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...importance of the undergraduate experience and continues Summers’ tradition of investing in Harvard College—from promoting social events to shoring up the College’s hit-or-miss advising system. To do so, we hope she takes the time to listen to and connect with students.Faust is also the ultimate arbiter of tenure. As President Charles W. Eliot, Class of 1853, said, “It is in discharging this duty that the president holds the future of the University in his hands.” We hope Faust takes an active role in tenure...
...interviews, Mendelsohn’s students raved about his ability to connect scientific developments to their historical and social context, and they praised the way in which he got undergraduates to interact with course material...
...which is generally sound. Unlike the Core Curriculum’s insipid promise to teach “approaches to knowledge,” the new system promises to emphasize the content of classes, integrate different academic worldviews, and, in the report’s words, “connect in an explicit way what students learn at Harvard to life beyond Harvard, and to help them understand and appreciate the complexities of the world and their role in it.”Alas, the devil is in the details—or the lack thereof. Despite outlining...
...colleagues as someone who galvanizes others in pursuit of common goals,” Faust wrote in a letter to the FAS community yesterday. “He has emerged as one of his generation’s most influential experts on computer architecture, while working creatively to connect technology with a broad array of other fields.” Smith, who teaches the popular undergraduate course Computer Science 50, “Introduction to Computer Science 1,” noted the “importance of a vibrant environment for scholarship across the arts and sciences...
...scientist, and a talented leader known to his colleagues as someone who galvanizes others in pursuit of common goals," Faust wrote in a letter to the FAS community Monday morning. "He has emerged as one of his generation's most influential experts on computer architecture, while working creatively to connect technology with a broad array of other fields...