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...Latin American leaders are willing to work with President Obama. Even President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela has been overwhelmingly positive, saying that, “If he wants to converse with the Venezuelans, we are here at the order without conditions.” And, in a recent letter to Obama, 300 regional experts wrote that “U.S. prestige in the region is now at a historic low… Our hope is that you will embrace the opportunity to inaugurate a new period of hemispheric understanding and collaboration for the common welfare...
...decision to slow construction of the science complex in Allston and to delay plans for further expansion. The mayor’s office was closely involved with the university in planning and advancing the Allston master plan. Menino expressed his criticism of the Allston slowdown in a strongly worded letter to President Faust...
...Allston construction program. Finishing the science center already begun in Allston should be a priority of the university, as it will greatly benefit Harvard and the Allston community, boosting our science programs, improving infrastructure, and supporting Allston’s economy. One further point made in the letter deserves particular attention. The university must be more transparent about the state of its finances if the Harvard community and our neighbors are to accept the host of cuts being made...
...letter, Menino asserts his understanding “that the current economic climate has had serious, adverse implications for the university’s ability to finance large scale development.” With the obscurity that clouds Harvard’s current financial status, however, no one but the university’s administration truly can understand the implications of that economic adversity. Menino’s letter recognizes that Harvard has “an obligation” to Allston residents and the city of Boston to reveal the details of the university’s financial circumstances...
...corporatization” of science that comes at the cost of basic research. Meselson questioned the University’s prioritization of stem cell research, a highly specialized field that, he speculated, may not exist in 100 years.Jim Henle, a lab administrator in Fairchild, said he wrote a letter to University President Drew G. Faust criticizing the administration’s decision to relocate the MCB facilities and asking the renowned historian to envision an analogous situation facing her own department.“What I said was, imagine Robinson Hall getting an announcement that some hotshots from the Kennedy...