for January 2010, the first break in the calendar created by the University's new academic schedule, Harvard College has announced it will not offer courses or other programs.

Chu to Speak at Commencement

U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu will be the principal speaker at Commencement on June 4.

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Hertzberg, Marx, Wood Score Award Nominations

The list of finalists for this year's National Magazine Awards includes three with Harvard connections.

Arts Administration in Challenging Times

Michael M. Kaiser, known for steering the Kennedy Center and other troubled arts organizations back to health, shares his secrets with a Harvard audience.

Endowment Distribution to Be Reduced 8 Percent; Budget Cuts Loom

Distributions from the endowment will be reduced 8 percent in each of the next two fiscal years; that action sets the stage for significant budget cuts.

A Walk through History, with Justice Ginsburg as Guide

The Supreme Court justice speaks at a Radcliffe Institute conference on gender and the law.

Cherry A. Murray Named SEAS Dean

Murray comes to Harvard from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and was previously a senior vice president at Bell Laboratories.

Vice President Sally Zeckhauser to Retire

The University's longest-serving senior administrator, Sally Zeckhauser, vice president for administration, will retire at the end of the academic year.

Stanford Imposes Deeper Cuts, Too

Updated. Citing the deepening economic and financial crises, Stanford has decided to make deeper expense cuts in the next fiscal year; Yale recently imposed deeper cuts, too.

Jim Yong Kim Named Dartmouth President

Kim directs Harvard's François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, and is known for his involvement in tuberculosis and AIDS relief work.

Woods Gets Honorable Discharge, Must Repay Tuition

Anthony Woods, M.P.P. ’08—a U.S. Army captain who had served two tours in Iraq—was dismissed from the military after coming out as gay.