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...said he learned of the plan to empty the building of students last month. He said that Mass. Hall has been a good fit for students—who reside just feet away from the ornate offices of Harvard’s president and provost...
...17th century—that have remained at Harvard for nearly 80 years. Lowell House will receive newly molded bells from the Vera Bell Foundry in Voronezh, Russia, which was hand-picked from five foundries that University representatives surveyed last August. The delegation—consisting of Associate Provost of Art and Culture Sean T. Buffington ’91, project manager Peter Riley, and Lowell House tutor Luis A. Campos—visited the foundry last week to inspect the casts for the replacement bells. The group also attended several ceremonies over the weekend and is expected to return...
...schizophrenia that in most part strike young people at the peak of their lives when they’re just getting off the ground,” Scolnick said. “We really can take this on now in an intense and creative way.” University Provost Steven E. Hyman, who formerly directed the National Institute of Mental Health, said the state-of-the-art approaches that the $100 million gift will pay for represent “our best chance to understand the biological underpinnings of these devastating illnesses...
...world, less expensive. The points also stipulated that universities strive to prevent agreements from stopping research at other not-for-profit institutions, “If these nine points are widely adopted, the academic scientific community, commercial world, and, most important, the public will benefit,” University Provost Steven E. Hyman said in an e-mailed statement. Technology transfers have come under fire for allegedly putting not-for-profit universities in the position of pursuing research for financial gain. The skeptics include Interim University President Derek C. Bok, who addressed the practice in his 2003 book...
...commitment to study abroad and pledged to tackle the rising costs of scholarly publication in its bi-weekly meeting yesterday. The Faculty Council did not discuss the search for the new dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences or the curricular review, according to two council members. Vice Provost for International Affairs Jorge I. Dominguez introduced Catherine H. Winnie—the new permanent director of the Office of International Programs—to the council. The two presented an update of Harvard’s study abroad programs in the past year. In an interview after the meeting...