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...creation of a new dance center when the old one was shut down. All of these major student life initiatives were on the brink of doom or significant delay because of the whim of one person—the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS...
...growth in the next few years…will be in the sciences and engineering.” Harvard will only continue to appoint new social science professors to replace the ones who are departing. Of course, if wealthy donors want to endow professorships in the social sciences, FAS won’t turn them down. But Knowles’ message to the overcrowded, understaffed social science departments was clear: Relief...
...course it is hard to disagree with Knowles’ statement that “even if…there was hardly any student interest in physics or philosophy…intellectual life in the FAS would be unacceptably impoverished if it did not include physicists and philosophers.” Student demand should not entirely rule faculty appointments, but it should at least be taken into account, lest the intellectual life of social science concentrators (the majority of students) be “unacceptably impoverished” by their lack of faculty contact...
...FAS Director of Communications Robert Mitchell said he could not comment on the pending contract negotiations and declined to discuss some of the individual personnel issues that were raised at the rally. But he said the University has made progress with the investigation of racism in the labs...
...three. The quirky half—better known as Massachusetts Hall—will join University Hall and Harvard Hall and, unfortunately, may cease to house first-year Harvard students. Following last summer’s transfer of control of Mass. Hall from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) to the University’s central administration, this coming September will be the first move-in day in over 80 that freshmen won’t move into the top two floors of Mass. Hall. However, this should not be looked upon as a beneficial consolidation of freshman housing...