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Obama is not the first thoughtful Democrat to capture the fancy of the party's upscale élites, convincing them he represents a new direction for their party. There was Gary Hart in 1984, Bill Bradley in 2000 and Howard Dean four years ago. But the outcome has always been the same when these phenomena have come up against more conventional rivals who appeal more explicitly to the populist voters that make up the Democratic Party's base. So while the Obama brand has a certain cachet--celebrities like Halle Berry have been photographed around Los Angeles wearing Obama...
Robert D. Putnam, the Malkin professor of public policy and a former dean at the Kennedy School of Government, said that currently the University “underplays its assets in the social sciences because of the divisions across the schools and across departments” within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
David M. Cutler ’87, FAS’s divisional dean for the social sciences, said yesterday that faculty interest in the initiative is high because social scientists increasingly see their work not only in the context of a single field but also within a much broader area of interest...
Cutler said Faust, Provost Steven E. Hyman, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith, and “various other deans” have all expressed interest in the project, but that they have not yet begun to contact professors about serving on the task force...
While HMS has no role in the dispute, the school’s spokesman, Don L. Gibbons, said yesterday that newly appointed HMS Dean Jeffrey S. Flier and Dean of Medical Education Jules L. Dienstag wrote to the board in August to urge the formation of a subcommittee to modify the current policy on lactating exam takers...