Faculty & Research

FAS shield in the foreground with University Hall in the background

University Finances |

FAS Dean Outlines Preparations for Loss of Federal Funding

“To preserve our mission, we must act now,” Hoekstra says at faculty meeting

by Jonathan Shaw

Chair of the Harvard China Fund William C. Kirby (left) and dean of Harvard Business School Jay O. Light address guests at the Harvard Center Shanghai celebratory reception and banquet. Kirby, who is Chang professor of China studies and Spangler Family professor of business administration, served as keynote speaker.

| May-June 2010

The Chinese Century?

Remarks by William C. Kirby

Mohsen Mostafavi, dean of the Graduate School of Design, moderated the “Architecture and Urbanism” panel discussion.

| May-June 2010

Architecture and Urbanism: Shanghai and Beyond

A panel discussion with Mohsen Mostafavi, Alex Krieger, Lin Wang, John C. Portman III, Wu Jiang, and Yu Kongjian

Bass professor of government Michael Sandel delivered a luncheon address that examined the way markets “leave their mark” on the rest of society.

International |

The Moral Limits of Markets

Remarks by Michael Sandel

| May-June 2010

Who Cares About Chinese Culture?

A panel discussion with Peter Bol and Tian Xiaofei

| May-June 2010

China's Newest Revolution: Health for All?

A panel discussion with Barry Bloom, Yuanli Liu, and Arthur Kleinman

| May-June 2010

Innovations Changing the World: New Technologies, Harvard, and China

Remarks by David B. Yoffie

Arthur Kleinman, Rabb professor of anthropology and professor of medical anthropology, lectured at Fudan University’s Contemporary Anthropology Forum.

| May-June 2010

Connections to China: Caregiving, Ecological City Planning

Ethnographic perspectives on caregiving and Shanghai urban development

President Drew Faust suggested that China’s rapid expansion of higher education offers “unimagined possibilities for understanding and discovery.”

| May-June 2010

President Drew Faust’s Banquet Remarks

The president reflected on Harvard’s educational involvement with China through the years.

| May-June 2010

"Networked" Web Extra: Sidebars and Video

Slime mold demonstrates the power of networks, fanning out to solve a maze and construct a railway map. Video and Web-exclusive sidebars to accompany the feature article "Networked."

by Elizabeth Gudrais

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Best-selling Author Taps Honors Thesis on Meltdown

A Harvard honors thesis on the Wall Street meltdown is a source for an important new book on the subject.