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...Grant W. Dasher ’09, HCS’s project manager, said that he has gotten positive feedback from this year’s Datamatch, in which almost 1300 Harvard undergrads and alums took part. But Dasher—who was also a participant in this year’s survey—could not explain the intricate workings of the Datamatch system. “It is a mathematical formula, but there are some random elements, too. It’s been passed down for so many years, though, that I don’t think...
...longer felt as though she belonged. So she took time off and headed back to India to aid relief efforts. For four months, she lived on the floor of a training center for a local non-profit and spent up to 16 hours a day cranking out grant proposals. Since she’s returned this past fall, she has realized that her experience has affected her in ways she couldn’t have imagined. Like most Harvard students, her peers continue to be caught up with p-sets, I-banking, facebook.com, and Stein Club, oblivious to the world...
...Under Summers’ leadership, the University established the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, which substantially reduced tuition costs for low-income students and broadened the College’s applicant pool. Finally, it was a grant from the President’s office this past fall that will finally begin to address the problems facing social space in undergraduate life—it earmarked millions of dollars for a pub in Loker Commons, a café in Lamont, and a plethora of student group space in the Hilles Building...
...After resigning due to differences with Summers, former Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Peter T. Ellison recalled a time when Summers stated that economists were smarter than political scientists and sociologists. More seriously, Faculty members complained that Summers played favorites with funding and the tenure process, bestowing grants and professorships on those whose fields he deemed worthy. In general, it has been individuals from these favored fields who have strongly supported him throughout his difficulties with the Faculty.In past weeks, the announcement of Dean of the Faculty William C. Kirby’s resignation has lost...
...Only one grant was recommitted after Council members learned that the supported event might have been a fundraiser, contrary to Council practice...