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From centralized procurement and budgeting to Allston planning and fund-raising to the growth of inter-school initiatives and the expansion of Mass. Hall’s administrative reach, Summers is pushing to consolidate both administrative and academic functions at the University...
...construction of a new campus across the Charles River in Allston marks the largest physical expansion in the University’s 369-year history—and the most ambitious goal of Summers’ presidency...
...construction of a new campus in Allston is likely to cost billions. Stem cell research, a promising new field that top administrators are committed to pursuing, must be funded solely through private sources according to federal law. And even smaller long-term initiatives, such as increasing financial aid and the recently-announced plan to spend $50 million to increase diversity, rely on steady endowment growth...
...need even more healthy open spaces, literally and figuratively. The former may be coming in the form of Harvard’s Allston campus, for which planners have promised to turn unused asphalt lots into green spaces, while ensuring that new buildings are environmentally friendly. But keeping Harvard’s figurative spaces open requires attention too. Some years back the real estate office published an obsessively researched tome called “Harvard Patterns,” which refers to the Yard’s “loose geometrical rigor,” and deduces that...
While there was little we could do about this problem as students, as alumni there are many more opportunities for influence. With the development of student dorms in Allston, more real estate for public and private student space will become available. For those graduates who want future Harvard students to enjoy a better social experience than they did, there’s a good reason to stay an active alumni...