Word: professorship
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...ruling. “For this decision, which left me unemployed three months before I could complete my Ph.D. thesis, Harvard was widely acclaimed as a bastion of academic freedom,” Kamin wrote.‘GRAVE MISCONDUCT’Meanwhile, Furry’s associate professorship was in jeopardy.In May 1953, the Corporation placed Furry on three-year probation for “grave misconduct.”“Dr. Furry’s teaching is of high quality and has reflected no Communism,” the Corporation released in a statement about Furry?...
...turned Whitman away. “Princeton wouldn’t have me, because I was the wrong sex,” she says. “So I got on the train and went to Columbia.”After receiving her degree and advancing to a full professorship at the University of Pittsburgh, Whitman worked as a senior staff member of the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), and was the first woman to serve on the National Price Commission. Whitman soon landed a spot on the three-member CEA and yet another historical tag as the first woman...
...Petersen said on Monday.‘A GENEROUS INSTITUTIONALIST’While Knowles received accolades from a wide range of professors this week, he is connected to some of the controversies that have dogged Summers.It was Knowles who promoted Andrei Shleifer ’82 to an endowed professorship after the economist became embroiled in a fraud scandal stemming from the Harvard Institute for International Development’s dealings in Russia. In a 2002 deposition, Summers said he had told Knowles of his wish that Shleifer remain at Harvard despite the scandal.And at a Faculty meeting in February...
...Knowles who promoted Andrei Shleifer ’82 to an endowed professorship after the economist became embroiled in a fraud scandal stemming from the Harvard Institute for International Development’s dealings in Russia. In a 2002 deposition, Summers said he had told Knowles of his wish that Shleifer remain at Harvard despite the scandal...
...scholars. He will also be a senior adviser to the Faculty dean on international studies. Since arriving at Harvard in 1966 for his MA and later his PhD, Domínguez has taught in the government department for over 30 years. He has also been awarded a Harvard College Professorship. Domínguez’s appointment rounds out the three vice-provost positions created by the University last year for international affairs, research policy, and faculty development and diversity. —Staff writer Lulu Zhou can be reached at luluzhou@fas.harvard.edu...