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...according to Susan S. Fainstein, a leading figure in urban planning and a professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the current draft of the Charlesview plan is “well-designed” and includes an appropriate level of density and open space. She says that she believes the plan should be approved as soon as possible, and that the potential hindrance posed by the Allston residents’ concerns could be in part due to a class-based conflict of interests...
...Although the market rate units will be somewhat separated from the subsidized residences, Fainstein says that the general level of integration included in the plan is probably sufficient. “Really mixing” the different types of residences, she says, may pose a marketing challenge for the more expensive units...
...course of the three days, to finish the tournament 40 over par on the par 72 course. Pepperdine University the re[resentative from the West Coast Conference won the event with an overall mark of 17 over par. “We showed we can compete at a higher level against tougher schools,” Cho said. “This tournament was definitely a confidence booster for us.” Individually, Cho led the way for the Crimson, shooting rounds of 76, 76, and a one-under 71 on the final day, to finish the tournament tied...
Economist Marc J. Melitz has returned to Harvard this fall as a full professor after having left campus in 2006 for a two-year stint at Princeton. Melitz, who is well known for his research on international trade and firm-level responses to trade, was an assistant and associate professor at Harvard between 2000 to 2006. According to Economics Professor Ariel Pakes, Melitz “changed a whole field with his thesis” that presented a new model for international trade economics. Economics Department Chair John Y. Campbell said that Melitz’s work...
...which “left virtually no corner of the FAS untouched,” Julie Buckler, chair of the department, confirmed. Instead, students who demonstrate a need to learn these languages can obtain independent tutoring. This semester, two students are taking advantage of this service at the introductory level and six at the advanced level, Buckler said. Despite these cuts, the department was able to expand other offerings, adding second-year instruction in Polish and Czech to the catalogue. In response to cuts in her department and others, Patricia Chaput, director of the language program in the Department...