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Knowles agreed, saying the plan will help ensure that "the most exciting research and teaching are done here, by the most exciting people."
The California Institute of Technology as well as Stanford and Princeton Universities have all made significant strides in genomics, but Knowles said he did not embark on the move in response to pressures from other schools.
Instead, Knowles said he became concerned "about our success...in some areas in recruiting the most stellar faculty and the most talented graduate students and undergraduates."
Knowles will pay for the initiative by taking advantage of the University's successful capital campaign, the investment returns of the Harvard Management Company and the increase in endowment payout that was announced earlier in the year, according to Ann E. Berman, associate dean for finance in Knowles' Faculty of...
The road to Knowles' science boost begandefinitively last spring when Knowles began todiscuss the possibility of the initiative withvarious Faculty members. Over the summer, heconvened a committee of six Harvard scientists whocounseled Knowles on the final plan that emergedlast week.