Word: deanship
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...time Theda Skocpol resigned from the deanship of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) in March, the footprint she had left on teaching and learning at Harvard was a large one. But will it last...
...Lauding her as an ambitious leader with a persuasive, no-nonsense style, some professors saw Skocpol as a strong candidate to lead the Faculty of Arts and Sciences after William C. Kirby resigned from the FAS deanship last year...
...planned University-wide capital campaign was put on hold during the turmoil of the Summers presidency. Faust now appears poised to jump-start the fundraising drive, and administrators say that filling the deanship vacancies is a necessary step to begin the academic planning for the campaign...
...With the ascension of McKay Professor of Computer Science Michael D. Smith to the FAS deanship, we hope that a higher priority will be placed on the improvement of undergraduate life. While Smith will have to deal with a budget deficit and a slew of different priorities, we are hopeful that undergraduate life will not be neglected in budgeting and fundraising during his tenure...
...statement to The Crimson before the decision was announced.When she takes office on July 1, Faust will have to consider the implementation of the new calendar. At the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Faust will have the help of computer scientist Michael D. Smith, who was appointed to the deanship on Monday.“I think probably Mike is going to be a genius at this because he’s an engineer,” Faust said in a phone interview on Monday. FACULTY CONCERNSAlthough the calendar reforms proposed by the Verba committee have gained unanimous support from...