Further Financial Fallout
The Harvard University Financial Report for fiscal year 2009 documents losses not previously detailed.
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"Two Radically Different Worlds"
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith presents his annual report.
1.1.10
Libraries on the Edge
The University’s financial crisis is exacerbating existing problems in expanding, coordinating, and technologically improving the collections.
1.1.10
FAS Slightly Loosens Purse Strings
A bit of breathing room for compensation, graduate students, and the library system.
12.10.09
Allston Development on Ice
The University will halt construction on its Allston science complex, and—significantly—revisit plans for campus development more broadly.
12.10.09
Faculty Retirement Incentives Unveiled
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and four professional schools offer incentives for senior professors to plan their retirements.
12.2.09
Harvard's Library System to be Restructured
The intellectually extraordinary but decentralized system needs administrative, financial, and technological reorganization, according to the Task Force on University Libraries.
11.12.09
$11 Billion Less
A status report on the state of the endowment
11.1.09
FAS's Progress--and Prognosis
An early-semester financial talk by the dean
11.1.09
The "New Normal"
President Faust opens the academic year with a State of the University address.
11.1.09
"Two Radically Different Worlds"
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith outlines academic progress and details financial problems in his 2009 annual report.
10.23.09
Harvard's Annual Financial Report Fully Details 2009 Losses
The endowment, the University’s cash accounts, large swap losses, and more.
10.19.09
FAS Appoints New Financial and Administrative Dean
Leslie Kirwan fills a critical position as the faculty works to close a $110-million budget gap.
9.25.09
Yale's Endowment Performance Edges Harvard's
Yale reported sharp losses, but narrowly bested Harvard’s results—preserving a large margin of long-term superior investment performance.
9.22.09
FAS’s Financial Hole: A Little Less Deep
Dean Michael D. Smith details hard-won budget improvements—and the challenges remaining.