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...date of 2011,” Rogers said. “That date isn’t set into stone because so much depends on what happens right now.”Earlier plans for a capital campaign were delayed amid controversy over remarks of then-University President Lawrence H. Summers about women in science and pushed back further due to his resignation in 2006 and the period of interim leadership that followed.Harvard’s last campaign, completed in 1999, reaped $2.6 billion ($3.2 billion in today’s dollars), then the largest total in the history...
...public arena. Dead animals preserved in formaldehyde and a diamond encrusted skull-is this even legal? Spin paintings done by studio assistants-give me a break; kids have amused themselves for decades creating identical masterpieces at fairs and school fundraisers. My fantasy: that no one bids. Susan H. Warren, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania...
...left Harvard in 2006. “Arrogance combined with disdain for other knowledge and experience do not work well.” Still, other scholars—particularly those with a more economic bent—came to Fryer’s defense yesterday. Former University President Lawrence H. Summers called EdLabs “one of the most important initiatives that Harvard will launch in this decade.” “The quality of education is a hugely important issue for a great university like Harvard whose strength ultimately depends on the quality of the primary...
...Before his resignation, former University President Lawrence H. Summers had reportedly negotiated gifts with two $100 million gifts to fund the sciences, and many expected that these gifts would eventually come through once Harvard had permanent leadership again...
...President Matthew L. Sundquist ’09 said. In the past, he said, the UC funded travel only within the Boston area, so students often had to raise money or pay out of their own pockets. Associate Dean of Student Life and Activities Judith H. Kidd said that the administration has heard an increasing number of requests for transportation funding for extraordinary travel by student organizations. The new fund, she said, will be more efficient than previous one-off grants. As with the UC’s standard student group grants, organizations will apply for Student Life grants using...