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Radcliffe's New Life
Harvard’s former sister college celebrates its first decade as an institute for advanced study.
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
"Boston Globe" Cites Elizabeth Warren as Bostonian of the Year
The newspaper recognizes the financial watchdog, and picks American Repertory Theatre’s Diane Paulus as a runner-up.
12.22.09
President Faust on the Corporation: Stirrings of Change?
Suggestions of a new, more open order in Harvard governance
12.16.09
James R. Houghton to Retire from Harvard Corporation
A shift at the top of Harvard’s governance structure
12.14.09
A Milestone for the Designated Driver
Harvard School of Public Health professor Jay Winsten enlisted popular TV shows to reduce drunk-driving fatalities.
12.14.09
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
Business School Dean Jay O. Light to Step Down
Light joined the HBS faculty in 1969 and has been dean since 2005.
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
Faculty Diversity Developments
The annual report on faculty development and diversity shows gains for women, but slow progress for black and Latino professors. Further progress, ironically, may come from senior-faculty retirements.
11.10.09
Harvard Headlines: Religious Fundamentalism, Juvenile Justice, the Homebuyer Tax Credit, and More
Our roundup also includes items on the percentage of new Harvard M.B.A.s entering finance, Harvard’s role in conflict mediation in Iraq, “Netflix for dresses,” and a stylish professor of engineering.
11.10.09
A Laboratory for Mixing Art and Science
Bioengineering professor David Edwards aims to provide a physical and conceptual space for maximizing creativity.