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...school’s full-time faculty will expand by approximately 30 positions—through joint appointments with other graduate schools and FAS positions—to bring the total faculty size to 100. By contrast, CalTech and Princeton have cultivated faculties of more than 100 professors, and cross-town competitor MIT has nearly 360 engineering faculty, according to Venky. Keeping with tradition, the school will not segregate into academic departments under the plan. In addition, the new school will allow DEAS professors to better collaborate internally with Harvard’s other professional schools, Venky said...
Though the result was the same as the last time these cross-town rivals met, this time it was the Crimson who jumped out to a strong lead...
BOSTON—After going down to the wire with Boston College in its season opener, the Harvard women’s volleyball team gave another cross-town rival a run for its money before falling short...
...team’s success was due in large part to its ability to eke out close wins, which it was unable to do at ECACs. The Crimson’s season gained momentum after an intense 8-7 win over cross-town rival MIT on Oct. 6, just a few days after Harvard lost to the Engineers at the ECACs...
...still is, and in fact the rivalry has never been stronger. In Silvera’s day, the Nation-Empire rivalry had competition—the cross-town Brooklyn Dodgers were perennial pennant winners as well...