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Thirteen years ago, Steven Pinker declined a full professorship at Harvard because he did not think the ideas floating around here were inspiring enough. At that time, Pinker says, the Psychology Department was dominated by mathematical psychology. This year, an enticing offer—including a spacious office on the ninth floor of William James Hall—made him reconsider. “For a long time, Harvard had a pretty geriatric faculty. Not just in sheer age, but in the set of topics and the whole approach to the field.” Although he has only been...
According to the professor, Moravcsik failed to secure a tenured professorship at Princeton...
When Yale offered his father, a Korean diplomat, a visiting professorship, Koh and his family moved to New Haven...
...Fletcher noted that his view of Harvard’s president has changed from his first impression. When he spoke with Summers after the departure of West—who held a University professorship in Fletcher’s name—the donor said he asked for his money back...
...investigation into the UAE president’s connection to the Zayed Center. The government of the UAE claims that the center’s views are inconsistent with the values of Sheikh Zayed. If this is the truth, the donation should be used to fund the Islamic studies professorship as was originally intended. However, if HDS should find that the Shiekh was aware of the views propogated by the Zayed Center, the money should be promptly returned. No donation is worth indebting the University to practioners of hate and bigotry...