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As the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences marked its first anniversary last weekend, it also saw interim dean Frans A. Spaepen step to the helm after veteran outgoing dean Venkatesh “Venky” Narayanamurti announced he was stepping down last spring.
With “a foot in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences connected to Harvard College and a foot in the University connected to professional schools” SEAS hopes to bridge the gap between basic science research and the real world, Venky said.
When Venky arrived at Harvard over a decade ago as dean of the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, he realized DEAS was a “hidden jewel.”
Before his resignation, former University President Lawrence H. Summers had reportedly negotiated gifts with two $100 million gifts to fund the sciences, and many expected that these gifts would eventually come through once Harvard had permanent leadership again.
Sara Rhodin is a master’s degree candidate in Regional Studies: Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia at the Gradute School of Arts and Sciences. She spent her summer interning for The New York Times bureau in Moscow.