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...importance of an education in the arts and humanities—a focus that Faust has repeatedly stressed over the first year and a half of her presidency.The event represented a collaborative effort spanning various sectors of the University, from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences’ Dean of Arts and Humanities to the Office of Career Services.In her speech on Friday evening, Faust announced the actions the University plans to take towards fulfillment of the recommendations made in December by the Task Force on the Arts, a committee that she commissioned in the first months of her presidency.The...
Currently, only the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences has yet to find a permanent dean, though Harvard Law School appears likely to need a replacement for Dean Elena Kagan, who may soon be confirmed as U.S. Solicitor General...
...this weekend. In the meantime, schools are taking various approaches to prepare their budgets, which are generally due in April, despite the uncertainty over payout. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is planning for budget scenarios ranging from a flat payout to a five percent decrease, according to FAS Dean Michael D. Smith. A five percent reduction in endowment income would translate into an $80 million decline for the entire University from the $1.6 billion paid out last year. Harvard officials have projected a 30 percent decrease in the endowment from its June 2008 value of $36.9 billion. Even with...
...those in the U.K., where national health insurance covers three cycles of IVF treatment, the incidence of multiple births is 1 in 4 cases, compared with 1 in 3 in the U.S. "Fertility doctors often report feeling pressured by their patients to exceed the guidelines," says Judith Daar, associate dean for academic affairs at Whittier Law School and clinical professor of medicine at UCI College of Medicine in Irvine, Calif. "Because IVF is largely not covered by insurance in most states, if a couple mortgages their home to have a single cycle, it's understandable that they'd want...
...have to think, ‘If I stop my recruitment and stop building labs I can save a lot of money,’” said former SEAS Dean Venkatesh ‘Venky’ Narayanamurti...