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...Boston Federal Reserve Building, is adorned with little more than a few family photographs, three flat-panel monitors sitting atop her desk, and a comfortable view of Boston Harbor.But beneath her unobtrusive exterior, Mendillo, CEO of Harvard Management Company, harbors a wealth of investment knowledge. She commands the respect of colleagues at Harvard and elsewhere, who laud her unceasing composure during a sudden and unanticipated financial meltdown, her decisiveness under time constraints, and her focus on long-term investment success. “Truly, of all the people I’ve ever run across in the investment world...
...wisdom in that,” Hissey says. More drastic measures would have suggested less consideration for the “human impact” of inevitable changes at the University, Cogan says, adding that “there’s a high level of respect and confidence in what she’s doing.”—Staff writer Athena Y. Jiang can be reached at ajiang@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer June Q. Wu can be reached at junewu@fas.harvard.edu...
...York Yankee and Alex the New Yorker interviewee is, in many ways, peculiar. In general, we prize excellence, and encourage our sons and daughters to achieve success through whatever means necessary, whether on the baseball field or in the library. Professional athletes and Harvard students both earn respect for their “enhanced performance,” and the lengths to which they have gone to attain it. The meritocracy doles out lucrative compensation accordingly...
...Black Humor.” “She manages to keep the richness of humor as a topic of study, but also manages to keep the humor going as something fun,” Knight said. Knight added that Carpio was extremely careful to respect the complex dynamics of race in her classroom. Sabrina Sadique, another of Carpio’s TFs, also emphasized Carpio’s unique approach to classroom participation as a teaching strength. Sadique said that Carpio often spends the first 20-25 minutes of an hour-long class lecturing on a text and then...
...creation of the professorship marks a singular moment in Harvard’s history with respect to LGBT studies. As recently as 2003, Women’s Studies was refashioned to become the Committee on Degrees in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, which allows students to choose between the tracks of LGBT studies or women’s studies. Though universities across the country have instituted similar programs and coursework in the field, the Matthiessen professorship is the first actual endowed position...