Word: theda
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...It’s kind of hard for intellectuals in isolation to take a strong stand when the information that’s in the public sphere is just plain false,” Government professor Theda R. Skocpol said...
...served under three presidents, four deans of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, only one provost..but there was a lot of interim-ness,” said former GSAS Dean Theda R. Skocpol this winter, “so it was hard to make progress or big news on big pending problems...
...Arts and Sciences (FAS) Michael D. Smith formally announced the appointment of science historian Allan M. Brandt as dean of the University’s largest graduate school, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).The appointment ends an eight-month search that began when current GSAS Dean Theda R. Skocpol abruptly resigned from the post last March.Brandt, a history of science professor who also holds an appointment at the Harvard Medical School (HMS), will make the move into University Hall to take his new post on Jan. 1.In his announcement, Smith praised Brandt’s administrative experience...
...Brandt said, declining to comment further. Brandt enters an office that has a rocky recent history. In February 2005, anthropologist Peter T. Ellison resigned from the post, protesting what he saw as dishonest behavior by former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers. This past spring, outgoing dean Theda R. Skocpol abruptly resigned from the position as well after her candidacy for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences deanship appeared to falter. The Crimson yesterday obtained a draft of Brandt’s acceptance message. “I am enormously honored to assume the leadership of the Graduate School of Arts...
...mean to make you feel underdressed, but I am going out with the wife afterwards. There is life after the Faculty meeting.” CURTAIN CALL FOR SKOCPOL Yesterday may have marked the final meeting for Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dean Theda R. Skocpol at the head table, with science historian Allan M. Brandt set to take her place. “I’m very thankful to all of you for the wonderful chance that you have given me to work with you as dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences...