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Despite recent chatter that the University plans on instituting mass layoffs later this month—after the conclusion of Commencement activities—both a union leader at Harvard and a University spokesman say that negotiations about staff reductions remain in the early stages, making any discussions of a timeline premature. “The persistent rumors out there [are] based on the mythology that the University is one big coordinated entity and that some Harvard office is the keeper of the list of people to be laid off,” said Bill Jaeger, director of the Harvard...
...Citigroup 10 years ago,” referencing the financial services company that had to be bailed out by the federal government last year. His speech included a mix of practical career advice and reflections upon what it means to be a responsible and ethical business leader. He encouraged the graduating students to be true to themselves, to cut across hierarchies in their business relationships, and, most of all, to exercise humility. “If you want to be a leader it can’t be about money and it can’t be about...
...Representatives of the Benjamin Rush Society have met twice with Flier in recent months, according to group co-leader Vijay Yanamadala ’07, after the fledgling group issued a petition calling for preservation of industry relations at the medical school...
...Society co-leader Brian S. Fuchs ’04 says that in their meetings, Flier seemed to privately agree with the group’s sentiments...
...shepherded the College through tumultuous times that included a reexamination of undergraduate education and the 1969 occupation of University Hall, in which about 100 members of Students for a Democratic Society trapped May in his office while advocating for changes to the University’s labor policy.A diplomatic leader, May spoke with the students for over an hour before attempting to leave.“He performed nobly,” said former Harvard professor James Q. Wilson, the chair of the Committee on Rights and Responsibilities, which dealt with the disciplinary action stemming from the situation...