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This change will be accompanied by a tangible increase in faculty numbers, but such resources could also be added without the creation of a separate school. To pretend that both are linked, as University Provost Steve E. Hyman did in a May 25 press release, is theatrical and misleading. The creation of SEAS is cosmetic, designed to increase the visibility of FAS in the face of competition from other, more prominent engineering schools. It is dictated by advertising, not even by industrial imperatives...
...put.Strong candidates abound at Harvard as well, including Radcliffe Institute Dean Drew Gilpin Faust, who presided over the University’s high-profile diversity initiative last year. Elena Kagan has won over students and faculty at Harvard Law School since her appointment in 2002. And Provost Steven E. Hyman has been an influential force in the University’s administration, with oversight of all of Harvard’s academic programs as well as the expansion into Allston.The most high-profile Harvard insider whose name has been mentioned is Corporation member Nannerl O. Keohane, a former president...
...researchers in an attempt to use a process called Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer (SCNT) to create disease- and patient-specific stem cell lines from cloned embryos.The research was approved after more than two years of intensive ethical and scientific review by eight separate boards, said University Provost Steven E. Hyman at a press conference yesterday.If successful, the research will represent one of the most significant advances in the field. While preliminary SCNT work has been done at the University of California-San Francisco and by Advanced Cell Technology, a private biotechnology company, Daley said at the conference...
...Making sure the donors were fully informed about their decision to donate was a priority for Harvard University's institutional review board, which took "more than two years of thoughtful, intensive review" before approving the studies, according to Harvard Provost Dr. Steven Hyman. Last year's scandal over the South Koreans' similar studies also weighed heavily on the board, and will continue to inform the researchers as their studies begin. "We certainly realize that all eyes [are] upon us," said Eggan. The approval process eventually involved four other institutes, including Boston IVF, where the egg donors will be recruited, Children...
...school had originally been planned for Venky’s successor, but a search for a new DEAS dean was delayed by the resignation of both University President Lawrence H. Summers and FAS Dean William C. Kirby earlier this year, Venky said. When Summers, Provost Steven E. Hyman, and members of the Board of Overseers urged Venky to stay on as dean, the veteran administrator decided to withdraw his resignation. “I’m humbled, but I’m looking forward to serving the faculty for a reasonable period of time again...