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...American Academy of Arts and Sciences and joined the ranks of Noam Chomsky, Bill Clinton, and Toni Morrison. At the ceremony in Sanders Theater, the two-century-old organization honored 203 scientists, historians, artists, policy makers, and other leaders in public life. Harvard’s inductees included Associate Dean of Harvard Medical School (HMS) Nancy C. Andrews, Professor of History David G. Blackbourn, Social Sciences Dean David M. Cutler ’87, Bernbaum Professor of English Literature Leo Damrosch, Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design Rem Koolhaas, Cabot Director of the University Art Museums Thomas...
Judging by the way students have been howling about him in recent days, an unknowing observer might guess that interim Dean of the College David Pilbeam is a puppy-slayer, baby-eater, or someone similarly evil as opposed to what he actually is: a University administrator who takes his job seriously.Poor Pilbeam landed in a hornet’s nest last week, when he posted a letter to the Undergraduate Council (UC) on the College’s Web site announcing his decision to suspend the UC party grant program. Conceived of in 2003 as a means to bolster undergraduate...
...administrative decisions have sent shockwaves through the undergraduate community like Interim Dean of the College David Pilbeam’s announcement on Tuesday that he was terminating the system of party grants run by the Undergraduate Council (UC). Much of the outcry regarding Pilbeam’s decision had to do not with the substance of the decision but the unilateral, sudden, and boorish manner in which it was made. Pilbeam’s refusal to communicate openly with students and UC representatives is not only alarming but also paradigmatic of a caustic and imperious attitude towards students that...
Pilbeam declined to comment for this story, writing in an e-mailed statement that “when there’s something for us to say, you’ll hear.” Assistant Dean of Harvard College Paul J. McLoughlin II, who oversees the transfer of College funds to the UC, according to Milder, could not be reached for comment...
...Joey was just incandescent,” said Catherine Shapiro, the Allston Burr resident dean of Leverett House. “He was a shining star and we miss him very much...