Although students may be enticed to come to Harvard by hefty financial aid packages, the rewards of the campaign reach farther, touching numerous facets of education, research and residential life at the University.

A Roof Over Their Heads

Over the last couple of years, the English and Afro-American Studies departments and others have had more room to spread out in their multi-disciplinary Barker Center for the Humanities. As of this fall, the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences (DEAS) has a space of its own in the new Maxwell-Dworkin building.

A center for the social sciences is on the horizon. Major renovations have been made to the Yard, and first-years have a new and improved dining hall. This is all thanks to funds from the Capital Campaign.

"New buildings and facilities are important," Lewis wrote in an email message. "One can see this in the athletic complex, in the newly renovated Harvard Hall, in the wonderfully student-friendly Maxwell-Dworkin building."

Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles has also overseen much of the renovation.

"The situation was worst in the humanities," he said. "Many departments were fragmented."

With a donation from Robert R. Barker '36, the University transformed the old student union and first-year dining hall into the Barker Center for the Humanities. Located across the street from the Freshman Dean's Office, it now hosts a variety of humanities classes and departments.