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...across-the-board 2 percent salary reduction for non-union workers would have only a “minor impact,” saving less than $5 million—only a fraction of the $143 million that remains to be cut. “Those who enjoy great privileges also have great responsibilities, and that means making great sacrifices for the common good when circumstances require it,” wrote public policy and history and literature lecturer Timothy P. McCarthy in an e-mailed statement last month in support of voluntary paycuts among faculty. “This...
...management exciting and energizing, and that she never ceases to be motivated by the educational mission of the University she works for—a sentiment shared by her husband as well.“The single most valuable thing that we’ve been given is a great education...if you are a learned person, you have the opportunity and ability to contribute to society in a way that simply does not exist if you are not,” says her husband, explaining that Mendillo’s investment work broadens educational opportunities for a large array...
...important to remember, however, that Harvard not only remains a great university, but that we must continue to move forward even in these challenging times. While the deep and likely prolonged nature of the downturn means that budget cutting must be widely distributed across many cherished programs, the deans are also keenly aware that we must be strategic, protecting essential investments, such as financial aid, and even growing in a small number of critically important areas. Indeed, several University-wide committees have been focused on how we can make Harvard stronger in priority areas in the near term, albeit with...
...What is it that makes these areas of scholarship and teaching priorities even in the current climate? First, they have real world significance. Global health (which also includes domestic health issues, if only because microbes do not need passports) and issues of energy and environment confront challenges that any great research university must address. The emergence of pandemics, the development of new drugs, vaccines, and devices for neglected diseases, the assurance of access to new discoveries in resource constrained areas, and the impact of these discoveries on diverse populations are centrally important to the world. Similarly, the development of newer...
...urging. Outside of the academic realm, May was an avid tennis player, a sport which he and Wilson picked up together. May also participated for many years in a monthly poker club comprised of Harvard colleagues. “He was a man of much calmness, good judgement, and great humor, a bad tennis player, good poker player, and a great dean,” said Wilson, May’s close friend and former colleague.Iriye said that May will be remembered as “a man of his word” who was interested in the opinions...