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...professor Nicholas A. Christakis and his wife Erika L. Christakis '86 as the new Pfoho House masters and Law School Professor Ronald S. Sullivan Jr. and Law School lecturer Stephanie Robinson as the new Winthrop masters, making the latter pair the first black House masters in Harvard history...
...Harvard first announced plans in February to slow construction on its much-touted Allston Science Complex due to financial pressures and an unprecedented drop in the endowment. And to top off the University's financial woes, Harvard’s multi-million dollar Allston development fund had been all but wiped out by the financial crisis as of early March, scuttling the hopes of some Harvard faculty and administrators that the money could be diverted toward their own strapped budgets. Allston residents feared Harvard would halt construction on the science complex—a core component of the University?...
After years of planning and preparation, a new University-wide calendar took effect this fall. Under the new schedule, which was approved by the Harvard Corporation in 2007, Harvard dispensed with its traditional mix of schedules in favor of starting all classes at the beginning of September and having students finish papers and exams before Winter Break. While most welcomed the worry-free break provided by the new calendar, many students and professors struggled to adapt to the condensed fall reading period...
Call it Swine Flu, H1N1, or whatever you like, the flu outbreak that sickened people across the country and worried many more left its mark on Harvard during the past year. Harvard University Health Services (UHS) officials began preparing for the potential outbreak before a single case had been diagnosed on campus. After popping up in local schools, the virus first made its Harvard debut at Harvard Dental School, which closed temporarily after detecting its first case. At the end of last school year, UHS refrained from testing patients for H1N1 unless they were at risk...
...HARVARD SLOWS CONSTRUCTION IN ALLSTON