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...those priorities was the creation of more space for Faculty. To this end, one of Knowles’ most enduring accomplishments was the opening of the Barker Center for the Humanities, which for the first time united different humanities faculty under the same roof. Knowles was also the impetus behind the renovations of Memorial Hall and Boylston Hall, and the creation of Loker Commons. A distinguished scientist himself, Knowles spearheaded a $200 million effort to increase and update Harvard’s laboratory space. These were all important moves toward increasing and effectively utilizing Faculty space...
Students have reported seeing noisy flocks of birds all over campus, including the area around the Barker Center, the MAC quad and Quincy House...
...lack of appropriate habitats in a city environment also induces birds to congregate in more tree-heavy areas, Trimble said, thus explaining the number of bird-sightings at spots such as the Barker Center and the MAC quad...
...every department enjoys the intellectual and social cohesion that seems to bubble from the Barker Center or Paine Hall. In the history and government departments, monthly faculty meetings, hiring seminars and occasional Christmas parties are the modus operandi for social cohesion. “It’s sad we get together so often to do administrative things, but not enough to enjoy our company intellectually,” says history department chair David Blackbourn. And sometimes disagreements among faculty concerning the basic principles that govern the discipline can hinder collaborative efforts...
Praising the 1996 Barker Center renovations, Kiely refers to the “pre-Barker Center days” as a time when faculty members “could go weeks without seeing colleagues,” and indeed, this seems to be the case in various other departments as well. Thomas describes a similar situation, when the Classics department was divided about four years ago, between half a floor in Boylston (shared with Slavic Studies) and space in Widener and Pusey where senior faculty resided. This created a “virtual versus actual community,” according...