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Students returning to the Harvard Kennedy School are raising concerns about a reduction in student social space, after the Hauser Center for Non-Profit Organizations moved this summer into an area once designated as a student commons...
...Hauser Center, which serves the entire university, moved from its former office at The Charles Hotel into Town Hall, a space that HKS students previously used to study, collaborate on projects, and socialize...
...move gives students more access to the Hauser Center, but the trade-off is losing a valuable piece of public unprogrammed space,” said HKS student Ryan M. Androsoff who is in his second year of the Masters in Public Policy (MPP) program, adding that much of the student body was surprised when the change was announced...
...Hauser Center Executive Director Aviva L. Argote said the refurbished space would be available to students from 4 p.m. until its closing at 11 p.m., which she called ideal because the Forum—the school’s central student space—often closes at 4 p.m. for special events such as distinguished speakers. Argote also said administrators and students engaged in dialogue about the shift after it was announced, and student suggestions and preferences for the space were considered. As a result of those discussions, the space now has mobile tables to facilitate group studying and acoustical...
...begins with the Holy Cross project, an entire sustainable village being built in the city's flood-damaged Lower Ninth Ward with the help of Home Depot's corporate foundation. Eventually the village will include five sustainable homes along with an 18-unit green apartment building and a community center. Three homes have been completed so far, including one that is serving as a de facto visitors center. The point of the project is not just to create greener homes for New Orleans' returning residents but also to provide training for the local building community in green standards. "That...