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...Dean of the Faculty Michael D. Smith said in a recent interview.After 10 years, Venky is stepping down as the leader of Harvard’s applied science programs.“He is going to be dearly missed,” said Harry R. Lewis ’68, a professor of computer science and former dean of the College. “There isn’t a single person that I’ve talked to from the Faculty who has anything but regret that he’s decided to step down.”Venky...
Also receiving degrees will be spiritual leader Karim Aga Khan ’58; Yale developmental psychologist James P. Comer; Princeton art historian Wen C. Fong; Columbia neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel ’52; federal judge Damon J. Keith, women’s historian Gerda Lerner, Stanford computer scientist John McCarthy, University of Chicago biologist Janet D. Rowley, author J. K. Rowling, and former Harvard Medical School Dean Daniel C. Tosteson...
...clear explanation, raising questions about transparency and their willingness to improve student life.The Crimsonreading.com and cable debacles were only preludes to the year’s true firestorm, which came in the struggle over the cancellation of the UC Party Fund.In early October, then-Dean of the College David R. Pilbeam sent shockwaves through the undergraduate community by imperiously canceling the UC Party Fund, which had until that point supplied $1,750 per weekend for parties open to all students. While the UC had been working with the College to resolve concerns that funds were going to sponsor underage drinking...
...Four young professors—Kramer, Steven R. Levitsky from government, Mark Schiefsky from classics, and Pol Antràs from economics, who all received tenure before their 40th birthday—fit these trends. And while they represent a small sampling of the faculty, their hirings may serve as models for future junior faculty trying to clear the tenure hurdle...
...Government professor Steven R. Levitsky never thought he had a shot at a senior professorship...