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...Department celebrated its 50th anniversary this weekend with a two-day symposium, uniting professors, students, and alums with a shared passion for data sets, regressions, and standard deviations. The event kicked off on Friday morning with speeches from Department Chair Xiao-Li Meng, Dean for the Physical Sciences Jeremy Bloxham, and University President Drew G. Faust, among others. The celebration featured panels on how sectors of the field have changed over the past 50 years, and speakers sought to show the impact that Harvard statistics faculty have had within their discipline. The weekend’s proceedings also served...
...addition, Smith said he will turn to British geophysicist Jeremy Bloxham, the divisional dean of the physical sciences who in May turned down the opportunity to be dean of the Faculty, to serve as a temporary replacement for Douglas A. Melton as acting dean of the life sciences...
...Jeremy Bloxham, Dean for the Physical Sciences, has agreed to serve also as Acting Dean for the Life Sciences. Doug Melton, who chaired the Life Sciences Council, will now take up his responsibilities as co-chair of the new University-wide department in regenerative medicine. In Doug's case too, there is much to say and celebrate. I’ll make sure that there is an opportunity to do so, and I’ll soon seek your views concerning a successor to Doug...
...Harvard spokesman could not be reached for comment late last night, but the University has maintained a policy of not commenting on dean searches. Bloxham declined to comment on the search last week, and he and Kosslyn did not return requests for comment yesterday. Bloxham’s decision to decline the deanship was first reported last week by the undergraduate blog Gadfly...
...Bloxham, a geophysicist, was considered by several administrators to be an appealing candidate because of his background in the sciences and his experience as one of four FAS divisional deans. As dean of the physical sciences, Bloxham oversees finances, helps with academic planning, and advises the FAS dean on faculty appointments in the physical sciences...