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Five faculty members and five undergraduates were named yesterday as the members of a committee the College has formed with the purpose of reviewing the role and responsibilities of the Undergraduate Council, Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith announced in an e-mail to the College yesterday. Though the UC itself nominated five students—two on the UC and three not on the UC—only two of its recommendations were taken, those who are members of the Council. The 10 committee members will take a critical look at the College?...
Allan M. Brandt, the new dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded this year’s Bancroft Prize for his comprehensive study of the tobacco industry. Brandt won the prestigious history prize, awarded annually by the trustees of Columbia University, for his book, “The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America.” “The premise of the book was that cigarettes represented so many central aspects of our culture,” Brandt, who was traveling and could...
Tuition, room, and board for Harvard College students will increase by 3.5 percent to $47,215 for the 2008-2009 school year, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith announced yesterday. This increase is the smallest the College has seen in seven years. The College’s financial aid budget is also set to expand by 21.4 percent to $125 million in the wake of last year’s sweeping reforms aimed at increasing affordability for middle-class and upper-middle class families. These reforms include eliminating student loans and expanding the financial...
...program, which would save participating students over $40,000 in tuition costs, comes amid a push by Law School Dean Elena Kagan to find ways to incentivize students to take jobs away from major corporate law firms...
...Michigan, legislators on Monday were trying to fashion a plan for a new election that would pass muster with the state party, the legislature and - importantly - both presidential campaigns. Democratic National Chairman Howard Dean has made it clear that any plan for a new vote in either state would need the endorsement of both Obama and Clinton. But Michigan is reportedly having trouble coming up with a solution that could gain enough support in the legislature, and with the Obama campaign as well...