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...Rouhani was an Iranian graduate student in the Department of Applied Sciences at the University during the 1979 Iranian revolution and the hostage crisis. “The nation in general was completely galvanized against Iranians and the Iranian regime,” Rouhani says.Aga Khan professor of Iranian emeritus Richard N. Frye says he counseled several Harvard Iranian students during the crisis. “Just don’t talk about it,” he says he told them. “Don’t advertise the fact that you are Iranian. You might be beaten...
...more clearly than many of the then-voting members of the Harvard Sociology department,” Bearman writes.In fact, many voting members of the department, including Ezra F. Vogel—the same professor who once criticized Skocpol for her divisiveness—did see her talent. Vogel, emeritus Ford researcher professor of social sciences who voted against her, remembers Skocpol for her broad reading and her commitment to her students. Vogel says he gave Skocpol an “A” when she was his graduate student.“Theda Skocpol is very bright, is dedicated...
...despite the modification, the Review continued to encounter opposition from students, alumni, and most importantly, from the faculty.THE FACULTY VOTES NO-CONFIDENCEIn response to the affirmative action policy, the law school appointed a committee led by Detlev F. Vagts ’48, the Bemis professor of international law emeritus, to study the issue. Though the Review is formally autonomous from the Law School, Vagts pointed out that it relies on the faculty to disclose the grades of the top-scoring students in each first-year section, which the Review uses to select members.“They got grades...
...Kenneth Galbraith, who died April 29 at the age of 97. Hundreds of well-wishers showed up to fill the pews of Memorial Church and listened to an array of speakers as well-known as Galbraith himself share their memories of the former Paul M. Warburg professor of economics emeritus. After a welcome by incoming Harvard President Derek C. Bok, the prolific author’s son James K. Galbraith ’74 spoke first, calling his father “my mentor, my coach, my critic, and my friend.” Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who spoke...
...Viswanathan for her two-book contract added to the media attention.CHEATING IS STILL RAREWhile these incidents show that speculation of cheating occasionally come to the surface at the College, several professors say that they have only rarely encountered instances of dishonest student behavior. Emery Professor of Organic Chemistry emeritus Elias J. Corey writes in an e-mail that in his 39 years of teaching at the University, he has never seen any undergraduate or graduate student cheat.Harvey C. Mansfield ’53, Kenan professor of government, writes in an e-mail that in over 40 years, he has only...