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...insiders who remain on the list each present some interesting problems. The Provost may suffer from too close an association with the most recent administration, although there are many who regard his as the humane face of that administration, and he is an accomplished scientist who has a reputation for getting things done without scaring the horses. The history of provostial appointments to the presidency, however, is not encouraging. The dean of Harvard Law School is much beloved in that faculty which has a reputation for insisting on its own priorities. It refused to consider a move to Allston...
...independence yesterday. “The Chancellor arranged a meeting with our old editorial board and announced his decision,” Astrid Viveros, a columnist for La Catarina of Universidad de las Americas-Puebla, said in an e-mail. “At this meeting, the Chancellor, the Provost and the Chair of Communication Science promised that the newspaper will maintain its independent [sic], autonomy, critical thought and above all our freedom of speech.” Although Chancellor Pedro Palou—the target of many of the cartoons and columns that preceded the closing of the paper?...
With the announcement, Cech joins several other serious presidential contenders who have publicly said they are not candidates for Harvard’s top post. Both Stanford Provost John W. Etchemendy and University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Alison F. Richard, who were said as recently as last month to be under serious consideration by the committee, have repeatedly denied interest in the post...
...more effectively recruit specialized faculty, develop interdisciplinary programs, and request funding for equipment and lab space to conduct research in their respective fields.As University-wide departments—which do not currently exist—these new units will further facilitate communication and collaboration among faculty from different schools. Provost Steven E. Hyman, who worked closely with the UPCSE and whose name is on the short list in the search for Harvard’s next president, has been a particularly strong proponent for creating University-wide departments, which would allow professors from different faculties and departments who are researching...
This is the sixth article in a continuing series.Part 1: Provost Considered for Top PostPart 2: Will These Cowboy Boots March West?Part 3: Deft Historian May Be Harvard's FuturePart 4: 'Iowa Values' for Mass. Hall?Part 5: Harvard May Stretch for Etch