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...independent enough to form crucial relationships with other Harvard faculties, according to former FAS Dean William C. Kirby. The School celebrated its official launch on Sept. 20, hosting festivities in front of Pierce Hall with University President Drew G. Faust, members of the Board of Overseers, engineering students and alumni, and scholars from all over the world in attendance...
According to Venky, the launch event, whose attendees included engineering scholars from all over the world as well as alumni and administrators, represents Harvard’s acknowledgement of the importance of applied sciences...
...School spirit is in the air on American campuses and, to some degree, it stays with people even after they graduate. By contrast, my European friends are patriotic about their countries but almost completely indifferent about the colleges they attended. It comes as no surprise then that alumni in the U.S. donate more money to schools, the endowments are growing, and taxpayers are happy to deduct their donations...
Alexander J. Tennant ’08 will serve as the First Marshal of the Class of 2008, the Harvard Alumni Association announced yesterday as it revealed the eight winners of the senior class marshal election. The other seven class marshals, who will coordinate this spring’s social events for seniors and alumni reunions for the Class of 2008, are Firth M. McEachern ’08, Marcus G. Miller ’08, Karolis Balciunas ’08, S. Adam Goldenberg ’08, Lori M. Adelman ’08, Joshua C.H. Sharp...
...policy, part of its commitment to the belief that no student capable of attending Harvard should be prevented from doing so by a lack of funds. According to Bok, Harvard stayed true to its need-blind policy throughout the 1970s, even as other institutions abandoned the concept. Bolstered by alumni support, Harvard stuck to its guns through years of inflation, tuition increases, and low returns on its endowment. In 1979, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) embarked on a five-year capital campaign focusing on the College, hoping to bring in $250 million. The campaign was wildly successful, reaching...