Year in Review
Talk of the Union: Learning From the Past
Crippled by mass layoffs last summer, the Harvard Union of Clerical Technical Workers enters this year’s round of contract negotiations with squared shoulders.
A Corporation Renewed
Gold-tipped cane resting against the arm of his chair in Loeb House, Harvard Corporation’s Senior Fellow James R. Houghton ’58 is on his way out.
Reimagining Allston
The land set aside for the Allston Science Complex was supposed to become a world-renowned nexus of interdisciplinary science research—but what happened?
Light’s Going Out
Harvard Business School Dean Jay O. Light speaks to the newly admitted class of 2012 this spring, casually referencing the talking points he had scribbled on a yellow notepad five years ago.
A Blank Slate
When asked to define her vision last month, University President Drew G. Faust stopped for a moment.
The Centralization of FAS
But even as Smith successfully trims a daunting budget deficit, his approach has struck a nervous chord among faculty members who benefit from the incongruent academic and spending methods of the school. Led by affiliates of some of the traditionally independent FAS centers, they have voiced concerns that an overarching financial mission could intrude into their own academic priorities.
Necessary Compromise
Budget cuts were the theme of the year and had far-reaching effects across all aspects of student life. Overall, students and the University made the best of the situation with reasonable, cost-effective compromises that generally maintained student happiness.
Reduce, Reuse, Research?
In July 2008, University President Drew G. Faust declared her intention to bring Harvard to the forefront of a global sustainability push.
Anomaly at Harvard?
In the most competitive year for humanities graduate students entering the field of academia since the Modern Language Association began tracking academic job trends 35 years ago, some administrators maintain that students in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences are an anomaly to the grim national picture.
Rays of Hope
As countries struggled to cope with the changing circumstances ushered in this year, their responses leave us largely concerned. However, Obama’s leadership gives us hope that the U.S.’s presence on the international stage will continue to be a positive one in the year to come.
Casting Numbers Aside
Few people in the world understand Scottish Gaelic. Even fewer enrolled in Celtic 131, “Intermediate Scottish Gaelic” at Harvard this past semester.
Faculty 2.0: Revitalizing the Face of the Faculty
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences has devoted itself to establishing the young, dynamic, multicultural faculty of the future.
A Year of Adjustment
As long as Harvard does not lose sight of its ultimate objectives during this period and continues to invest in its future and its community, the budgetary crisis will be remembered as only a temporary burden.
Politics of Transition
Only by adopting a level-headed, considerate, and thoughtful approach to national policies can we craft the idealized American community that we strive to be.
A Tale of Two Worlds
Having lived his whole life on the same side of North Harvard Street in Allston, former Harvard employee Robert W. Alexander takes pride in his neighborhood.
