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Almost two months after Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 announced his decision to dissolve the Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), administrators are reaching consensus on how to divvy up the institute's many programs...
Since its founding in 1974, HIID has always maintained a healthy independence from the individual schools--reporting instead to the provost's office--and acted as a means to centralize the University's programs in foreign policy consulting, focusing on four areas: environment, macroeconomics, public finance, and health, education, and welfare...
Resident tutors frequently share meals in the hall with undergraduates, and the House also boasts a number of special theme tables, including a weekly Spanish table and a health policy table, which University Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 will speak at this week...
...Sciortino will continue discussions with the president and the provost of the university on Wednesday...
Nevertheless, both parties could have dealt with the name issue without jeopardizing the already fragile bailout talks. Instead of sending a terse letter to the state asserting Harvard's right to the use of its name, Provost Harvey V. Fineberg '67 could have found a more tactful way of bringing the issue to the table--perhaps after HPHC's future was a little more secure. Similarly, one wonders whether legal recourse was the only option available to the state...