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...Allston is the hope and promise of Harvard’s long-term future. Getting it right will shape the character of the University for generations. But we could easily get it wrong...
...especially in the biosciences, that will not fit into the available land in Cambridge but that could be prosecuted collaboratively by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) and the Harvard Medical School (HMS). Second, we move the Harvard School of Education and the School of Public Health to Allston to form a linked cluster with the Harvard Business School. Third, to provide some “life” over in Allston, we import three undergraduate houses and some retail shops. Fourth, we plan for a cultural institution, probably a contemporary annex to the Cambridge museums. Given these four...
...sure, imagining a science campus that by 6:30 p.m. is abandoned, at least from the outside. The stunning new museum closes at 5 p.m. (it is a superb collection—most faculty and students go once, to show visitors). There are some classrooms in dys-Allston, but since courses ended by 4 p.m., the rooms are dark except for the blackboard washer. An occasional bike rider zips down an empty street on her way “back” to Harvard Square. Looming big-block buildings maximize floor space. These buildings of glass and steel carry strong...
...says that HSCI will keep growing, especially when it moves into its new home in Allston...
...addition to Cech and Faust, two academics outside the Ivy League, Stanford’s Etchemendy and Cambridge’s Richard, seemed to be plausible contenders. And as Harvard looked to strengthen its science programs and make the Allston campus a center of scientific innovation, the committee eyed Harold E. Varmus, a former National Institutes of Health Director and 2000 Harvard presidential candidate, late in the search process, according to an individual familiar with Varmus’ activities. Varmus, 67, met with committee members several times for interviews as late as January, according to the source. On the sidelines...