FAS Administration
FAS Reduces Budget Deficit
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has cut down its deficit to $80 million, which amounts to a $30 million decrease since FAS Dean Michael D. Smith announced in September that the University’s largest school had cut half of its projected deficit, according to a high-ranking FAS administrator.
Dean Smith Presents Positive Picture of FAS Finances at Faculty Meeting
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith delivered a notably optimistic financial outlook for FAS yesterday, though the University’s largest school faced a projected $110 million annual deficit as of Sept. 15.
FAS To Lift Salary Freeze
In what may be an early sign that the budget is recovering, Faculty of Arts and Science Dean Michael D. Smith announced yesterday that he would end the salary freezes placed on faculty and staff last December.
Faculty Calls For Library Funding
With budget cuts looming over Harvard’s numerous libraries, more than a hundred faculty members signed off on an impassioned letter calling on top University administrators to increase funding for library acquisitions.
FAS, Four Other University Schools Offer Retirement Plan for Faculty Members
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and four of the University’s professional schools offered a voluntary retirement program yesterday to eligible members of their faculties, marking the culmination of months of planning initiated by the fiscal troubles of the last academic year.
Professors in Several Parts of University Offered Retirement Package
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences and four of the University's professional schools offered retirement plans to members of their faculty earlier today, marking the realization of an idea that surfaced when it became clear last fall that the University's endowment would be hard-hit by the financial crisis.
Faculty Finance Dean Departs
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has lost another top financial administrator in the midst of its struggle with a $110 million budget deficit.
Social Sciences Departments Share Staff
As Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences struggles to reduce a $110 million deficit, two social science departments have merged ...
New Law To Help University Finances
University officials may increase endowment spending by as much as $50 million this year in light of a Massachusetts state ...
Faculty Voices Library Unease
Members of the task force on Harvard’s libraries emphasized the dire problems confronting one of the University's most cherished resources.
FAS Reports Surplus, Stresses Continuing Deficit Threat
In a move that clarified why administrators have tamed fiscal messages of late after months of stressing the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ impending financial deficit, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith delivered the news Friday that the school had posted a $58.6 million surplus in its unrestricted funds for the fiscal year that ended June 2009.
FAS Reports Windfall Surplus
FAS Dean Michael D. Smith delivered the news Friday that the school had posted a $58.6 million surplus in its unrestricted funds for the fiscal year that closed in June 2009.
Harvard Looks To Rename A School
The Faculty of Arts and Science held an open discussion to update the name of the Harvard Extension School at yesterday’s Faculty meeting in an effort to align the name with that of peer institutions and with the century-old program’s current mission.
Ciotti Appointed FAS HR Dean
Christine C. Ciotti, the Harvard School of Public Health’s head of human resources, has been named the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ new Associate Dean for Human Resources, effective Nov. 9, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith announced in an e-mail to staff yesterday.
Faculty Meeting Lacks Usual Cookies
The first Faculty meeting of the year kicked off without a regular staple: cookies to complement professors’ tea and coffee.
