Word: gsas
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...ALCOHOL Meanwhile, Ingber is busy ensuring that at least some Harvard students carry on Harvard’s modest tradition of performance comedy.At a recent performance in Winthrop’s Junior Common Room, Ingber resembled nothing short of a modern day Tom A. Lehrer ’47, GSAS ’66, reviving the great 1950’s humorist’s satirical songstylings.Ingber’s songs poked fun at the hypocrisy of rock stars, Facebook users, and non-conformists. Chatter in between songs gave him a chance to amuse the audience with his stand...
...Kevin P. Kiley ’07, Yonina R. Murciano-Goroff ’06, Imran M. Saleh ’07, Adam A. Solomon ’09, and Adam G. Zalisk ’07. Although the Graduates School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) is included under FAS, no graduate students were chosen to serve on the study advisory committee. [See story, page A1.] “Graduate student concerns and undergraduate concerns are different,” said the Student Affairs Committee’s chair, Ryan A. Petersen ’08. Haddock said the committee...
...Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Theda Skocpol announced a number of new initiatives within the GSAS at yesterday’s meeting, including the creation of a secondary field in film and visual studies for PhD students and the availability of $15,000 to $25,000 in seed grants to fund planned improvements in graduate education...
...president should lack the good sense and good taste that would allow him to say “economists are smarter than political scientists, and political scientists are smarter than sociologists” as Summers allegedly did to Cowles Professor of Anthropology Peter T. Ellison, the former dean of GSAS. It didn’t help that Summers, an economist, was concurrently trying to shift funding from a sociology program to the Kennedy School. Such virulent disciplinary biases are unacceptable. The next president of Harvard should work from the top to promote vibrant intellectual exchange by creating an environment...
...next president, however, should make a greater effort to reach out to students across the University’s campus including in its graduate and professional programs. To be fair, beyond opening ceremonies and commencement, there is an annual “meet the president” event where GSAS students have the opportunity to pose questions. While we undoubtedly appreciate any occasion to interact with the president, our next leader should make a stronger effort to be accessible to graduate students throughout the year...