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Frans A. Spaepen, an applied physics professor who served as director of Harvard's Rowland Institute, will become interim dean of the University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences as of September 15, Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith announced last Friday.
Spaepen, whose research spans a wide range of experimental and theoretical topics in materials science, took over as director of the Rowland Institute at Harvard in 2002 when the research laboratory merged with the University. Located on the banks of the Charles near MIT, the institute emphasizes interdisciplinary research in...
Michael M. Burns, who is the associate director for science at the Institute, said that the Junior Fellows program has been the major focus of the Institute under Spaepen’s leadership. Established in 2003, the program provides young scientists—usually those who have recently received their...
Burns added that once the search committee finds a permanent dean for the SEAS, Spaepen will be returning to the Institute as director.
According to Abhoud Syed Lingga, executive director of the Institute of Bangsamoro Studies in Mindanao and an expert on the conflict, the court's intervention set off a reaction among more radical MILF fighters. "When the Supreme Court interferes in an issue that is mainly political, it's a drawback...