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...many professors read it closely—particularly parts suggesting that Summers shielded his close friend Andrei Shleifer ’82, an economist implicated in the government lawsuit, from disciplinary action.“The story, if true, is damning to Harvard,” according to McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering Frederick H. Abernathy.Nearly five decades after McClintick launched his journalistic career at Harvard radio WHRB’s then-headquarters in the Dudley House basement, his reporting sent waves across Harvard Yard.‘PAST PRESENT FUTURE’As a freshman, McClintick threw himself into...
...Harvard is apparent even in their clear-eyed criticisms.We have all learned from the past five years. With all of Harvard’s strengths, it will flourish—if it doesn’t make the same mistakes again.Harry R. Lewis ’68 is Gordon McKay professor of Computer Science and Harvard College professor. He was dean of Harvard College from 1995 to 2003. He is the author of “Excellence Without a Soul: How a Great University Forgot Education...
...were caught cheating on midterms and homework assignments at the College 25 years ago, the issue quickly slid under the radar.Although these incidents have long faded from memory, in November of 1980, two professors reported instances of cheating during fall semester midterms.William H. Bossert ’59, then-McKay professor of applied mathematics, investigated allegations that several students had cheated on weekly homework assignments, The Crimson reported on Nov. 4, 1980. Bossert, whose course Natural Sciences 110, “Automatic Computing” was the second-largest class at the College, reported the names...
...Gordon McKay Professor of Computer Science Harry R. Lewis ’68 has branded Harvard “soulless,” arguing that the institution fails to exert any “formative force” on its students and that the faculty are “exhausted” by their work on curricular review...
...donors, saying that the decision to go ahead with construction before securing funding bordered on the irresponsible.“There seems to have been a shift during the Summers years to starting building projects without the funds lined up to pay for them,” Lewis, the McKay professor of computer science, wrote in an e-mail. “It is a lot harder to raise money for a building that has already been built.”Administrators have defended their decision to go ahead with the projects, saying they had little choice...