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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 ...
Smith Considers Keeping ‘Mouth Shut’
For all the optimism surrounding Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith’s recent announcement about a windfall surplus in the school’s budget, some professors at yesterday’s Faculty meeting questioned the school’s health in light of the cutbacks that have occurred.
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.
Broca’s Area May Have New Function
Researchers at Harvard and the University of California, San Diego have discovered that a small region of the brain that has been predominantly associated with language production, is also responsible for language comprehension—blurring the lines on what has been a fundamental concept in psychology.
Faculty Hiring Stable Across Most Schools
After a period of strategic growth, two of Harvard’s smallest graduate schools are not planning to conduct faculty searches this ...
Physicists Wait for ‘Surprises’ of LHC
Public fanfare greeted the activation last year of the Large Hadron Collider, the massive particle accelerator that physicists hope will ...
Gates Honored For Academic Works
Recognized for years of distinguished literary scholarship and commitment to the African American community, Henry Louis “Skip” Gates Jr. became ...
Student Removal Rules Change
Students who are up for expulsion from Harvard College or the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will no longer have their cases debated and voted on by the full Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Late Prof. Lauded For Caring Service
Family and friends of Samuel H. Beer, a former Harvard professor of government who passed away in April, gathered last ...
HBS Curriculum Adapts to Meltdown
Harvard Business School was founded in the midst of a recession in 1908. More than 100 years later, during similarly ...
