“There will be a new edge to the blade in 10 years,” McMahon said.
Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Alan J. Stone said he is not concerned about convincing people that the University has a stellar science program.
“Of all the public relations challenges I have here at Harvard, the last one, the least among them is that we have image problems because of our academic ranking,” he said.
But for a University at 19th that aspires to the top, there’s still a long way to go.
—Staff writer Stephen M. Marks can be reached at marks@fas.harvard.edu.
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