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...question-and-answer session held by the ABNNF at the Allston elementary school Gardner Pilot Academy, several local residents praised the BRA’s handling of the community-wide planning process...
Chemical agents found in many institutional cleaning supplies may pose a health risk to hospital workers, according to a pilot study done by researchers from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and Harvard’s School of Public Health...
...Harvard community petitioned the City Council yesterday in response to the University’s low-wage worker cuts. The resolution that came before the Council proposed an economic stimulus package in which the City of Cambridge would exempt Harvard from its payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT). The resolution’s sponsor, Counsellor Marjorie C. Decker, said that the resolution is a symbolic method to highlight the absurdity of the layoffs. At the last Council meeting, Decker said she thought this type of gesture would shame Harvard into halting layoffs of low-wage workers. Alyssa M. Aguilera...
...shrunken endowment, or $1 billion. At the top of the list for proposed improvements to House life is improving the quality of faculty-student interactions within the House system. In particular, the “outdated” Senior Common Rooms will be revitalized through a pilot House Fellows Program in some Houses, according to the report. The initiative will establish clear expectations for Fellows, who will have short tenures, in order to facilitate “casual yet meaningful” exchanges between undergraduates and faculty members. Also set to receive a facelift is the role of resident tutors...
Despite lacking the latest equipment, Pforzheimer Dining Hall will soon join Annenberg and several other House dining halls in daily composting. Pforzheimer, one of five Houses that does not have a compacting machine, is starting a pilot program in the next few days that will test the efficacy of manual composting. Composting, in which dining hall food waste is reused as fertilizer, is one prong of the University’s efforts to be more environmentally friendly, according to the Harvard University Dining Services Web site. Crista Martin, HUDS director of marketing and communications, said that the Quad Houses...