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Assistant Dean of the College John L. Ellison was promoted yesterday to Associate Dean of the College. The one-time police officer will remain Secretary of the Administrative Board. According to an e-mail sent to University Hall by Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds, Ellison’s responsibilities under his new designation will remain the same as they are at present. The promotion is largely a recognition of his commitment to the College and the size of his workload, Hammonds said. Ellison’s purview remains planning for and managing student emergency issues, including 24-hour...
...certainly had its share of obstacles in negotiating with the Dean of the College recently, given the three-dean turnover in the last few years. Managing a relationship with the Dean’s office and maintaining a council through three different deans of Harvard College might have made it difficult to even keep funding constant. The recent boost in support of student-life events, however, shows a commitment to raising the financial bar even during turbulent times. This additional funding not only represents hard work on the student end, but it also serves as a ringing endorsement...
Harvard Law School will be moving to a pass-fail grading system in the fall of 2009, joining peer institutions such as Yale and Stanford, Dean Elena Kagan announced in an e-mail to students this afternoon...
...Graduate Student Council and Harvard Graduate Women in Science and Engineering—surveyed 101 student parents, or approximately 40 percent of graduate student parents. The new policy is being crafted within GSAS—Brown and HGWISE member Karen M. Ruff have been meeting regularly with GSAS Administrative Dean Margot N. Gill and GSAS Dean of Student Affairs Garth O. McCavana. Brown said he hopes the new policies will mean “parents don’t have to come begging all the time and pull together funding from various sources.” UNIVERSITY-WIDE INITIATIVE...
...formal launch of SEAS last year, both Charles Vest, former president of MIT, and Subra Suresh, dean of the School of Engineering at MIT, addressed the attendees. In fact, Vest delivered the keynote address...