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...German and Comparative Literature Judith L. Ryan. “It is no secret that all of us want to see the dean possess integrity, to have leadership skills, and enjoy the trust of the faculty,” Ryan said. Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn, who is also a council member, said that the group discussed the challenges an incoming dean might face. In an interview, Ryan cited the Allston expansion and the curricular review as two of the biggest issues facing the next FAS dean. Ryan said Faust had asked for suggestions of individual...
...that Bok’s chief accomplishment has been helping Harvard heal while tying up the loose ends of initiatives begun under former President Lawrence H. Summers.“He brought the energy necessary to bring the faculty through a calming year,” said Everett I. Mendelsohn, a professor of history of science. “He didn’t try and stretch himself out.”Bok attributes his modest agenda to both his status as an interim president and the fact that he is 15 years older than he was when he left...
...student council of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) presented three professors with the Everett I. Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award yesterday. Professor on Health Policy and Management Robert J. Blendon of the School of Public Health, Jayne Professor of Government Jennifer L. Hochschild, and Associate Professor of Medicine Raghu Kalluri of the Harvard Medical School each received an award, which honors “those Harvard faculty members who truly go out of their way to mentor GSAS students,” said Graduate School Council (GSC) President Crystal M. Fleming. Hochschild said yesterday afternoon after receiving...
...contain the work of its own faculty members. “In particular, it’s important for the Library to keep control of spiraling costs that are being created in part by commercial journals,” Ryan said. Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn stressed that yesterday’s discussions were in their early stages. “The issues are still under ongoing scrutiny,” Mendelsohn said. “We were asked not to discuss them in public.” The Faculty Council holds biweekly meetings that...
...science in the University may be the most difficult—and the most essential.Faust’s controversial predecessor, Lawrence H. Summers, came under fire for, among other things, emphasizing science growth at the expense of other fields. Professor of the History of Science Everett I. Mendelsohn said that Summers “had hitched his wagon to the growth of the natural sciences.”A lot of money is at stake. More than half a billion dollars’ worth of new science buildings are nearing completion behind the Science Center, and billions more...