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...architect of the College’s History of Science undergraduate program will retire this semester after a four-decade academic and administrative career which included 30 years at Harvard. Director of Undergraduate Studies and Senior Lecturer Peter Buck, who began teaching at the College in 1966, has been involved with the department over a period that saw considerable growth. Franklin L. Ford Professor Steven Shapin—who co-taught the History of Science sophomore tutorial with Buck the past two fall semesters—spoke highly of his departing colleague. “I think the world...
...idea whether I could do that.” Monson pursued jazz trumpet at the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied in a unique program, Third Stream, which emphasized learning music by ear. Two particular courses influenced her deeply: one on North Indian classical music with sitarist Peter Row, and another on African music and ethnomusicology. Outside the classroom, Monson was introduced to other genres of music, and played everything from Klezmer to salsa. After a few years, Monson returned to school, this time to study ethnomusicology. She began to examine the improvisational process through the lens...
Others, however, did leave their posts in the aftermath of the uproar. Cowles Professor of Anthropology Peter T. Ellison stepped down from his administrative post as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences last spring, and Harvard Corporation member Conrad K. Harper left the governing board in July 2005, saying he “could no longer support” Summers...
...early April, that dean, Peter T. Ellison, met with the Caucus of Chairs, an informal group of department heads. He described how earlier last year, Summers had considered shifting some of the graduate school’s power over Ph.D. programs to the Office of the Provost, in the central administration...
...empirical evidence and changing his mind just as quickly if the evidence turned against him. Summers’ confidence in his own judgments, barring counterarguments he deemed suitable, got him into trouble often. After resigning due to differences with Summers, former Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Peter T. Ellison recalled a time when Summers stated that economists were smarter than political scientists and sociologists. More seriously, Faculty members complained that Summers played favorites with funding and the tenure process, bestowing grants and professorships on those whose fields he deemed worthy. In general, it has been individuals from these...