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Harvard by the Numbers
… The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) faces interesting … challenges in maintaining expertise in current fields of knowledge, bringing in professors to pursue new … As FAS dean Michael D. Smith illustrated with these figures, adapted from his annual report dated May …
Issue: September-October 2008
Crimson on the Hill
… Capitol Hill alumni (defined for this exercise as graduates of or matriculants in a degree program) will drop from 42 members in the 108th Congress to 41 members in the 109th, based on the … congressmen Douglas K. Bereuter, M.C.P. '66, M.P.A. '73, of Nebraska and Amory Houghton Jr. '50, M.B.A. '52, of New …
Issue: January-February 2005
Harvard Announces Dean of Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
… On Monday afternoon, Harvard announced the appointment of Sheree Ohen as the inaugural associate dean of diversity, inclusion, and belonging for the Faculty of …
Arts and Sciences’ Fisc
… Following publication of Harvard’s fiscal 2011 financial report (see “Deficit Days” ), the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) released details of … aid. In fiscal 2012, however, the distribution has begun to rise modestly, and dean of administration and finance Leslie …
Issue: January-February 2012
Values and Voting Patterns
… In an era of growing political polarization, new research moves beyond typical economic explanations, such as the loss of blue-collar manufacturing jobs, to offer a fresh … worry about the plight of a small Pacific island as oceans rise. “When politicians communicate about environmental …
Issue: January-February 2024
Yesterday’s News
… 1913 The class of ’14 votes almost unanimously for the installation of electric lights in the senior dorms, suggesting the …
Issue: March-April 2013
“Through a Thunderstorm and Into the Sunlight Again”
… President Drew Faust sounded optimistic notes about the condition of the University and its direction, as students prepared to … Faust said, after the “unanticipated, earthshaking crises of 2008-2009” (when the endowment’s value sank by …
The Disinformation Dilemma
… In the discussion of how Russian operatives manipulated public opinion during the 2016 presidential election, it’s easy to overlook how … tools originally designed to further the economic interests of leading Internet companies like Facebook and Google. …
Issue: May-June 2018
Treasure in the Genome’s Trash
… The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard often grabs headlines for its discoveries about the genetics underlying such diseases as cancer, heart …
Issue: May-June 2008
Square Deals?
… A Spectre is haunting Harvard Square—the spectre of commercial real-estate development. Karl Marx … a high-end retail mall. The trusts in control of the low-rise buildings across Brattle, and down the block (beyond …
Issue: January-February 2018
The Early Retirees
… The University has disclosed how many staff members, by school, were offered and accepted the voluntary early-retirement … those 55 years and older, with 10 or more years of Harvard service--one of the principal cost-saving …
Death by the Barrel
… This particular gun story took place, ironically enough, at the 1997 convention of the American Public Health Association in Indianapolis. There, among a group of white-collar professionals and academics, a seemingly …
Issue: September-October 2004
Artist Rick Lowe to Headline Graduate School of Design Class Day
… Rick Lowe, a pioneering public artist, will speak at the Harvard Graduate School of Design Class Day on May 27. Lowe, a 2002 Loeb Fellow at the GSD, is best known for his two decades of work with Project Row Houses (PRH). He founded the …
The Glass House
… The following text is a sidebar to " Modern and Historic ," … the Glass House itself, the Brick (guest) House, a glass-roofed sculpture gallery, paintings that are located in an … Johnson’s on-site visitor’s center inspired by the work of artist and architect Frank Stella. Along the way, …
Issue: September-October 2007
Over the River Dept.
… Branding. Even when at play, apparently, the M.B.A.s-to-be at Harvard Business School (HBS) are also … a résumé submitted to Goldman Sachs recruiters. The soul of an engineer. Across Western Avenue, the science and engineering complex—home to much of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences …
Issue: March-April 2023