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...view of Boston Harbor.But beneath her unobtrusive exterior, Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, harbors a wealth of investment knowledge. She commands the respect of colleagues at Harvard and elsewhere, who laud her unceasing composure during a sudden and unanticipated financial meltdown, her decisiveness under time constraints, and her focus on long-term investment success. “Truly, of all the people I’ve ever run across in the investment world, she was the most impressive,” says Andrew B. Evans, treasurer and vice president for finance at Wellesley College, where Mendillo managed the endowment...
...History department and co-taught classes with May. Iriye said that as a colleague, he was “not pompous” and treated him more like a younger brother than a junior faculty member.As a noted foreign policy scholar, May helped expand the field beyond its narrow focus on the bureaucrats involved in diplomatic relations, examining the role domestic politics and public opinion play in international relations, Iriye said.May—who spoke a variety of languages ranging from German to Spanish to Russian—also made a point to delve into foreign countries?...
...committee member Alexander “Zander” N. Li ’08. So, the committee rejected the longstanding class. But Mankiw would not take no for an answer. He resisted the committee’s suggestions to tweak Ec10, either by giving it more of a focus on current events or historical context to fit the “United States in the World” category, or more mathematical rigor in order to make it fall under “Empirical and Mathematical Reasoning,” according to Li. Although Mankiw declined an interview request...
With the realization of this goal, Harvard will be able to invite visiting scholars that focus on varying facets of the interdisciplinary field of LGBT studies, instead of appointing a full professor of more narrow expertise, he said...
...Over the last year, some of the people involved in the Committee on House Life synthesized research obtained from focus groups, five House Program Planning Subcommittees, and student surveys. Chief among their findings, Nelson says, was that the Houses needed to be modernized—and not merely with cosmetic improvements like fresh coats of paint, but rather with extensive interior renovations like replacing internal plumbing...