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...billion or $26 billion, there is a wealth of intellectual opportunity within this University.” Though audience response was overwhelmingly positive, praising Faust for her clarity, transparency, and willingness to engage the community, some grumbled that there remain many unanswered questions. Computer Science Professor and former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 pulled out a list that he jotted down during Faust’s speech numbering issues that have yet to be addressed, including faculty and administrator staffing levels across the University. “There’s no sense...
...body—does not have to plan for a balanced budget every year, as a state legislature does. So, it has cut funding for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences this year by 8 percent and will cut at least another 8 percent the following year, though FAS Dean Michael D. Smith is expecting 12 percent. If Dean Smith is right, that amounts to a 19 percent cut spread out over two years—not much better than the UC system's 20 percent cut for this year...
...Harvard's tuition has been upped just 3.5 percent (still above the near-zero inflation rate to compensate for higher demand for financial aid), financial aid funding has risen 18 percent, and President Faust and Dean Smith have reaffirmed that financial aid will not take a hit despite greater fiscal constraints...
Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith announced Friday the appointment of State of Massachusetts finance official Leslie A. Kirwan ’79 to the post of FAS dean for administration and finance, effective Nov. 2. In an e-mail announcement, Smith prominently referred to Kirwan's "strong background" in financial management, including a two-year stint as secretary of administration and finance for the commonwealth of Massachusetts, as a crucial quality she brings to her post in an FAS now facing a $110 million deficit. As the secretary of administration and finance under Mass. Governor Deval...
...While Dean of the Office of Student Life Suzy M. Nelson said as recently as Monday that the College administration had “no answers” concerning several major issues related to House renovation, a Graduate School of Design class is providing its own vision for Harvard’s future Houses—and often with an avant-garde twist. The College is currently in the design phase of its large-scale House renewal project—the most extensive renovation of the College’s nine river and three Quad Houses, which will total...