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Harvard’s plans in Allston are also inspired by bold thinking by government leaders. The commitment of Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino to the city’s neighborhoods and to greening the city and cutting greenhouses gases have informed Harvard’s master plan as much as his strong support of universities as partners in the economic future of Boston. And Harvard’s first priority in Allston is an interdisciplinary research center that will house the newly formed Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, and other cutting-edge research...
...continuity echoing the excellence of Harvard’s campus today. Environmental sustainability will be built into every design decision, from the roads to the heating and cooling to the pedestrian walkways. The urban grain of one of America’s oldest cities will be respected, and the plan for open space will embrace the green vision of famed 19th century landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. As the Allston Initiative advances, the University orientation will lean more toward a campus with the Charles River running through its center, a natural and scenic jewel in the urban landscape...
...Indeed, some professors worried that the fast pace at which the Faculty had moved—abandoning the recommendations of January 2006 for an entirely new program the following year—had resulted in a muddled plan, blind to its relationship to the rest of the College curriculum...
...Faculty’s governing board rejected a proposal to move fall exams to December, with professors saying they were unconvinced that such a move would benefit them. Ten years later, a University-wide committee proposed changing the calendar in a similar way—but the plan was tabled pending the end of the curricular review...
...While Mexico patches itself up, at least the security options are better today than in 1986. There is both the political will and the technology to make enforcement a serious part of any amnesty plan. National ID cards, real employer verification, high-tech border controls can all aid in making sure that this would be the last amnesty of this size...