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...instructors including Warburg Professor of Economics Robert J. Barro and Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 said they support a lower interest rate, even though such action can push up inflation. “The most important thing [the Fed] does is respond to major financial crises,” Barro said, “Inflation is OK right now, and the economy is weakening...I think he should lower it.” Feldstein argued for a large rate cut at a widely-watched Federal Reserve conference in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on September...
...first major public statement, Faust hit a home run with her vigorous support of academic freedom and discourse. We agree that the boycott would adversely affect the world of academia and the freedoms of speech and study academics need to produce their best work. As Faust wrote, “academics should be promoting, not undermining, the fullest possible collaboration with Israeli universities as well as other universities in the Middle East and elsewhere...
Rogers spent more than a decade in the admissions office before taking over as director of major gifts for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and helping to oversee financial aid fundraising during the University’s last capital campaign, in the 1990s. Faust first hired Rogers in 2001, at the start of Faust’s tenure as dean of Radcliffe. Faust said in Friday’s announcement that Rogers was a “key member” of her leadership team at Radcliffe, helping “to define the scope of the new institute...
Diana M. Nelson ’84, a member of a group of major alumni donors, said she expected them to stay focused on high-profile issues including Allston and undergraduate education. But, Nelson said, the two might come up with different “specific funding priorities” detailing how money should be spent within these areas. She emphasized that she did not expect funding decisions to be made through a “top-down, centralized process” but rather one involving deans and faculties across the University...
Paul J. Zofnass ’69, part of the group of major alumni donors, said Rogers is “right up there” with the best fundraisers...