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...Summers muttered as he stood in the hallway of the National Bureau of Economic Research on Jan. 14, 2005.Pacing from wall to wall, the soon-to-be-embattled Harvard president dragged his right forefinger in circles around his mouth, a nervous tic he had developed long ago. It was Summers?? unique mix of contemplation and impatience, what “The Thinker” might do to pass the time. In his hand, he gripped a single page of handwritten notes, the outline of a speech ostensibly titled, “Faculty Diversity: Research Agenda...
...Summers?? advisers argued that a forthright apology might snuff out the controversy before it intensified, according to the two sources. That assessment, in hindsight, may have been overly optimistic. But in any event, Summers was not on board...
...Over the past year, The Crimson spoke to a half dozen individuals with varying degrees of access to the internal strategy in Mass. Hall. They asked not to be identified, citing several reasons—including their job security and relationship with Summers??for requesting anonymity. And while their recollections occasionally differed on minor points, this article only contains accounts that could be corroborated by multiple sources...
...said. She said she may also ask that faculty fathers get a leave from their teaching responsibilities after the birth of a child.Martin’s position as diversity advisor was proposed by the two task forces on women created in the wake of University President Lawrence H. Summers?? comments on women in science a year ago.Evelynn M. Hammonds, whose post as senior vice provost for development and diversity also grew out of the task forces’ reports, is now leading a new task force on work and life that will issue University-wide recommendations...
...Summers?? musings on the innate abilities of female scientists, which earned him a mouthful from the Faculty of Arts and Sciences last semester, have now landed him on several best-of and worst-of lists...