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Harvard Economics Professor Wins Research Prize
Associate Economics Professor Erica M. Field was recently named the 2010 recipient of the Elaine Bennett Research Prize.
On Tenure, Larry Summers Would Likely Not Have Found Leeway to Return
The Obama administration emphasized Harvard’s policy in its announcement that Summers would resign his post, but many critics publicly wondered whether the University could not have made an exception for someone of Summers’ stature. The answer, University officials and professors said, is no.
Marc Hauser's Return to Harvard Uncertain
University President Drew G. Faust did not affirm that psychology professor Marc D. Hauser would return to Harvard, contrary to expectations that the professor will resume teaching during the next academic year.
Dean Smith Shifts FAS Focus From Budget
After leading the University’s largest school through a trying process of closing a $220 million deficit since 2008, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith said yesterday that he plans to focus on academic issues going forward.
University Accepts Peretz Fund
The Committee on Degrees in Social Studies will inaugurate a $650,000 undergraduate research fund in honor of former Harvard professor Martin “Marty” H. Peretz
FAS Awaits Windfall from Harvard Endowment
A week has passed since the University announced a surge in its endowment, but the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has not asserted plans for responding to Harvard’s new-found wealth after two years of rigorous cost-cutting.
Scientific Community Considers Academic Consequences of Hauser's Misconduct
Following the exposure of psychology professor Marc D. Hauser’s multiple instances of academic misconduct, the scientific community has quietly set out to review the relevant literature that may have been affected by the researchers’ faulty work.
Marc Hauser’s Fall From Grace
All was quiet inside Marc D. Hauser’s Cognitive Evolution Laboratory, perched 10 floors above ground level in Williams James Hall.
New Chair To Lead Government Dept.
Government Professor Timothy J. Colton has been appointed chair of the Government Department, replacing Nancy L. Rosenblum ’69 to lead about 50 professors and the second largest group of undergraduate concentrators.
FAS Enters Final Stage of Cuts
The coming academic year will pose the greatest budgetary challenges the Faculty of Arts and Sciences has faced since the Great Recession struck in 2008, as FAS Dean Michael D. Smith has predicted over the past few months.
Mathematics Chair Co-authors Book on String Theory
Mathematics Department Chair Shing-Tung Yau hopes to make analytic geometry and string theory accessible to a wider audience with his new book, “The Shape of Inner Space,” which he co-wrote with science author Steven J. Nadis.
Hauser Losing Tenure Not Likely, Harvard’s History Shows
Some in the scientific community question whether psychology professor Marc D. Hauser, who faces allegations of research misconduct, should keep his teaching position at Harvard.
Science of Cooking Offers Feast of Lecturers
Sections of the Science Center were roped off yesterday to limit student crowds for “Science and Cooking: From Haute Cuisine to the Science of Soft Matter.”
