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The Corporation’s 360-Year Tune-Up
The senior governing board revises its “composition, structure, and practices.”
12.16.10
Harvard Humor
Elena Kagan, Mark Zuckerberg, and Drew Faust’s hard-charging, softball-playing daughter
12.16.10
Provost Steven Hyman to Step Down at End of Academic Year
The overseer of interdisciplinary scholarship and Harvard’s affiliated institutions concludes a decade of service.
12.15.10
Unifying Harvard's Libraries
Management of the Harvard University Library will be consolidated under a single director.
12.6.10
Harvard Corporation Revises Its “Composition, Structure, and Practices”
For the senior governing board, an expanded membership, term limits, and a fresh focus on the University’s strategic opportunities and challenges
12.6.10
Keep Africa on Agenda, Rice Advises
The United States should support democratic governance and responsible sovereigns, the former secretary of state says in a speech at the Kennedy School.
12.1.10
Harvard 28, Yale 21
The football team wins its fourth straight over the Elis.
11.21.10
ROTC Revisited
President Faust says the program “ought to be fully and formally present” on campus, and voices hopes for an end to the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
11.19.10
We’ve Made Some Changes
Explore our new and improved website, and rediscover Harvard Magazine.
11.18.10
Peter Marsden Appointed Dean of Social Science
The sociologist oversees a large Arts and Sciences division.
11.16.10
One-Quarter of Eligible Professors Accept Retirement Program
Annual report on faculty diversity reveals results
11.15.10
Reinterpreting Roe v. Wade
Longtime Supreme Court watcher Linda Greenhouse ’68 and Yale legal historian Reva Siegel offer new insight about the landmark court case’s effect on the abortion debate and American political discourse.
11.5.10
What Books Are For
The Radcliffe Institute’s “Why Books?” conference touches on a timely theme.
11.3.10
Back to the Bond Market...
…and other University financial updates