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After leading FAS from 1991 until 2002, Knowles stepped down as Dean and returned to pure academia. But when his successor—William C. Kirby—was forced out of office in 2006, Knowles’s dedication to the Faculty was proven when he returned to University Hall in 2006 for one year as the interim Dean of FAS. Even though he already had been diagnosed with cancer, Knowles returned at a time when the University needed him and has since then (and until very recently) been a reassuring presence at faculty events and University gatherings...
Knowles’s tenure as Dean of FAS certainly did not escape from controversy. While we have criticized some of his decisions—particularly during his interim deanship—he ultimately kept the best interests of the Faculty in mind and his tenure was a boon for all the University’s departments and constituencies...
...between 34 and 35 percent for legacy applicants to the class of 2011 . Given the weight its degrees carry, shouldn’t Harvard base its admissions solely on merit? Why should legacy status serve even as a “feather in the scale,” as Dean of Admissions Marlyn McGrath ’70 put it? Maybe no one has made the right case for legacies. Sure, their SAT scores may be, on average, slightly higher than the rest of the applicant pool. They may come predominantly from white, wealthy, prep-school backgrounds. Admitting them...
...which was a highly contested game overall.”But it was too little too late, as Harvard simply ran out of time in its comeback bid to fall, 11-7.Junior midfielder Max Motschwiller and senior midfielder Zach Widbin led the way with two goals apiece, and freshman attacker Dean Gibbons paced the offense with four points on a goal and three assists.“I feel like I’m finally getting used to college paced lacrosse,” Gibbons said. “It’s a lot faster than high school. It?...
Harvard Law School (HLS) Dean Elena Kagan announced the hiring of three junior faculty members yesterday, according to a statement released by the school. I. Glenn Cohen, Benjamin Roin, and Benjamin Sachs will join the HLS community as assistant professors in the fall. “I am thrilled to welcome these talented young scholars to the faculty,” Kagan said in the statement. Expanding the size of the faculty has been a key priority for Kagan, who has tried to poach tenured professors at other universities like Cass R. Sunstein ’75 and Mark...