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...nearly 8,500-word letter, distributed to the Harvard community by e-mail yesterday afternoon, included no new developments and generally reflected the priorities Summers has stressed since the beginning of his tenure, including the life sciences, global education, and the University’s expansion into Allston. But in stressing his commitment to “collective thinking” and pledging a renewed investment in the humanities, Summers also seemed to direct his letter at the criticisms of his leadership that emerged from several contentious meetings of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) last semester...
...though not all) of the University’s deans as well as notable alumni involved in University projects, including Yo-Yo Ma ’76, founder of the Silk Road Project, and Frank O. Gehry, who has consulted on Harvard’s master plan for the Allston campus...
Summers wrote extensively, though only in broad terms, about the University’s expansion into Boston’s Allston neighborhood, by far the most ambitious project of his presidency. Committing to a rough timetable, Summers wrote that the first phase of development in Allston was “likely to be carried out over the next 10 to 15 years,” which could amount to the remainder of Summers’ tenure, if he serves as long as many of his predecessors...
...said the University hoped to start “the design and approval process” for the first major building of the new Allston campus, a 500,000-square-foot science complex, in the current academic year...
...While Summers frequently makes public speeches supporting the role of science on campus, he only occasionally, if ever, makes similar claims about arts in the Harvard community. Construction continues on multiple new science buildings in the North Yard area as well and much of the University’s Allston planning has centered on the placement of new science facilities...