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Sciences and Gender
… engineering, according to a report issued in September by the National Academies, not because of a lack of talent or other intrinsic factors, but because of …
Issue: November-December 2006
Faculty Does Not Vote on Final-Club Sanctions
… An unusually large number of Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) members crowded into Science Center B this afternoon—a larger venue than the Faculty Room in University Hall—expecting to hear the …
Mayra Rivera
… Mellon professor of religion and Latinx studies Mayra Rivera was never a fan … is a moment when, especially because of climate change, there’s a need to imagine a world that is ending or changing …
Issue: November-December 2020
Undergraduate Update
… by faculty interest and prodded by Harvard's new president, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) appears to be embarked on an ambitious review and perhaps overhaul of the undergraduate curriculum. The work began at the first …
Issue: January-February 2002
Gender and Minority Metrics
… The report from the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity published …
Issue: November-December 2007
Medical Alumnus Wins Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction
… Joining a long and notable list of Harvard-affiliated physicians whose skill with words has enabled them to educate audiences far beyond their immediate circles of patients and colleagues, Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D. '00, …
Israel and Academia
… On March 23 , the London Review of Books published a long essay on “The Israel Lobby,” by Harrison distinguished service professor of political science John J. Mearsheimer of the … . Not to the authors’ surprise, the paper provoked wide responses (initially in the …
Issue: July-August 2006
University People
… Academy Members Francesca Dominici Kris Snibbe/HPAC Matthew Langer Mayerson Dana Farber Cancer Institute Among the 75 new U.S. members of the National Academy of Medicine are a dozen from Harvard: professor of medicine …
Issue: January-February 2019
Seniors Help Houses Thrive
… Recognizing the importance of House life, the Harvard Alumni Association … (HAA) honored seniors Gabriela D.M. “Gaby” Ruiz-Colón ’16, of Quincy House, and Jordan Weiers ’16, of Winthrop House, …
Issue: November-December 2015
Social Investing
… a diverse portfolio for Harvard's $17.5-billion endowment, the University's investment arm, Harvard Management Company (HMC), invests in hundreds of firms. That means weighing the probable return against … a committee on "University Relations with Corporate Enterprise." The report—by what came to be known as the …
Issue: July-August 2003
Omnia Mea Mecum Porto
… Ronnie Mae Weiss and her husband, Richard Sobol, moved out of their longtime Lexington, Massachusetts, home, where a … simple patio. In the process, they purged about 75 percent of their stuff. “I walk both ways to work, instead of having …
Issue: July-August 2012
At 75, Murray Dewart Reflects on His Career as a Sculptor
… ’70, a Boston-raised sculptor, was born into a family of three generations of clergymen but always knew he wanted to be an artist. It wasn’t until he found the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts during his junior …
Issue: March-April 2024
Layoffs Begin
… The University announced this morning that it would begin laying off 275 employees and reducing the hours of 40 other employees or limiting them to an academic-year …
Sexual Harassment and Assault Complaints Increased 65 Percent Last Year
… A new report released by the Title IX Office and the Office for Dispute Resolution … the number of formal complaints filed with the ODR has risen by 65 percent, from 26 to 43—a number that the …
Brevia
… Peak Professors John Y. Campbell John H. Coatsworth Justin Ide / Harvard News Office Justin Ide / Harvard News Office The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has recognized four members …
Issue: July-August 2006