Like the humanities faculty, the government professors applaud the move to bring together their splintered intellectual disciplines.

"I think the feeling is that coming together in one complex will be enormously intellectually stimulating," says Pharr, who is also Reischauer professor of Japanese politics. "It will be of great benefit to the intellectual life of the department, and of course to students."

The Graduate Schools

But not all the money will go to the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Harvard's graduate schools will also line their pockets to the tune of $861 million, and students and professors there will see changes as well.

The Law School will add new faculty positions and fund related research projects.

The School of Public Health wants to increase funding for research in areas ranging from the human genome project--which is mapping the entire human gene pattern--to the study of AIDS. The school will make much needed capital improvements. constructing its first new building in several decades.

The Business School, however, says it has no new capital needs. But it still has a $220 million campaign goal--the largest of any graduate school.

Most schools--and the FAS as well--look to strengthen financial aid with the new funds.

And finally, with all this money going to students and faculty, the administration put something in to help further its own goals.

President Neil L. Rudenstine is seeking a hefty "President's University fund" to help fulfill his vision of Harvard. It would basically function as a reserve for promoting interdisciplinary projects and helping the poorer graduate schools.