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...document on interfaith relations in the past 50 years. The letter from Christian scholars, “Loving God and Neighbor Together,” began circulating among professors at Yale and, as of this weekend, included endorsements from the leaders of the divinity schools at Princeton and Harvard. Dean of the Divinity School William A. Graham signed onto the response, but said that Yale’s statement was “symbolic more than anything.” Student response has been overwhelmingly positive, according to President of the Harvard Islamic Society Shaheer A. Rizvi...
...Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith has urged professors to allow more of their departmental courses to count for Core credit, a move intented to provide options for students who will graduate under the Core as the curriculum transitions toward a new system of General Education. Smith said that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will loosen the requirements for departmental courses to fulfill Core requirements. The development, was officially announced in an e-mail sent by Smith to faculty members on Friday afternoon. Although the curricular review was completed this spring, the Gen Ed requirements that will replace...
...President Drew G. Faust has pledged to reexamine the place of the arts at Harvard. According to Humanities Center Director Homi K. Bhabha, overtures have been made to two leading professors of drama to teach at Harvard, though he declined to name them. Former Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean William C. Kirby said he is pleased about the growing presence of dramatic arts on campus. “I think it’s going in a very, very positive direction,” he said at Wednesday’s opening of the New College Theatre...
...Radcliffe Institute itself is unique among institutes for advanced study in the United States in its inclusion of creative artists in the fellowship program,” said Barbara J. Grosz, interim dean of the Institute. “We find that it is invigorating to the artists and the academics alike to have this special kind of cross-disciplinary engagement...
...sophomores, juniors, and seniors will graduate under the Core. After speculation about the possibility of relaxing requirements as the Core nears its end, administrators are taking concrete steps to ensure that more departmental courses across the board will count for Core credit in the transition to Gen Ed. Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Programs Georgene B. Herschbach said that guidelines determining which departmental courses count for Core credit will be expanded. “They are much more flexible than they were in the past,” Herschbach said in a brief telephone interview last night...