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...cancer. She was 59. Williamson will be remembered at the Kennedy School for her laughter and her caring, motherly attitude. “You couldn’t sit and not smile if you heard Sue laughing in the building,” said Joseph J. McCarthy, the Kennedy School??s senior associate dean and director of degree programs. “It reminded me of a kind of tidal wave and it would lift all of our boats.” Her colleagues valued her presence, and the affection was mutual. “I would drop...
...prefrosh weekend four years ago, I’ve done a lot of complaining about Harvard. That beautiful afternoon quickly turned into a frigid night, during which I went to a party that, predictably, just didn’t compare to the one I had attended at another school??s visiting program. I eventually decided to come to Harvard in spite of this less-than-thrilling experience, but my complaining was only getting started. I was lucky enough to live with wonderful roommates during my freshman year. They got to know me, never judged me, and became...
...this seems to be a manufactured issue,” citing the fact that a number of the Review’s recent presidents had been women. Law School Dean Elena Kagan—who was the supervising editor of the Law Review during her time at the Law School??told The Crimson then that “the under-representation of women on the Law Review is a concern, but I’m not inclined to think an affirmative action plan is the answer.” Despite the lack of an affirmative action policy...
...competing effectively for engineering, applied math, and computer science students. These millstones could be lifted under a new plan, proposed by DEAS Dean Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti, which would enlarge DEAS’ faculty and change the division into a full-fledged “school?? under FAS auspices. The Faculty should approve this proposal in the fall because it promises to strengthen Harvard’s technical credentials and encourage new intra-University synergies in exchange for a minimal commitment of new resources. Many scientists have speculated that the 21st century will...
...Harvard’s effort to fulfill its liberal arts mission for all of its students. One of Harvard’s virtues is its unitary undergraduate population, and even though the proposed school would only educate undergraduates through Harvard College, its designation as a “school?? opens the door to further devolution in the future. When the University justifies the creation of the proposed new school in terms of its larger scientific mission and its ability to compete with peer institutions, it is reasonable to worry that similar rhetoric could be used to justify compromising...