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Climate-Change Solutions
… levels 26 percent to 28 percent below the 2005 level by 2025. “That trajectory,” he said, “puts us…where we need to …
Arts and Sciences’ Post-Pandemic Prowess
A t the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) meeting on November 1, Dean Claudine Gay presented a new look on the 2021-2022 academic and financial year: an annual report in which she has seemingly edited her own presence to an absolute minimum. In place of …
FAS: Faculty and Fisc
In presenting the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ annual report for the 2022-2023 academic year to colleagues at their November meeting, Dean Hopi Hoekstra faced the unusual problem of accounting for developments for which she bore no responsibility: she …
Issue: January-February 2024
How Will Harvard Change Post-Coronavirus?
By the time you read this column, students and faculty and staff members—all vaccinated—should be on campus, or en route, to resume an in-person Harvard academic year. Some precautions will remain, but protecting people from the pandemic no longer looms …
Issue: September-October 2021
Brevia
Ethnicity Appointments. Erika Lee has been appointed Bae Family professor of history, effective next July, and Jesse Hoffnung-Garskof has been appointed professor of history (but both will be on leave for a year from the date of their appointments)—the …
Issue: September-October 2022
Admissions Angst: The Next Level
Harvard College received about 35,000 applications for admission to the class of 2015 , according to data released today. This represents a nearly 15 percent increase over the 30,489 applications received last year (when the number of applicants expanded …
2015 Elected Harvard Overseers and HAA Directors
THE NAMES of the new members of the Board of Overseers and of the new elected directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) were announced during the HAA’s annual meeting on the afternoon of Commencement day. For Overseer (six-year term), voters …
Harvard Begins Search for Engineering Dean
A cting in her continuing capacity as Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) dean, Claudine Gay, the University’s president-elect, has initiated the search for a successor to School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) dean Frank Doyle. He announced …
The State of Harvard’s Arts and Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Dean Hopi Hoekstra and colleagues issued their annual financial and other reports during an Election Day faculty meeting Tuesday afternoon, while also broaching other matters—among them, the desirability of students …
Football 2023: Harvard 45-University of St. Thomas 13
Let’s not kid ourselves. The Harvard football team’s 45-13 thrashing of St. Thomas on Saturday in the Crimson’s 2023 opener at Harvard Stadium had its uses. It kicked off a season-long celebration of 150 years of Harvard football (excepting 2020, of …
Scoring Moves
In track, sprinters kick off their starting blocks with all their might, springing forward like an arrow from a bow. In basketball, an emphatic dunk is invariably preceded by an emphatic push off the floor. But athletes don’t have the advantage of a solid …
Issue: November-December 2022
Overseer and Elected Director Slates Announced
The Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) nominating committee has announced the 2022 candidate slates for the Board of Overseers (one of the University’s two governing boards) and the HAA’s own elected directors. Balloting is open from April 1 through May …
Mikhail Lukin Named University Professor
Mikhail Lukin, a global leader in quantum physics, has been named a University Professor. University Professors hold the highest faculty rank at Harvard, reflecting the eminence of their scholarship, and may teach and conduct research in any University …
March-April 2024
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Allston Commercial Development Advances
… soon, with initial occupancy beginning in 2024 or early 2025. … 223 … Boston approves plan with more affordable …