Word: deans
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...thinking about policy changes to the program—which are essential because of how much freshman seminars have historically enhanced the first-year experience.“Word on the street amongst the freshmen is that this is a great way to get started,” said Dean of Freshmen Thomas A. Dingman ’67.—Staff writer Bita M. Assad can be reached at bassad@fas.harvard.edu...
...have been instances in the past where students have put the musical before their studies. While Shoag claims he was very sensitive to this issue, there is a chance that HMS may still be putting its musicals before its curriculum: neither the show’s producers nor HMS Dean Jeffrey S. Flier could identify the cancer slide shown on the back of the program as part of an ad by the Pathology department. “It looks pretty nasty though,” Flier says. —Mia P. Walker
Anticipating an economic shortfall of at least $100 million for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences next year, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith asked professors yesterday to consider how they could cut 10 to 15 percent of their departmental budgets...
...School, the Kennedy School, the Science Center, and the Holyoke Center. A year’s worth of collaboration went into the University-wide commemoration that includes more than 13 events throughout the week. During the light installation last night, the Harvard-Radcliffe Veritones performed and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith and Professor Jacqueline Bhabha made opening remarks. “We celebrate the 60th anniversary in the shape of a completely original and inspirational artistic piece,” said Smith before he symbolically flipped the switch to turn on the projectors...
Signed by the top deans of the Faculty, the letter also put forward a new, more restrictive set of guidelines for what sort of candidates will be considered for “essential” instructorships and visiting faculty positions. The new policy marks a considerable departure from the stance outlined by FAS Dean Michael D. Smith at a Faculty meeting in November, when he told department leaders to go ahead with all current searches if applicant pools remained as strong as anticipated...